Raymarine gS Series - System Protocols

Note:
•AllMFDsmusthaveLightHouseIIRelease
V10.41softwareorlatertoenablemultiplesonar
support.
•Sonarmodulesshouldbeupdatedtothe
latestavailablesoftwareversiontoensure
compatibility.
Incompatibledisplays
Ifyouconnectamultifunctiondisplaytoyoursystem
thatisnotcompatible,awarningmessagewillbe
displayeduntilyoudisconnecttheincompatible
devicefromyournetwork.
YourMFDisnotcompatiblewiththefollowing
Raymarinedisplays:
ProductImage
Multifunction
displayGeneration
G-Series
2
nd
generation
E-Series
Widescreen
2
nd
generation
C-Series
Widescreen
2
nd
generation
PAGE
ACTIVE
WPTS
MOB
MENU
DATA
CANCELOK
RANGE
IN
OUT
E-SeriesClassic
1
st
generation
PAGE
ACTIVE
WPTS
MOB
MENU
DATA
CANCELOK
RANGE
IN
OUT
C-SeriesClassic
1
st
generation
3.6Systemprotocols
YourMultifunctionDisplaycanconnecttovarious
instrumentsanddisplaystoshareinformationand
soimprovethefunctionalityofthesystem.These
connectionsmaybemadeusinganumberof
differentprotocols.Fastandaccuratedatacollection
andtransferisachievedbyusingacombinationof
thefollowingdataprotocols:
•SeaTalk
hs
•SeaTalk
ng
•NMEA2000
•SeaTalk
•NMEA0183
Note:Youmayndthatyoursystemdoesnot
usealloftheconnectiontypesorinstrumentation
describedinthissection.
SeaTalk
hs
SeaTalk
hs
isanethernetbasedmarinenetwork.This
highspeedprotocolallowscompatibleequipment
tocommunicaterapidlyandsharelargeamountsof
data.
InformationsharedusingtheSeaT alk
hs
network
includes:
•Sharedcartography(betweencompatible
displays).
•Digitalradardata.
•Sonardata.
Seatalk
ng
SeaTalk
ng
(NextGeneration)isanenhancedprotocol
forconnectionofcompatiblemarineinstruments
andequipment.ItreplacestheolderSeaTalkand
SeaTalk
2
protocols.
SeaTalk
ng
utilizesasinglebackbonetowhich
compatibleinstrumentsconnectusingaspur.Data
andpowerarecarriedwithinthebackbone.Devices
thathavealowdrawcanbepoweredfromthe
network,althoughhighcurrentequipmentwillneed
tohaveaseparatepowerconnection.
SeaTalk
ng
isaproprietaryextensiontoNMEA2000
andtheprovenCANbustechnology.Compatible
NMEA2000andSeaT alk/SeaT alk
2
devicescan
alsobeconnectedusingtheappropriateinterfaces
oradaptorcablesasrequired.
NMEA2000
NMEA2000offerssignicantimprovementsover
NMEA0183,mostnotablyinspeedandconnectivity.
Upto50unitscansimultaneouslytransmitand
receiveonasinglephysicalbusatanyonetime,
witheachnodebeingphysicallyaddressable.The
standardwasspecicallyintendedtoallowfor
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