Installation Instructions
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Important information
- Certified Installation
- TFT Displays
- Water ingress
- Disclaimers
- RF exposure
- FCC
- Compliance Statement (Part 15.19)
- FCC Interference Statement (Part 15.105 (b))
- Industry Canada
- Industry Canada (Français)
- Japanese approvals
- Declaration of conformity
- Product disposal
- Pixel defect policy
- Warranty registration
- IMO and SOLAS
- Technical accuracy
- Chapter 2 Document and product information
- Chapter 3 Planning the installation
- 3.1 System integration
- 3.2 Installation checklist
- 3.3 Multiple data sources (MDS) overview
- 3.4 Identifying your display variant
- 3.5 Networking constraints
- 3.6 System protocols
- 3.7 Data master
- 3.8 a6x and a7x parts supplied
- 3.9 a9x and a12x parts supplied
- 3.10 e7 / e7D Parts supplied
- 3.11 c Series and e Series parts supplied
- 3.12 Tools required for installation
- 3.13 Selecting a location
- Chapter 4 Cables and connections
- 4.1 General cabling guidance
- 4.2 Connections overview
- 4.3 a9x and a12x connections overview
- 4.4 3–pin power connection
- 4.5 Power and data (combined) connection
- 4.6 SeaTalkng® connections
- 4.7 NMEA 2000 connection
- 4.8 SeaTalk connection
- 4.9 NMEA 0183 connection — Power/NMEA/Video cable
- 4.10 a6x and a7x to NMEA 0183 DSC VHF radio connection
- 4.11 Sonar module and transducer connection
- 4.12 Radar network connection
- 4.13 GA150 connection
- 4.14 GNSS / GPS connection
- 4.15 AIS connection
- 4.16 Fastheading connection
- 4.17 Keypad network connection
- 4.18 Weather receiver connection
- 4.19 Video connection — composite
- 4.20 Video in-out connection
- 4.21 IP Camera connection
- 4.22 Thermal camera connection
- 4.23 Fusion network connection
- 4.24 Fusion NMEA 2000 connection
- 4.25 Media player connection
- 4.26 Raymarine mobile app connection
- 4.27 Bluetooth remote control connection
- Chapter 5 Mounting
- Chapter 6 Maintaining your display
- Chapter 7 Troubleshooting
- 7.1 Troubleshooting
- 7.2 Power up troubleshooting
- 7.3 Radar troubleshooting
- 7.4 GPS troubleshooting
- 7.5 Sonar troubleshooting
- 7.6 Sonar crosstalk interference
- 7.7 Thermal camera troubleshooting
- 7.8 System data troubleshooting
- 7.9 Video troubleshooting
- 7.10 Wi-Fi troubleshooting
- 7.11 Bluetooth troubleshooting
- 7.12 Touchscreen troubleshooting
- 7.13 Touchscreen alignment
- 7.14 Miscellaneous troubleshooting
- Chapter 8 Technical specification
- Chapter 9 Technical support
- Chapter 10 Spares and accessories
awholenetworkofmarineelectronicsfromany
manufacturertocommunicateonacommonbusvia
standardizedmessagetypesandformats.
SeaTalk
SeaTalkisaprotocolwhichenablescompatible
instrumentstoconnecttoeachotherandsharedata.
TheSeaT alkcablesystemisusedtoconnect
compatibleinstrumentsandequipment.Thecable
carriespoweranddataandenablesconnection
withouttheneedforacentralprocessor.
Additionalinstrumentsandfunctionscanbeaddedto
aSeaTalksystem,simplybypluggingthemintothe
network.SeaT alkequipmentcanalsocommunicate
withothernon-SeaT alkequipmentviatheNMEA
0183standard,providedasuitableinterfaceisused.
NMEA0183
TheNMEA0183DataInterfaceStandardwas
developedbytheNationalMarineElectronics
AssociationofAmerica.Itisaninternational
standardtoenableequipmentfrommanydifferent
manufacturerstobeconnectedtogetherandshare
information.
TheNMEA0183standardcarriessimilarinformation
toSeaTalk.Howeverithastheimportantdifference
thatonecablewillonlycarryinformationinone
direction.ForthisreasonNMEA0183isgenerally
usedtoconnectadatareceiverandatransmitter
together,e.g.acompasssensortransmitting
headingtoaradardisplay.Thisinformationis
passedin‘sentences’,eachofwhichhasathree
lettersentenceidentier.Itisthereforeimportant
whencheckingcompatibilitybetweenitemsthatthe
samesentenceidentiersareusedsomeexamples
ofwhichare:
•VTG-carriesCourseandSpeedOverGround
data.
•GLL-carrieslatitudeandlongitude.
•DBT-carrieswaterdepth.
•MWV-carriesrelativewindangleandwindspeed
data.
NMEABaudrates
TheNMEA0183standardoperatesatanumber
ofdifferentspeeds,dependingupontheparticular
requirementorequipmentcapabilities.Typical
examplesare:
•4800baudrate.Usedforgeneralpurpose
communications,includingFastHeadingdata.
•38400baudrate.UsedforAISandotherhigh
speedapplications.
3.7Datamaster
Anysystemcontainingmorethanonenetworked
multifunctiondisplaymusthaveadesignateddata
master.
Thedatamasteristhedisplaywhichservesasa
primarysourceofdataforalldisplays,italsohandles
allexternalsourcesofinformation.Forexample
thedisplaysmayrequireheadinginformationfrom
theautopilotandGPSsystems,usuallyreceived
throughaSeaTalk
ng
orNMEAconnection.Thedata
masteristhedisplaytowhichtheSeaT alk,NMEA
andanyotherdataconnectionsaremade,itthen
bridgesthedatatotheSeaTalk
hs
networkandany
compatiblerepeatdisplays.Informationsharedby
thedatamasterincludes:
•Cartography
•Routesandwaypoints
•Radar
•Sonar
•Datareceivedfromtheautopilot,instruments,the
engineandotherexternalsources.
Yoursystemmaybewiredforredundancywithdata
connectionsmadetorepeatdisplays.Howeverthese
connectionswillonlybecomeactiveintheeventofa
faultand/orreassignmentofthedatamaster.
Inanautopilotsystemwhichdoesnotcontaina
dedicatedpilotcontrolheadtheDatamasteralso
actsasthecontrolfortheautopilot.
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