Help with compatibility upgrading my equipment

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

Antonio,

The AIS650 is indeed compatible with Raymarine's a/c/e/eS/gS-Series MFDs. It would be recommended that it be interfaced as a spur to the SeaTalkng backbone to supply the system with AIS data. Should you additionally desire to view AIS data on the A57D MFD, then the 38400 BAUD NMEA 0183 output leads of the AIS650 would be interfaced to the A57D MFD's NMEA 0183 Port 1 or 2 input leads and the corresponding NMEA 0183 port of the A57D would then be configured to "AIS 38400" to match the communications BAUD rate of the AIS650's 38400 BAUD NMEA 0183 output port.