[Rhodes22-list] Raymarine tiller pilot installation help

[Olivier Hecht]

That's what I ended up doing, but I had to open up the tiller pilot housing itself and use a multimeter to check continuity between the power and ground wires (red and black) within the housing and the pins. The connector itself is completely sealed so there's so way to check the wires there. If I had the actual bulkhead connector, I could have identified the wires that way...still looking for that part. 

> On Jul 5, 2016, at 7:16 AM, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Oliver,
> 
> Can you determine which wire is the power wire on the tiller side connector
> (is the wire red, for example)?  If so, that will tell you which is #1 and
> you can mate up the connectors to see which is #1 on the boat side
> connector and then work your way around.  It shows colors for the wires so
> that may help you.
> 
> Hank
> 
>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 6:21 AM, Olivier Hecht <ohecht at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks Mike. That's actually the manual I've been using, but the pinout
>> diagram on page 13 for the bulkhead connector doesn't have anything to
>> orient the six identical pins. There's a "key" in the male end of the plug
>> that ensures it's always inserted the right way, but they left that off of
>> the diagram, so it's missing critical info!
>> 
>> I ended up opening the unit so I could use a multimeter to identify the
>> +12v and ground wires.
>> 
>> In case it helps anyone else in the future, as you look into the male end
>> of the plug with the key at the bottom (6 o'clock) position, the 12v pin is
>> at the 1 o'clock position and the ground pin is at the 3 o'clock position.
>> This aligns with pins 1 and 2 in the diagram on page 13 if you assume that
>> it's a representation of what you'd see looking at the male end of the plug
>> with the key at the 6 o'clock position.
>> 
>> I was able to temporarily connect power and the unit seems to work!  Now
>> to mount it in the boat and maybe even find a chart plotter it can talk to
>> so we can worry less about steering constantly on longer trips...
>> 
>> Olivier
>> 
>>>> On Jul 5, 2016, at 12:07 AM, Michael Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Olivier,
>>> 
>>> Does this manual help?
>>> 
>>> Mike
>>> s/v Wind Lass ('91)
>>> Nissequogue River, NY
>>> 
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