2.1Handbookinformation
Thishandbookcontainsimportantinformationregardingthep70
andp70rPilotcontroller.
Aboutthishandbook
Thishandbookdescribeshowtooperateyourproductinconjunction
withcompatibleperipheralequipment.
Itassumesthatallperipheralequipmentconnectedtothesystem
iscompatible,correctlyinstalledandcommissionedinaccordance
withtheproductsinstallationinstruction.Thishandbookisintended
forusersofvaryingmarineabilities,butassumesagenerallevelof
productknowledge,nauticalterminologyandpractices.
p70/p70rHandbooks
Thep70/p70rPilotcontrollerhasthefollowinghandbooksavailable:
DescriptionPartnumber
Installationandcommissioning
instructions
87132
Operatinginstructions(quick
reference)
86142
Userreferencehandbook
81331
Mountingtemplate87130
Additionalhandbooks
DescriptionPartnumber
SeaTalk
ng
referencemanual
81300
SPXsysteminstallationguide
87072
SeaTalktoSeaTalk
ng
converter
87121
ThelatestversionofdocumentsareavailabletodownloadasPDF’s
fromwww.raymarine.com.
Pleasecheckthewebsitetoensureyouhavethelatestversion.
Beforeusingyourpilotcontroller
Beforeusingthepilotcontrollerunderwayitisimportantthatitis
properlycommissionedandsetupasdescribedintheinstallation
instruction.
Firsttimesetup
Therstevertimethepilotcontrollerispoweredon,youwillbe
shownon-screeninstructionsfortheinitialsetup.Ifyourpilot
controllerhasbeeninstalledbyaprofessionalinstaller,rsttimeset
upandcommissioningmayalreadyhavebeencarriedout,ifunsure
checkwiththedealer.
Thersttimesetupscreenstakesyouthroughthefollowing:
•Languageselection
•Vesseltypeselection
Ifapilotcontrolleralreadyexistsonyoursystemthenthisprocedure
maybeskippedandthep70/p70rwilladoptthesamesettingsas
thealreadyinstalledpilotcontroller.
Note:Ifcalibrationhasnotbeenundertakenthenthedisplaywill
alarm’Calibrationrequired’andthenshow’Starting’onthedisplay
Commissioning
Beforeusingyourautopilotsystemforthersttimeyoumustensure
thatthesystemhasbeencorrectlycommissionedinaccordance
withthesuppliedinstallationinstruction.Commissioningprocedures
whichmustbecarriedoutare:
•Docksidecalibration(DealersettingsonSeaTalk)
•Seatrialcalibration
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p70/p70rPilotcontrollerUserreference