Well, I did it. I bought a 1997 Catalina 380 and one of the things I had on my C-30 was a chartplotter (depth included). It was a Humminbird, but it was very convenient. The new to me boat has wind, depth, auto and gps, but no actual chart plotter.
I have some question concerning current setup of instruments and the potential addition of a new chartplotter.
Currently I have an older Autohelm wind transducer with Autohelm Wind Control Head (ST50….transducer has hex shaped wind cups). Please note that this control head has Tru/App on the left button instead of the Cal button per the ST50+ manual…so I am guessing on the correct model#
There are 2 Autohelm GPS Control heads (one on nav pod and one at nav table), the current GPS antenna does not work.
An Autohelm Speed and Depth Control Head at nav pod with appropriate transducers in hull.
Newer P70 Raymarine Autopilot Control Head at nav pod. The autopilot CPU is a Smart Pilot SPX-10 and a Raymarine flux compass. There is also an Autohelm rudder sensor hooked to system. It appears that there are blue SeatalkNG connectors tied to the autopilot system.
After a lot of thought, price wise, I would like to install an Axiom 9-9 to the nav pod. I would install the appropriate transducer for depth and temp and then hook up as many of the current instruments as possible.
Despite hours of online research, my knowledge of Seatalk, Seatalk2, SeatalkNG and the NMEA 1083/2000 is VERY limited and I am still not comfortable with all of it.
It has occurred to me, that the new Axiom will take care of speed and location so the old ST50’s might conflict with each other if they were part of a total Seatalk “x” system? If so, I was thinking I could install them at the nav table as back up?
What is the correct seatalk system I’ll need to connect the autopilot (Raymarine P70), wind (Autohelm ST50) and Axiom MFD?
I have signed up for membership in the Catalina 380 Association but am waiting on enrollment, so I am limited in my ability to access their forums. I have explored the Raymarine forums to death…
Thanks for any guidance. I know this has been talked to death, I just want to be absolutely sure of what I will need to correctly connect them.
Budget wise, I will not have the funds to replace the older Autohelm control heads this year as I have 'sunk my wad' on the boat and getting her from Wisconsin to Rochester.
Chris
CAN'T WAIT FOR SPRING!!!!! Been a long time since I've thought that.
I have some question concerning current setup of instruments and the potential addition of a new chartplotter.
Currently I have an older Autohelm wind transducer with Autohelm Wind Control Head (ST50….transducer has hex shaped wind cups). Please note that this control head has Tru/App on the left button instead of the Cal button per the ST50+ manual…so I am guessing on the correct model#
There are 2 Autohelm GPS Control heads (one on nav pod and one at nav table), the current GPS antenna does not work.
An Autohelm Speed and Depth Control Head at nav pod with appropriate transducers in hull.
Newer P70 Raymarine Autopilot Control Head at nav pod. The autopilot CPU is a Smart Pilot SPX-10 and a Raymarine flux compass. There is also an Autohelm rudder sensor hooked to system. It appears that there are blue SeatalkNG connectors tied to the autopilot system.
After a lot of thought, price wise, I would like to install an Axiom 9-9 to the nav pod. I would install the appropriate transducer for depth and temp and then hook up as many of the current instruments as possible.
Despite hours of online research, my knowledge of Seatalk, Seatalk2, SeatalkNG and the NMEA 1083/2000 is VERY limited and I am still not comfortable with all of it.
It has occurred to me, that the new Axiom will take care of speed and location so the old ST50’s might conflict with each other if they were part of a total Seatalk “x” system? If so, I was thinking I could install them at the nav table as back up?
What is the correct seatalk system I’ll need to connect the autopilot (Raymarine P70), wind (Autohelm ST50) and Axiom MFD?
I have signed up for membership in the Catalina 380 Association but am waiting on enrollment, so I am limited in my ability to access their forums. I have explored the Raymarine forums to death…
Thanks for any guidance. I know this has been talked to death, I just want to be absolutely sure of what I will need to correctly connect them.
Budget wise, I will not have the funds to replace the older Autohelm control heads this year as I have 'sunk my wad' on the boat and getting her from Wisconsin to Rochester.
Chris
CAN'T WAIT FOR SPRING!!!!! Been a long time since I've thought that.