Raymarine SmartPilot Series Commissioning Guide

12 S1 Wheel and Tiller Pilots Commissioning Guide
1. Fluxgate compass
2. NMEA compass
3. SeaT al k comp ass
T his means tha t if you w ant to use a NMEA compass as the primary compass, you
need to di sconnect the fluxgate comp ass.
T o conn ect a SeaT alk or NMEA compass to the au topilot system:
• NMEA compass : conn ect it to a NMEA input on th e computer
• SeaT alk compass : conn ect it to the SeaT alk bus or the SeaT alk terminals
1.8 How to connect NMEA equipment
If you h ave equipment on your boat that transmits or receives NMEA 0183 data
(e .g. GPS), you can connect this eq uipment to the SmartPi lot. NMEA equipment
can be co nnected in any com bination of these way s:
• using the SmartPilot computer NMEA input/output
• using the NMEA input on the back of the SmartPilot controller . (Refer to the
Contro ller handbook for NMEA d ata details)
• using the SeaT alk/NMEA interfac e (part number: E85001) to convert the
NMEA data to SeaT alk data
WARNING: Connections to other equipment
If you are connecting Raymarine equipment to other equipment
using a nonRaymarine cable, you MUST attach an appropriate
suppr ession ferr ite to the cable near to the Raymarine unit.
GPS
Other
Instrument
Controller (rear)
NMEA
instrument
SeaTalk
SeaTalk
SmartPilot computer terminals
Screen
Red
Yellow
NMEA NMEA
NMEA
NMEA
radar
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Raymarine SmartPilot Series Specifications

General

Brand	Raymarine
Model	SmartPilot Series
Category	Autopilot System
Language	English