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Adding Autopilot to E-127

April 22, 2016, 9:47 am
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I have a Bayliner Trophy Pro 2352 walk around with a Mercruiser 5.7 L and hydraulic steering. My vessel has a Raymarine E-127, Raymarine 18" digital Radome and Raymarine B60 20 degree tilt transducer. All applicable electronics have the latest versions of the operating system and Lighthouse software.

I am a disabled Vietnam Veteran and would like to add autopilot to make my time on the water along the Pacific Coast a bit easier and more pleasurable.

My local West Marine store is closing soon and so far I have been unable to find anyone who can assist me in developing a list of what I need to purchase to add autopilot to my existing systems.
Any assistance/suggestions/recommendations would be greatly appreciated. I have been out of work for over two years so to do this upgrade at all, it need to keep the cost as low as possible while maintaining safety and reliability.

Regards,
John
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Testing RayNet and SeaTalkHS Cables

April 22, 2016, 10:59 am
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Raymarine products requiring high bandwidth communications are designed to do so via a marinized Ethernet network. Raymarine RayNet, SeaTalkhs, and Digital Radar Cables featuring RJ45 termination are manufactured with T568B termination. Raymarine's RayNet and SeaTalkHS Cables are designed to support Ethernet communications between compatible Raymarine products featuring RayNet, SeaTalkhs, or RJ45 communications sockets. When troubleshooting Ethernet communications within a Raymarine system, it may be necessary to perform end to end cable testing. To do so, commonly a available Ethernet tester (ex. Extech CT100, Hobbes Netfinder Pro, etc.) will be used. To view a brief video demonstrating the use of an Ethernet Tester, click here. As these testers are commonly designed to accept a RJ45 (M) plug, it may be necessary to adapt the end(s) of each cable being tested as follows:

- cable terminating in RayNet (F) plug: adapt with a cable assembly constructed from an A80162 RayNet (M) to RayNet (M) Cable Joiner and an A62360 1m RayNet (F) to RJ45 (M) Cable;
- cable terminating in SeaTalkHS (M) plug: adapt with a cable assembly constructed from an A80160 SeaTalkHS (F) to RayNet (F) Adapter, A80162 RayNet (M) to RayNet (M) Cable Joiner, and an A62360 1m RayNet (F) to RJ45 (M) Cable;
- cable terminating in SeaTalkHS (F) plug: adapt with an E55049 1.5m SeaTalkHS (M) to RJ45 (M) Cable;
- cable terminating in RJ45 (F) socket: adapt with an E06054 1.5m RJ45 (M) to RJ45 (M) Cable;
- cable terminating in RJ45 (M) plug: no adaptation required.

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Interfacing third party NMEA 2000 products to an a/c/e/eS/gS-Series MFD

April 22, 2016, 11:54 am
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When operating with the latest software updates, the a/c/e/eS/gS-Series MFDs, i50 Instruments, and i70 MFIDs are NMEA 2000 certified products. Raymarine's a/c/e/eS/gS-Series MFDs are designed to repeat data from compatible third party NMEA 2000 devices. However, Raymarine's a/c/e/eS/gS-Series MFDs, i50 Instruments, and i70 MFIDs are not designed to calibrate third party NMEA 2000 sensors. As such should a third party NMEA 2000 sensor require calibration, then it will be necessary to calibrate the sensor per the third party sensor manufacturer's instructions. Calibration of third party sensors may require third party hardware and or computer software.

To interface the NMEA 2000 device to the Data Master a/c/e/eS/gS-Series MFD, i50 Instrument, and i70 MFID, a powered and properly terminated SeaTalkng backbone must be installed onboard having sufficient SeaTalkng T-Pieces (SeaTalkng 5-way connectors may be substituted where NMEA 2000 devices are closely located) for each SeaTalkng/NMEA 2000 device which will be interfaced as a spur to the SeaTalkng Network backbone. A simple backbone may be constructed from the following components:

- A06064 SeaTalkng 5-Way Connector
- A06031 SeaTalkng Termination Plugs x 2
- A06049 SeaTalkng Power Cable
- a pair of SeaTalkng Spur Cables of appropriate length to interface the a/c/e/eS/gS-Series MFD, i50 Instrument, or i70 MFID and NMEA 2000 device to the SeaTalkng 5-Way Connector.

As SeaTalkng/NMEA 2000 spurs are limited to 5m maximum length, should the cable routing distance between the a/c/e/eS/gS-Series MFDs, i50 Instruments, or i70 MFID and third party NMEA 2000 device exceed 10m, then the 5-Way Connector listed above may be replaced with A06028 SeaTalkng T-Pieces which have been joined to one another using appropriate lengths of SeaTalkng Backbone Cable. More information concerning SeaTalkng/NMEA 2000 networking and SeaTalkng/NMEA 2000 networking components may be found here.

