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Jeanneau Model: 2004 Sun Odyssey 35
Yacht Name: Yankee
Home Port: LaSalle MI
Country: USA
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Post by 2953 on Oct 24, 2019 16:19:29 GMT
Anyone able to share experience/success with replacing Raymarine 435 chart plotter with more current technology? Do existing ST60 NMea 0183 devices interface easily with the newer nmea2000 products like Vulcan? Aside from converters, any issues with boat speed/depth, wind speed/direction, mast head or hull mounted devices?
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Post by Don Reaves on Oct 24, 2019 20:29:59 GMT
In 2012, I replaced my Raymarine 435 with a Raymarine e7, which uses their proprietary SeaTalkNG protocol. It required a converter, and was very easy to get working. Now, all my instruments can be displayed on one screen, which is a vast improvement over the previous technology. My other instruments include ST60 wind, speed, and depth, and an older ST4000+ autopilot. Unfortunately, the e7 is no longer supported by firmware updates, though you can still upgrade the charts.
I’ve been under the impression that SeaTalkNG is compatible with nmea2000, though others might be able to confirm this. If it is, the same converter from Raymarine would let you connect equipment from other manufacturers.
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Post by MickeyB on Oct 25, 2019 6:21:09 GMT
Hi all,
From my understanding, SeaTalk is NMEA2000, but with their own custom fittings.
You can literally pull off the SeaTalk connectors and rewire, or add a SeaTalk connector to the other end. I seem to remember that someone said SeaTalk has an extra wire or two which are solely used by raymarine for something, but they are in addition (IIRC).
Mike
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Post by Bora on Oct 25, 2019 9:21:04 GMT
I upgraded the chartplotter on my old SO37 from a 435 to a ES75 as well as installing AIS, new VHF and a splitter (all raymarine), just needed the seaTalk to seaTalkng converter to take the feed from the older instruments like the ST autopilot and the ST60 displays. It is all run off a backbone (blue black cables) and very easy to install. I used an iTC-5 to take my older depth, speed, wind data and put it on to the NMEA 2000 (seatalkng) network. www.raymarine.com/view/index-id=1597.htmlwww.raymarine.com/view/index-id=400.htmlIf you're putting a lot of kit on the network then you need to make sure that it is balanced, usually with the 12v power cable somewhere in the middle of the network. Page 3 onwards of this Garmin document explains it. static.garmin.com/pumac/Tech_Ref_for_Garmin_NMEA2k_EN.pdf
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Post by whitebird3800 on Nov 2, 2019 18:30:23 GMT
I just installed raymarines Axiom 9 on our SO 35. A wonderful menu driven chartplotter. With an inexpensive cable, it interfaces with
the old raymarine seatalk instruments and our newer raymarine evolution wheel pilot. Every thing can be seen and controlled from the chartpltter. Different screens can be brought up to show the various instruments. Though I did not do it, it can also be connected to the engine,and tankage to show tach, temperature, fuel and water levels. A little much for most of us but cute nonetheless. The unit supplies the ng2000 signal.
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Post by hoppy on Nov 3, 2019 13:43:46 GMT
Whilst not related to the RM 435 when we upgraded the instrument displays on a 2011 36i to B&G Tritons we encountered a few issues. We used a RM SeatalkNG/NMEA2000 adaptor to connect the Seatalk NG backbone to a NMEA2000 backbone. Depth and speed could be displayed on the Tritons but not wind.
It turned out that whilst the boat was a 2011 vintage, when they installed the windvane, they used an old and very outdated tranducer/seatalkNG adapter (early naughtys) that predated NMEA2000 compatibility. So the wind data was unreadable by anything other than RM gear. We ended up binning the whole RM windvane and fitted the B&G wireless windvane.
BTW I would assume that you have ST60 with Seatalk, not NMEA 0183
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