[Rhodes22-list] Tiller pilot - Am I overthinking this? - & NMEA 0183

[Mike Riter]

I knew you had some mention of your tiller pilot in one of your videos, but
I mistakenly thought it was under your project headlines. Which is why I
couldn't find it. So thanks for the link Peter.
The hole for my tiller pin is going to be closer to the rolled edge than
yours is. So fingers crossed. Hey, if I have to tab something in because
the gunwale is thin, I'll have two surfaces to anchor to.

The multiplexer makes sense. Thanks for that. Now we go down another rabbit
hole. Since it allows you to connect your IPad via wifi, can you navigate
and send route data to your TP? My Garmin chartplotter works pretty well,
but I like the much bigger screen on my IPad and would prefer to navigate
using it.

Mike Riter
SV Emma B



On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 3:33 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> Mike,
>
> I don't have a picture, but if look at a section of this video (
> https://youtu.be/y6p6uVo6xQ4) just after the 2 minute mark you can see
> pretty clearly where I mounted my pivot pin. I found the fiberglass in this
> area to be a pretty consistent thickness (in my case thin).
>
> All of my NMEA enable gizmos are wired to a multiplexor which broadcasts
> wifi. I learned just enough about NMEA 0183 to set this up, and then
> promptly forgot most of it. But as I recall, some kind of multiplexor is
> needed (as opposed to a simple bus), because otherwise all of the 'talkers'
> will just talk all over each other, and the 'listeners' will just hear
> gibberish.
>
> --Peter
>
> > On 2022-03-04, at 13:53:34 EST, Mike Riter wrote:
> >
> > Well Whew! Thanks Roger and Peter. In keeping with the notion no 2
> Rhodes are
> > created the same, I found the drop from the bottom of my fiberglass
> tiller to be
> > level with the center of the push rod is 4".  And with both the 5" and
> 3"
> > extensions in place the rear pivot pin on the tiller pilot (square from
> the
> > tiller) just reaches the point where the curve from vertical to
> horizontal on
> > the starboard gunwale. Now I'm debating on whether to return the 3"
> adapter and
> > get a 4" adapter to add another inch or take advantage of what I'm
> betting is
> > thicker fiberglass at the current location.
> >
> > In anticipation of the wiring, I pulled out the switch panel and found a
> tangle
> > of unlabeled wires with multiple attachments to many of the switches. So
> all
> > that gets to be updated. Yaa.
> >
> > The wiring generates another question, I'm planning to tie this into my
> Garmin
> > chartplotter via NMEA 0183 and may add wind data to this one day as
> well. Has
> > anyone set up separate buss bars just for the NMEA? Any advice + or - on
> that
> > would be appreciated.
> >
> > Maybe I'm biased because I'm a R22 owner, but of the sailing and
> cruising forums
> > I follow, this is the friendliest and most helpful of them all. I really
> > appreciate everyone here!
> >
> > Mike Riter
> >
> > SV Emma B
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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