S1000 Autopilot connection to a Raymarine E80.

[petemos]

Hi I just bought an Raymarine S1000 Autopilot and I’m trying to figure out how it get connected to my E80 and also whether the S1000 can receive the GPS data via the E80 or the controller has to be directly connected to the Raymarine 125 GPS via the NMEA 2000 backbone?

What I have today is the E80 and the GPS connected to NMEA 0183 port. I also have a Seatalk 2 (NMEA 2000) connection to a NMEA 2000 backbone that picks up data from my engine control modules and fuel flow pickups.

Anyone ever connect to an E80 unit?

It looks like I have to take the S1000 controller data cable and get some type of connector to wire it into the NMEA 2000 backbone and that will connect me to the E80. So my real questions are:

1. Anyone know what type if cable connector I use to wire the S1000 data cable into my NMEA 2000 backbone?

2. If my Raymarine 125 GPS is directly connected to the E80 on the NMEA 0183 port, can the S1000 controller see it, or do I have to move the 125 GPS to NMEA 2000 backbone?

3. Lastly if I have to add all these NMEA 2000 devices to the backbone, is there some type of NMEA 2000 hub I can connect these device into or do I still have to daisy chain them together like I do with the other devices today?

Thanks in advance for the help.
Jim

[petemos]

Well I talked to Raymarine and got my own question answered. It is so simple, that I’m almost at a loss for words. It seems the S1000 only talks SeaTalk1 (Nema 0183). Does not work with SeaTalk2 (Nema 2000). That being the case, and the fact that my GPS 125 is already connected to the SeaTalk1 (Nema 0183) on my E80, you just connect the S1000 controller wires together with the GPS 125 wired and have that feed back into the E80. The SeaTalk1 (Nema 0183) wires on the s1000 and GPS 125 wires will be Red-to-Red, Yellow-to-Yellow and Black-to-Black.

I won’t be doing this job for several weeks, but is this is true, it would seem to be a really easy install, except for the unit bleeding process.

Jim

[Captains Cat]

Mine was simple on the 22 and the TC255 Jim, had the same setup. Real nice interface!

Charlie