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Glossary
Term Meaning
AST
(Advan ced Steering
Technology)
AST (Advanced Steering Technology) is Raymarine’s unique advanced steering
algor ithm. I t uses input s from a wide v ariety o f senso rs to tune t he autop ilot’ s
operat ion to provide superio r control of the boat in any cond ition.
AutoLearn Selflearning calibr ation featu re availab le on T illerPilo t and gyro u pgraded
WheelPilot sys tems.
AWG American Wire Gauge
CE Mark ed on products that comply with defined European Community stan
dards
CR pump C onstant Runnin g hydraulic pump
EMC
(Electromagnetic
Compatibility)
When po wered up , all electrical equipment pr oduces electromag netic fields .
T hese can caus e adjacent p ieces of elect rical equipm ent to interact with on e
anoth er , and this can degrad e their performance. By following the EMC guide
lines in this handb ook, you can minimize t hese effects b y ensurin g opt imum
Electromag netic Compatibility (EMC) between equipment .
Fluxg ate Standar d Raymarine compass supplied with core pack
GPS Global Positioning System
GyroP lus Ray marine’ s G yroPlus yaw sens or th at mea sures t he boat’ s rate of turn.
F itted as standar d to the TillerPilot.
Opt ional upgrade for the WheelPilot.
Hz Hertz (cycles per second)
I/O drive Inboard/ Outb oard or st ern dr ive
MARP A Mini Automatic Radar Plotting Aid
NMEA T he NMEA (National Maritim e Electronics Associatio n) protocol is an interna
tiona lly accepted serial communication interface standard for sharing data
between electronic equipment . Raymarine products can share information
with n onSeaT alk equ ipment u sing the N MEA 018 3 pro tocol.
SeaT alk SeaT alk is Raymarine’ s prop rietary communication system. I t links products to
prov ide a single , integrated system sharing power and data.
SeaT alk bus T his refers to t he con tinuous SeaT alk sys tem conn ecting together a series of
Raymarin e units .
Y aw Boat’ s rate of turn (°/sec)
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