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- pescietoro - September 3, 2013
Hello Macsailors!
I'm planning to connect my new Raymarine autopilot with my iMac and would be delighted if someone with knowledge would like to share some idéas with me. I know there are several interfaces that translates SeaTalk to NMEA, but I can't figure out if any of them have two way communication with SeaTalk. Is it possible to plan a route in MacENC or OpenCPN and have the Raymarine autopilot following the route?
I have been looking at the ShipModul MiniPlex-2USB, the SeaTalk NMEA Bridge from gadgetpool.de and the Raymarine SeaTalk NMEA PC interface. Which one will do the best job? I don't know what is the best set up for GPS either, should I go for the Raymarine Raystar 130, or any NMEA compatible antenna?
Hardware: Raymarine Autopilot and controller new 2013 (Type 1 linear drive until, p70R control unit, EV200 autopilot computer)
Hoping for some help here to save time and money
Regards!
- Jade - September 3, 2013
I suspect that your new autopilot uses NMEA 2000 (SeaTalkng) so check out the Actisense NGT-1 USB for NMEA 2000 to PC interface. It is compatible with the latest version of MacENC. (The devices you listed support the older NMEA 0183 and SeaTalk.)
Actisense NGT-1 specs
Also, choose a NMEA GPS if you do not have or plan to buy a Raymarine MFD chart plotter.
- pescietoro - October 17, 2014
Thank's Jade! I got the Actisense NGT-1 and a Garmin NMEA2000 GPS antenna. I connected the Raymarine SeaTalkng network to NMEA2000 network by a converter from Raymarine. I get all the data from the networks into MacEnc. The only thing I wanted to work doesn't though, sending waypoint and route data to the Raymarine autopilot and displays, since MacEnc doesn't support the sending of this data over NMEA2000
I hope for MacEnc support in the next update, as well as updated drivers for the Actisense NGT-1 for OSX up to Mavericks