Raymarine SmartPilot SPX-10 - Nmea 2000

3.Autopilotcontrollerandinstruments(e.g.helm2)
4.Windtransducer
5.Autopilotcoursecomputeranddriveunit.ThismayalsosupplypowertotheSPXbackbone.
6.Speed/Depthtransducers.
Note:Themultifunctiondisplaywillrequireitsownpowerconnection.ItcannottakeitspowerfromtheSeaTalk
ng
backbone.
Seatalk
ng
SeaTalk
ng
(NextGeneration)isanenhancedprotocolforconnection
ofcompatiblemarineinstrumentsandequipment.Itreplacesthe
olderSeaT alkandSeaT alk
2
protocols.
SeaTalk
ng
utilizesasinglebackbonetowhichcompatible
instrumentsconnectusingaspur.Dataandpowerarecarriedwithin
thebackbone.Devicesthathavealowdrawcanbepoweredfrom
thenetwork,althoughhighcurrentequipmentwillneedtohavea
separatepowerconnection.
SeaTalk
ng
isaproprietaryextensiontoNMEA2000andtheproven
CANbustechnology.CompatibleNMEA2000andSeaT alk/
SeaTalk
2
devicescanalsobeconnectedusingtheappropriate
interfacesoradaptorcablesasrequired.
NMEA2000
NMEA2000offerssignicantimprovementsoverNMEA0183,most
notablyinspeedandconnectivity.Upto50unitscansimultaneously
transmitandreceiveonasinglephysicalbusatanyonetime,
witheachnodebeingphysicallyaddressable.Thestandard
wasspecicallyintendedtoallowforawholenetworkofmarine
electronicsfromanymanufacturertocommunicateonacommon
busviastandardizedmessagetypesandformats.
Planningtheinstallation
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