e7 & E120W communication and more...

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

Welcome to the Raymarine Forum kalakai,

While the a/c/e-Series MFDs and E-Series Widescreen MFDs or G-Series GPM400s were able to share GPS data, instrument data, waypoint/route data, alarms, and system state data, radar imagery, 50/200kHz fishfinder imagery, and SiriusXM Marine Weather/Radio resources, the a/c/e-Series MFDs were not designed to support sharing of cartography with E-Series Widescreen MFDs or G-Series GPM400s. As communications between a/c/e-Series MFDs and E-Series Widescreen MFDs or G-Series GPM400s was somewhat limited and doing so would also limit the features supported by the a/c/e-Series MFD, it was generally not recommended that a/c/e-Series MFDs be interfaced to E-Series Widescreen MFDs or G-Series GPM400s.

We're going to need some additional information to address the GPS and AIS issues reported:

1) How has the AIS350/650 been interfaced to the system (i.e. was SeaTalkng or NMEA 0183 communications protocol used?

2) What version of software is installed within the e7 MFD?

3) Have the e7 MFD and E120W MFD been interfaced to one another via Ethernet communications protocol?

4) Which of these MFDs has been interfaced to the SeaTalkng backbone (i.e. the e7D MFD only, the E120W MFD only, or both)?

5) Which of the MFDs has been configured as a Data Master MFD (i.e. the e7D MFD only, the E120W MFD only, or both)?