Raymarine E70099 - Page 101

Certainenvironmentalconditionssuchascross-currentcancausetheautopilotsystemtosteer
persistentlytoportorstarboard,evenwhentherudderiscentered.Witharudderanglereference
sensor/transducerconnectedtoyourautopilotsystem,youcanuseanautopilotcontrolhead
tospecifyanoffsetanglein+/-degreestocompensateforinaccuraterudderangleinformation
causedbysuchconditions.
Themoreaccuratetherudderangleinformation,themoreaccuratelytheautopilotsystemcan
k
eeptoacorrectcourse.
Therudderanglereferencesensor/transducerconnectiontotheACUconnectionpanelisshown
below.
ItemWirecolor—A CU-100,ACU-150
1R ed
2
Blue
3Green
4
Gray(screen)
A CU-200,ACU-300,ACU-400connections
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