Raystar 130 retro kit to C80

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

Welcome to the Raymarine Forum Doug,

Should the system not include any additional devices having a SeaTalkng communications interface, then it would be recommended that the installation be simplified by not installing the SeaTalkng Power Cable. Instead, the SeaTalk to SeaTalkng Converter and Raystar 130 GPS Sensor will be backfed power from the SeaTalk bus through the SeaTalk (yellow) socket of the SeaTalk to SeaTalkng Converter. Should
- the SeaTalk bus not feature a D244 SeaTalk Junction Block or unused SeaTalk socket into with the ST-STng Converter's SeaTalk Cable may be plugged into, and
- should the terminal strip be located within the length of the ST-STng Converter's SeaTalk Cable,
then the ST-STng Converter's SeaTalk Cable's black press-fit three-pin plug may be cut off, its sheathing stripped back to reveal its inner leads, and then the cable leads may be joined to the terminal strip by simply matching leads of the same color.

SeaTalk wire codes:
- red: +12VDC
- yellow: data
- bare/black: -12VDC

Should the system grow to include additional devices having a SeaTalkng communications interface, then the solution specified above would no longer apply.