[Rhodes22-list] Raymarine tiller pilot installation help

[Mary Lou Troy]

Re the chartplotter. Does the unit have an internal compass? I always 
thought it did but never really looked at it or the manual. I would 
think all you would need is to hold a single heading. I've never 
thought autopilots hooked up to a plotter are a good idea but we were 
always sort of minimalists. (Emphasis on "sort" <grin>)

Mary Lou

formerly R22 Fretless
now Rosborough rf246  Tara
(in Oriental, NC, soon to be Rock Hall, MD)



At 06:21 AM 7/5/2016, you 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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