Topic: Raymarine s1000 autopilot and 998c SI

[choc_e]

Just wondering if anyone has hooked up a 998c SI to a Raymarine S1000 autopilot via NMEA? Was it difficult and what wires do you connect?

I am looking at buying a Raymarine S1000, does anyone rate them? Or can anyone suggest another cheap autopilot for a twin engine cat with DF140s?


Thanks

Ryan

[choc_e]

This is what the Raymarine autopilot says about NMEA connection.

Wire Colour   Pin   NMEA signal at s1000   Connection at 3rd Party GPS
         
Brown                    1   negative out                    NMEA --ve receive
Green                    2   positive out                    NMEA +ve receive
Orange                    3   positive in                    NMEA +ve transmit
Blue                    5   negative in                    NMEA --ve transmit

But the Humminbird NMEA connections read differently in the Humminbird manual:

The following NMEA sentences are output:
DPT - Depth
MTW - Water Temperature
GLL - Lat/Lon Position
GGA - GPS Fix Data
RMC - Recommended Minimum Specific GNSS Data
VTG - Course Over Ground and Ground Speed
ZDA - Time and Date
When navigating, the following NMEA sentences are also output:
APB - Autopilot Sentence B
BWR - Bearing and Distance to Waypoint
RMB - Recommended Minimum Navigation Info

Does this make sense to anyone?

[sonar2000]

The pins are the physical connections (cable) unit to unit.
The sentence is the data contained in the information between the units.

Chuck