Note:
TheA
CU-100andACU-150doNOTprovidepowertotheSeaTalkng®backbone.Thebackbone
requiresaseparate12Vdcpowersupply.
Rudderanglereferencesensorconnection
Arudderanglereferencesensor/transducercanbeconnectedtotheA
CUtoproviderudderangle
informationtotheautopilotsystem.
Theconnectionofarudderanglereferencesensor/transducerishighlyrecommended,tohelp
ensureoptimumautopilotperformance.
Note:Therudderanglereferencesensor/transducerisnotincludedwithallautopilotproductsor
systempack s.ConsulttheRaymarinewebsiteoryourlocaldealerforafulllistofthecomponents
includedwithyourautopilotsystem.Therudderanglereferencesensor/transducerisalso
availableseparatelyasM81105.
Arudderanglereferencesensor/transducerconvertsitsmovementinformationtorudderangle
in+/-degrees.
Certainenvironmentalconditionssuchascross-currentcancausetheautopilotsystemtosteer
persistentlytoportorstarboard,evenwhentherudderiscentered.Witharudderanglereference
sensor/transducerconnectedtoyourautopilotsystem,youcanuseanautopilotcontrolhead
tospecifyanoffsetanglein+/-degreestocompensateforinaccuraterudderangleinformation
causedbysuchconditions.
Themoreaccuratetherudderangleinformation,themoreaccuratelytheautopilotsystemcan
k
eeptoacorrectcourse.
Therudderanglereferencesensor/transducerconnectiontotheACUconnectionpanelisshown
below.
A CU–100/ACU–150connections
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