Raymarine SmartPilot S1 Tiller Pilot - Computer Specifications

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Chapter 4: Fault Finding & Maintenance
All Ray marine prod ucts are designed to provid e many years of trou blefree
operati on. We also put them through comprehensive testing and quality
assuran ce proc edures befo re shipp ing .
T his chapter p rovides information about iden tifying prob lems, i nterpreting alarm
messages , maintain ing your SmartPi lot and obtainin g product supp ort.
If a fau lt occurs with your SmartPilot, use the faul t finding tables in this section to
help id entify the problem and provide a solution. If you cannot resolve the
prob lem yourself , refer to the product support info rmation.
4.1 Fault finding
SYMPTOM POSSIBLE CAUSE and SOLUTION
Display is blank No power – check the power and SeaTalk fuses on the
computer , then check main fuse/circuit breaker .
Data page display sh ows stationary
dashes
The con trol u nit is not r eceiving necessar y data from
other instr uments – check cabling.
Display sho ws rotating dashes Compass calibration in pro gress
Displayed com pass heading d oes not
agree with the boat’ s compass
Y ou have not calibrated the comp ass. Car ry out the
compass swin g and alignment procedures
No d isplay b ar on the dis play Rudder bar s witched off i n Display Calibratio n –
select
RUDD BAR
Rudder bar display moves in opposite
direction to ru dder
Reverse the r ed and green rud der p osition senso r
connections at the SmartP ilot computer
Boat tu rns s lowly and tak es a long
time to come onto cours e
Rudder gain too low . Complete AutoLearn or increase
gain setting.
Boat ov ershoots when turnin g onto a
new cours e
Rudder gain too hig h. Complete AutoLearn or
decrease gain setting.
The Smar tPilot ‘hunts’ when
trying to position the rudder
Adjust t he
RUDD DA MP setting (see page 4 5 ).
Increase the damping one level at a time until the
autopilot stops hunting, and always use the lowest
acceptable valu e
Y ou cannot enter Seatrial Calibration Seatrial calibration lock is on – turn off the calibration
protection featur e in Dealer Calibration
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