autopilot

[Twekd1]

so i hear i can hook the auto pilot up to the gps fish finder plotter, I hear it is just 1 cable. does any one know how to do this? and where i can get the cable? also what is the easiest wat to learn how to use it all? I printed the manual but its like 600 pages long and im lost!

Edited January 27, 2010 by GLF
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[Twekd1]

maby i should of posted this under the electronics forum

[GLF]

maby i should of posted this under the electronics forum

I moved it to the Marine Electronics section.

[Twekd1]

please someone help me i want to make sure i have this boat all set up b4 spring

[GTRIEM]

I think you just need a NMEA 0183 cable...not 100% sure of your lowrance and raymarine products, but this is the standard format. I have garmin gps hooked to simrad ap. You may need to get manuals to get the settings set correctly.

GTR

[1mainiac]

Your plotter should have connections or wires marked NMEA out it may also have NMEA in you need to run the NMEA out from the plotter to the NMEA in on the AP. This allows the plotter to send info to the AP. If you have DSC hooked up to your radio it will be the same out cables to the radio and yes you can share this connection with multiple devices. If you radio has NMEA out you hook those to the NMEA in on your plotter these are usually not shared though I am not sure that they can't be but don't know of a reason other than to share radar with the plotter where you would need to share the input to the Plotter. Most of the Radar systems I have looked at don't use NMEA to connect to the plotter but some could. Hope this helps

[Twekd1]

so i just need 1 nmea wire and then figure out how to program it?