Raymarine Evolution EV-1 - Required Additional Components; Seatalkng; Multiple Data Sources (MDS)

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equiredadditionalcomponents
Tocompleteyourautopilotsystem,youwillneedthefollowingcomponentsanddatasourcesin
additiontotheEvolutioncomponents.
Essential:
•Compatibleautopilotcontroller(See:p.26—Compatibleautopilotcontroller).
•DriveunitappropriateforyourvesselandEvolutionEVandACUunits(See:p.28—Driveunit).
•ACUpowercable(notsupplied).
•SeaTalkng®backbone.
•ForACU-300:Rudderanglereferencesensor/transducer(M81105).
Recommended:
•Rudderanglereferencesensor/transducer(M81105).Highlyrecommendedtoensureoptimum
autopilotperformance.
•Compatiblespeeddatasource.Theautopilotusesspeeddatawhenmakingcalculationsrelating
tonavigation.Asaminimum,thisinformationmustcomefromaGNSS(GPS)receiverproviding
SOG(SpeedOverGround)data,orideallyfromadedicatedspeedsensor.
•Compatiblewinddatasource(onlyrequiredforsailingvessels).Theautopilotuseswindvanedata
tosteerrelativetoaspecifiedwindangle.Thisdatamustcomefromananalogwindtransducer
connectedtotheSea Talkng®backbone.
Note:Thesystemcomponentslistedaboveare“recommended”becausetheyhelptoprovide
optimumperformanceforautopilotsystemswhenusedinconjunctionwiththe“essential”
componentslisted.However ,these“recommended”componentsarenotincludedinallautopilot
productsorsystempacks.ConsulttheRaymarinewebsiteoryourlocaldealerforafulllistofthe
componentsincludedwithyourautopilotsystem.
Optional:
•P ositiondatasource–Theautopilotusespositiondatawhenfollowingroutesandcalculatingthe
optimumcoursetosteer.ThisdataisusuallysuppliedbyaGNSSreceiverontheSea Talkng®
backbone.
SeaTalkng®
SeaTalkng®(NextGeneration)isanenhancedprotocolforconnectionofcompatiblemarine
instrumentsandequipment.ItreplacestheolderSeaTalkandSea Talk2protocols.
SeaTalkng®utilizesasinglebackbonewhichcompatibleequipmentconnectstousingaspur.Data
andpowerarecarriedwithinthebackbone.Devicesthathavealowdrawcanbepoweredfromthe
network,althoughhighcurrentequipmentwillneedtohaveaseparatepowerconnection.
SeaTalkng®isaproprietaryextensiontoNMEA2000andtheprovenCANbustechnology.
CompatibleNMEA2000andSeaTalkandSea Talk2devicescanalsobeconnectedusingthe
appropriateinterfacesoradaptorcablesasrequired.
Multipledatasources(MDS)
MDSisaRaymarineschemeformanagingmultiplesourcesofidenticaldatatypesonanysingle
network(e.g.:inaMFDnetworkyoumayhavemorethanonesourceofGPS/GNSSpositiondata).
Thefollowingdatatypescanhaveapreferredsourceassignedtothem:
•GPSPosition
•GPSDatum
•Time&Date
•Heading
•Depth
•Speed
•Wind
ForMDStobeavailableonyoursystem,allproductsinthesystemthatusethedatasourcesmust
beMDS-compliant.ThesystemwillreportanyproductsthatareNOTMDS-compliant.Itmaybe
possibletoupgradethesoftwareforthesenon-compliantproducts,tomakethemcompliant.Visit
theRaymarinewebsite(www.raymarine.com)toobtainthelatestsoftwareforyourproducts.
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