July 21, 2008 15:19
Some points:
1. Raymarine devices that convert Seatalk to NMEA often do not convert all the sentences and/or all the data in the sentence on the Seatalk to the corresponding NMEA sentence. Their chart plotters may only convert the GPS related sentences.
2. When MacENC sends a waypoint to the chartplotter the same data is converted to Seatlak and and arrives at the autopilot. This causes my ST4000 to lock up. To recover from this lock up required the autopilot to be power cycled. I do not know how other Raymarine autopilot might react.
3. I have not taken the time to understand / solve this problem. I always set the waypoint on the Raymarine chartplotter.
4. None of these issues have anything to do with MacENC but with Raymarine's products.
5. My, all Raymarine, set-up can be seen at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crews_nest/549486483/
6. You can see that I bring the AIS and GPS data (from the chart plotter) in on one NMEA lines and the instrument data (+anything else on Seatalk) in on a second NMEA connection
7. I use the Raymarine Seatalk to NMEA converter because I go it at the right price – free.
Take care, Ray
1. Raymarine devices that convert Seatalk to NMEA often do not convert all the sentences and/or all the data in the sentence on the Seatalk to the corresponding NMEA sentence. Their chart plotters may only convert the GPS related sentences.
2. When MacENC sends a waypoint to the chartplotter the same data is converted to Seatlak and and arrives at the autopilot. This causes my ST4000 to lock up. To recover from this lock up required the autopilot to be power cycled. I do not know how other Raymarine autopilot might react.
3. I have not taken the time to understand / solve this problem. I always set the waypoint on the Raymarine chartplotter.
4. None of these issues have anything to do with MacENC but with Raymarine's products.
5. My, all Raymarine, set-up can be seen at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crews_nest/549486483/
6. You can see that I bring the AIS and GPS data (from the chart plotter) in on one NMEA lines and the instrument data (+anything else on Seatalk) in on a second NMEA connection
7. I use the Raymarine Seatalk to NMEA converter because I go it at the right price – free.
Take care, Ray