May 21, 2009 08:20
Interfacing a Mac rig to a Raymarine system is pretty straightforward. You don't necessarily want to actually connect to the C-80 but rather to the brain of the raymarine system, it's course computer, the electronic component of the autopilot. If you have no autopilot, you would connect to the C-80.
The easiest way is to get a NMEA multiplexer (ShipModul is my preference) which will do the Seatalk to NMEA conversion.
In terms of uploading waypoints and routes, the Mac would actually be dumping the waypoints and routes to the Raymarine system thru the multiplexer. I've not used the C-80 but I don't see why it wouldn't be able to accept a standard NMEA stream.
Where are you located?
The easiest way is to get a NMEA multiplexer (ShipModul is my preference) which will do the Seatalk to NMEA conversion.
In terms of uploading waypoints and routes, the Mac would actually be dumping the waypoints and routes to the Raymarine system thru the multiplexer. I've not used the C-80 but I don't see why it wouldn't be able to accept a standard NMEA stream.
Where are you located?