T&T: Raymarine to PC connection

[Peter Bennett]

I don't have an R80+, so I was just making a (hopfully) educated
guess. (I do have a Raymarine C80)

I would expect the R80+ NMEA-0183 output to provide the current
position (I'm assuming the R80 system includes a GPS) and (while
navigating to a waypoint) cross-track error, and probably other data.

CE should accept that data, and show your current position on the
chart.  I'm not familiar with CE, although I do use other chart
programs, so I don't know what, if anything, CE would do with depth or
other data from the R80+.

Friday, February 6, 2009, 10:14:20 AM, Ed wrote:

EB> Thanks, Peter.  Do you know what capability that will give me in CE?  For
EB> instance, will that provide CE access to the Raymarine GPS positioning data,
EB> sounding info, etc?  


EB> Ed
EB>  

EB> -----Original Message-----
EB> From: Peter Bennett [mailto:peterbb4 at interchange.ubc.ca] 
EB> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 9:26
EB> To: Ed Bruette; trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com
EB> Subject: Re: T&T: Raymarine to PC connection



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

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

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




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