The Data Master a/c/e/eS/gS-Series MFD, i50 Instrument, or i70 MFID will be interfaced to one of the spur sockets within the SeaTalkng backbone using an appropriate length of SeaTalkng Spur Cable. The third party NMEA 2000 device will also be interfaced to one onf the spur sockets within the SeaTalkng backbone. Raymarine offers SeaTalkng to DeviceNet Male (A06046) and SeaTalkng to DeviceNet Female adapter cables (A06045) as well as Stripped End Spur cables (A06044) to support interfacing third party NMEA 2000 devices as spurs to the SeaTalkng network backbone.

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Raymarine L770

April 22, 2016, 5:20 pm
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Hello all, I am seeking a blueprint or some sort of diagram for the Raymarine L770. I purchased one at an estate sale and have no power cable for testing it. I just needed to find a schematic to determine which pins are positive and negative so I can try hooking it to a battery. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thank you in advance.
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Coastal Explorer

April 22, 2016, 6:43 pm
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You answered this at the beginning of the year, then I had a hard drive failure. Please tell me which G series display will allow me to see what is on my laptop in another part of the boat so I can follow Coastal Explorer.
Thank You
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Quantum Radar Wi-Fi

April 24, 2016, 1:09 pm
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I am installing a new A97 and a Quantum radar unit. My plan is to install just the power cable to the radar, without the RayNet cable, and then connect the A97 to the Quantum via Wi-Fi. My question is if I make the Wi-Fi connection to the Quantum radar, will I be able to simultaneously connect my iPhone or iPad to the A97 Wi-Fi or can there only be one Wi-Fi connection at a time?

If I can only make one connection then I will need to make the RayNet connection.
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Updating a Ray 240 VHF to Ray 260 VHF

April 24, 2016, 1:14 pm
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Will the Ray 260 VHF connected via STng eliminate our two major problems with the Ray240 connected to ST1 via ST1 to STng converter:

1. Key beep must be on or the VHF channel will randomly change to CH16, this was a software glitch reported in the raymarine.ning forum

2. Although the Ray 240 is powered on first to alert the STng network that a legacy device is present as reported by the Raymarine Moderator, our experience is that the position updates do eventually stop. We find that when sailing all day and then setting anchor, the Ray 240 VHF NO FIX alarm will sound sometime after midnight, of course jolting one awake to check for a dragging anchor. The only way to restore position updates is to shut off the network and radio and the restart.
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use of chart chip

April 23, 2016, 3:19 am
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I have purchased a Ray e1270 and e970. Both have a chip for the Lighthouse charts. I also bought a Navionics Plat+ chart chip. It appears that there are charts preloaded on the instrument.
1) what is on the Lighthouse chip?
2) upon insertion, does the instrument automatically pick up this data?
3) What about the navionics Plat+ chart chip? Insert and go?
4) I am networking these two units, the 9" as th emaster and the 12" as the slave. Can I just use the one chip in the master and will the slave use the same data on the chip?

Thanks again for the great resource Ray has for us!

Tony
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voyage planner

April 23, 2016, 8:33 am
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i down loaded voyage planner software on my laptop along with voyage xchange RM-14207-14208-21959.
I would like to download this to my desktop.
how can I do this with out repaying?
Thanks.
Buck
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RC530 to eS97 upgrade installation advice

April 23, 2016, 4:55 pm
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My existing RC530 is functional but obsolete. Using the existing RS120 GPS, “No GPS fix” is reported. Existing configuration:
Powered from circuit breaker panel as: “Instruments”
Raymarine ST60 Wind Display A22005 0210048 SeaTalk
Raymarine ST60 A22004 Tri Data A22004 0110034 SeaTalk
Speed / Temperature transducer: ST800 / P120 +
Depth transducer: 31-199-4-1 200 KHz
Powered from circuit breaker panel as: “GPS”
Raychart Chartplotter RC530 E32030 with RS120 GPS
Powered from circuit breaker panel as: “Autopilot”
Autohelm ST1500 Plus

Planned Changes:
1. Install eS97 to replace RC530 E32030 and RS120 GPS
2. Replace SeaTalk cable between RC530 and ST60 Wind display with E22158 SeaTalkng Converter Kit between existing ST60 Wind and new eS97

Power considerations:
1. MFD and autopilot already each have dedicated power: no change is anticipated
2. Since the ST60 Wind and Tri Data currently have independent power circuit. Should the SeaTalkng Converter be powered on the ST60 “Instruments” circuit?

Transducer considerations:
1. I don’t expect the boat to be hauled in the near future. Therefore, I’m interested in an eS97 sonar transducer that is compatible with the two existing low profile, retractable thru hull ports. Is the A80171 (P319) Thru-hull Low profile transducer is physically interchangeable with the existing transducers listed above?
2. If so, could the 50 KHz / 200 KHz A80171 (P319) could operate alongside the existing 120K Hz transducer without interference?
3. Is there a better eS97 sonar transducer option? Should I consider an "in-hull" transducer?
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Autopilots - Upgrade To Evolution Series

April 24, 2016, 7:57 am
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Are their significant performance enhancement to be realized by upgrading to an EV1 Sensor Core, ACU-400 Actuator Control Unit, and P70 Autopilot Control? Currently have an SPX-30 connected to network via STng, Smart Pilot Controller - ST6002 - 570328, fluxgate compass, rudder sensor, and two Type 2 linear drives on the quadrant, 24 VDC long shaft.

