T&T: Raymarine to PC connection

[Peter Bennett]

Friday, February 6, 2009, 12:02:47 AM, Ed wrote:

EB> I have a Raymarine system that has a monochrome R80+ chart plotter/radar
EB> display at its center.  It uses the Seatalk network to interface with the
EB> R70CRC color display on the bridge (the PO only drove from the bridge) and
EB> the depth sounder.  Since I purchased a copy of Coastal Explorer at the
EB> Seattle Boat Show I now have an interest in interfacing the PC and EC with
EB> the Raymarine system.  
EB>  
EB> The R80+ has an NMEA output on the back of the chassis and I have an unused
EB> Seatalk connection.  Has anyone on the list done this interface?  How did
EB> you make it work?  Were you able to also include a 3rd party autopilot?

You should be able to connect the NMEA output from the R80+ to the
computer's serial port (or to a USB<->RS232 adaptor, then to a USB
port).

-- 
Peter Bennett, VE7CEI    Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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