Raymarine SeaTalk / NEMA 0183

Sorry for your problems Art. I finally just went with the s1000 wireless, I have a seatalk hookup for a ST6001 control head which I tried in parallel and it works fine but I have it disconnected. I was going to return it for credit (gift card) but if y ou think it may be that, I'll send it to you to try a swapout. The S1000 seems big enough for the TC255, haven't tried it in very rough wx yet but I'll get to eventually.

My system is the 4KW, the S1000, no fluxgate, no rate gyro, same GPS as you. E-80 display. It does the radar overlay just great.

Can the guys at VA Electronics help you?

Charlie
 
Charlie,

Thanks for the offer but I'm reasonably sure the ST6001 is OK.

I hope to get to the boat soon to do a sea trial with the "GYRO"
disconnected from the SmartPilot circuit board. It is mounted within its
case and can be isolated by unplugging a 'white' connector - accessable
at the bottom left part of the board.

If the unit can be CAL'd in its new configuration, all should be happy;
just no gyro stability for the higher accuracy on the MARPA and Overlay
stuff. I hope it will respond the same as yours.

I see that WM has the ST6001 S1G system for OBs still on the shelf for
abt $1400. I don't think I'll run out and buy a 2nd system just to fix this
and have spare parts - though I have thought about it.

I hoped that someone else had experienced this and how they attacked it.
Your suggestion of VA Elect. Systems is a good one. They are the ones
who did the original system installation of the RayMarine and Garmin
systerms. I did call them to see if they would be interested in the
installation of my searchlight and they can't do anything till after June -
They are that backed up. Shows how good they are with their quality
work.

Thanks again for the offer, Charlie.

Art
 
I'm not trying to hijack this thread but I wanted to give a shout-out to Raymarine for their great customer service and since this thread is about Raymarine, NMEA and the S1000 Wireless Autopilot, I thought I'd use this thread. I hope you don't mind.

We only have one Raymarine product on C-Dancer, the S1000 Wireless Autopilot. I inquired on the site on Monday about how to order another power/NMEA cable since I can't use SeaTalk. A customer service rep answered quickly that that particular part is not part of the parts that they stock but he would find one and send me one right away.

I received the part via FedEx on Wednesday, free of charge!!! Now that's GREAT Customer Service. :thup :thup :thup
 
Peter,
I concur with the support that RayMarine gives is very good. That is where
I found out abt the means to isolate my 'GYRO' on the SmartPilot CPU
circuit board.

The tech support people are pressed to cover as many people as possible,
so they can't spend a lot of idle time discussing any problem. They are
efficient in how they approach the issues at hand and it is a pleasure to
deal with the pros.

This kind of service goes a long way in any business.

Art
 
SeaTalk Question:

When the is more than one 'major' device on the SeaTalk bus,what
prevents a power hogging issued?

The case in mind is an autopilot and a C80 display unit sharing the
SeaTalk bus. In my system there is an Alpha keypad, GPS and the
ST6001 AutoPilot Controller located between the C80 and SmartPilot CPU.
Could the units be using stearing/isolation diodes?

As I understand the setup:
SeaTalk wiring-
Shield/screen = Common/ground
Red = 12VDC
Yellow = DATA

Art
 
Art, back in battery here again. Stress Test and comprehensive EKG normal. Heart pumping at 90% which for this old fart is pretty good...

Only downside is that I missed Langford and are having to clean out garages and shop this weekend/.... Thanks for the thoughs/prayers, I think they worked!

As for your NEMA/Seatalk questions, I think those are good ones for Raymarine Tech support!
=
Charlie
 
Does anyone know if there is a lithium battery or other power souce
on the S1G Core Pack that helps save the heading/compass data?

The last few times I went out I had to swing the compass to have a
proper display. The "AUTO" function works fine, just the heading is wrong.

The heading displayed affects the RADAR on the C80 by the displacement
of all way points 'attached' to the compass heading data. It is interesting
to be closing from the south on a waypoint north of your position and
seeing it approaching from behind you. This also controls the heading of our 'little boat' on the chart display, etc..

All being said and done, looks like the pack will go back to Raymarine,
after the main boating season.

Art
 
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