54 ft Sailboat, 50,00 lb displacement, coastal and offshore sailing, multiple days on the water at one time so the instrument system remains on. Wind vane mode is our preferred mode especially for racing.
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A95 to mac

April 25, 2016, 6:47 am
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is there a best practice network hook up between a A95 multi display and an Mac laptop?? I want to use the iNavgps, to see boat info and radar.
I have the HS5 switch, listening to my XM and radar and A95
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Upgrading MFD to C95

April 25, 2016, 1:42 pm
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I am upgrading from a E80 to a new C95 MFD. I currently have a RS125 GPS, TS60, and a Ray55 VHF connected to the E80.

What is the recommended networking required to replace the E80 with the C95 and continue to have connections the RS125, ST60 and Ray55?

Thanks,
Phil...
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Adding a 2nd A78 mfd with wifi

April 25, 2016, 2:51 pm
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I have added a 2nd A78 with wifi to my boat console and would like them to communicate between each other. WIFI coms does not work. All connections are full in the existing A78. I currently run radar, external gps, and two transducers, one with a dsm. The seatalk connection is used so I cant use seatalk between the units(is there a Y connector?). I think there is an enet switch with 2 of the 4 connections remaining. How do you suggest I get both units working simultaneously.
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Concatenate multiple routes

April 26, 2016, 12:05 am
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If I have two or more routes that I would like to combine temporarily into one route, is there a way to do that? I have a number of routes that could be considered segments of a longer route, and would like to use them in different combinations depending upon my destination for the trip.
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MFD connection help

April 26, 2016, 5:50 am
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System is as follows:
ES128 chirp DV connected
RD418HD
DSM300
Ray star 130 ext
Icom m412 connected for dsc

Having some issues with screen in MFD flickering intermittently. Not losing data, it picks up right where it left off but the screen flickers and goes out. It has been reconnected to another power source directly to main ground buss from house battery and power from house batt switch. Same issue.

Also the Raaystar isn't powering up nor showing up as connected.

It was installed by a Raymarine tech but something is up. Can you tell me how this should all be connected and tied together to work so I can double check all connections? Where these should all be going in the unit etc?

Thanks
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incompatibility between Lighthouse II and Mercruiser Smartcraft?

April 26, 2016, 6:42 am
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I have an e7 that was being replaced due to a broken card reader slot. Because the slot was broken, the software had not been updated in some time and it was running v4.27 with no problems.

I installed a new replacement unit and updated to the latest version, v16.47. However after doing this I now receive a number of transmission errors for both engines upon engine key-on. Oil pressure, Oil temp, Oil level, etc. After clearing them the system operates correctly. The errors only appear on the e7, not the Merc smartcraft display. I tried putting the old unit back in and again everything worked correctly. I called Raymarine tech and was told it was a hardware issue and to send the unit in for repair. Since it was a newly purchased unit I instead returned it for another. Upon installing it I first tired the system with it's existing software version, v14.36 and once again got the same transmission errors. I then went ahead and updated it to v16.47 - still the transmission errors.

I really do not believe this is a hardware issue. I think it more likely there is a software incompatibility between the Merc Smartcraft and Lighthouse II versions. The tech I spoke to on the phone had not heard of anything like this but it still seems the most likely issue.

Currently on the STng network:
VV4 Smartcraft Gatewaty, v0100_E
VV4 MFD, v0100_E
DT200, v1.064,1.0
Gateway can-H Helm1, v2.0.3

Has anybody else seen this problem? I'm sure there is no actual transmission error since both engines would not suddenly throw every possible oil-related error at the same time and the actual Smartcraft display does not show any alarms. Further, since this is a sterndrive boat (SeaRay 310, 5.7 Merc, Bravo III, Axius) I don't think they even monitor some of those parameters which I think is the root cause.
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Transducers location CPT100 & CPT200?

April 26, 2016, 8:05 am
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Installing A98 MFD with the CPT-100 transducer as well as the CP200 sonar module with the CPT-200 sideview transducer. What is the best location to install the transducers on the transom? Would they interfere if placed side by side? Or best to place opposite sides? Directions show best to be on starboard side of outdrive, is this correct for both transducers? Outdrive is a Bravo 2. Lastly a recommendation to where to place sonar module? Boat is a 1999 Bayliner Cierra 2452. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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SeaTalkng ng cables for EV200 power p70R

April 26, 2016, 8:47 am
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I have a Garmin GSPMap 7607sxv NMEA 2000 ready and I have a evolution autopilot EV-200 I am trying to inter-phase with seatalk, the garmin with the autopilot and the cable is a different size at the connector ends on the garmin verses the raymarine do I need a line converter to make this work? and can I buy one from you?

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es78 MFD display

April 26, 2016, 9:11 am
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Are there display screens on the MFD for Speed over ground,Course over ground
Distance to target, bearing to target?
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