My Hunter 33 has older Raymarine instruments for speed and depth (ST60, I believe), with no wind transducer. To plan the upgrade, I've put together a small diagram that I wanted to run past this community for feedback, tips, and traps:
For this version, I'm routing the speed and depth transducers to the nav station, along with the new cable from the masthead wind transducer. Looking at the ITC-5. Looking at the images, it seems to convert 2 analog transducers, at most, to 1 Seatalk-NG. In this case, I suppose I'll need two of these for a) speed, b) depth, & c) wind.
My plan is to use the Seatalk-NG T's to drive two new Raymarine i70s displays replacing the ST60s.
Questions:
For this version, I'm routing the speed and depth transducers to the nav station, along with the new cable from the masthead wind transducer. Looking at the ITC-5. Looking at the images, it seems to convert 2 analog transducers, at most, to 1 Seatalk-NG. In this case, I suppose I'll need two of these for a) speed, b) depth, & c) wind.
My plan is to use the Seatalk-NG T's to drive two new Raymarine i70s displays replacing the ST60s.
Questions:
- I'm interested in installing a SignalK server on a Pi, or purchasing something like the iKommunicate, but I don't think this gets around the need for an ITC-5, right? Because those signals are not NMEA 0183 but direct signals from the transducers? I couldn't find a lot of data on these online, so let me know if I'm wrong. Using something like an iKommunicate instead would save me money on the ITC-5 and solve my problem of driving my chart plotter on the iPad.
- Is there an easier way to go about this? The goal is to add in a wind transducer and hopefully not have to add another display to the limited space on the helm station. The i70s seems to solve this and I can eliminate two of the redundant analog cables and instead run them to the Nav Station as a hub.