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Chapter 8: Installation 8-21
hsb
2
™ (High Speed
Bus) Multiple Display
Systems
displayunits that have been suitablyupgraded - contact your authorized
Raymarine dealer for upgrade kit details.
TheHighSpeedBus(
hsb
2
)provides extremelyrapidtransferof data between
masterandrepeaterdisplays.Withan
hsb
2
andaSeaTalkconnectionmostdata
available can be controlled and displayed by any
hsb
2
unit in the system.
(Guardzones cannot be viewed or controlled on the chartplotter display, nor
on a repeater displaythat is not directly connected to a scanner. Likewise,
radar timed transmission is not available on a repeater display).
Master functionality is provided by the displaywith theappropriate
transducer connected as definedin Table 8-3 .
Any combinationof
hsb
2
seriesdisplaysis possible– each display could
provide differentmasterfunctionality.Each displayrepeats the master
functionalityof the other displays.
For example,you could connect an hsb
2
Radardisplay and an hsb
2
Fishfinder
display(which provides both fishfinder and chart functions), to enable you to
displayand control radar, fishfinder and chart data on eitheror both displays.
You can displaysome combinations,such as radar/chart, in half-screen
windows.
hsb
2
Connection
Each hsb
2
displayis suppliedwith an in-line terminator fitted to the HSB
socket.When connecting two displays via
hsb
2
, plug the cable into the in-line
terminator on both displays.
Whenconnectingmorethantwo displaysvia
hsb
2
youmust fit an hsb
2
splitter
to at least one HSB socket. The splitter is fitted only to displays that are not at
the end of the chain, and when installingthe splitter you must remove the in-
line terminator. Figure 8-11 illustrates the use of splitters and in-line
terminators in a multi-displaysystem.
ThedisplaysmustalsobeconnectedviaSeaTalk(seeSeaTalk®and NMEA In
on page 8-23
Table 8-3:
hsb
2
Series Master Displays
Master Function Display type Transducer
Radar R70/RCPLUS, RL70/C/RC/CRC PLUS
R80/RC PLUS, RL80/C/RC/CRC PLUS
Any Pathfinder PLUS Series
Scanner
Chart RC520PLUS, RC530PLUS, RC631PLUS
R70RC PLUS, R80RC PLUS
RL70RC/CRC PLUS, RL80RC/CRC PLUS
L755RC PLUS, L760/RC PLUS, L1250/RC
Display includes a two-slot
chart cartridge
Fishfinder L755RC PLUS, L760/RC PLUS, L1250/RC Fishfinder transducer
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