seglarpeter,
Addressing your specific questions....
1) Yes, it is perfectly fine to connect your Vesper Watchmate 850
AIS transponder to your
Raymarine C95 plotter....
2) No, you should have no problems....
3) But, you need to be aware that depending upon what else you have connected to your C95, and how you C95 is configured, you will most likely need to configure one of your plotter's
NMEA inputs for 38.4k baud rate (the AIS data transfer rate) rather than the standard NMEA rate of 4.8k baud....and you may end up needing to reassign a NMEA input of the plotter, for this purpose.....
And/or, in a worst-case scenario, again depending in how your nav/instrument system is wired/configured, you may end up needing a NMEA mux (multiplexer) or a NMEA to SeaTalkNG converter (NMEA 0183 to
NMEA 2000 converter)....
{Not having you C95 (I have a E-120 and a E-80), nor knowing how your nav system is wired/configured, it's impossible for me to give an absolute answer...}
4) This is the most important question you asked....and the most difficult to explain in simple text on a page...
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Originally Posted by seglarpeter
Is the same information displayed on both?
....this function is superb/
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The Vesper Watchmate's have some UNIQUE features and display functions that other displays do NOT have, not even chartplotters costing 1000's of $$$...
So, while the short answer to your question is, mostly yes....mostly the same information is displayed on both....
BUT....
But, the Vesper Watchmate displays things differently (better), and has more "AIS info".....not the least of which is their "CPA Page" display, which is without-a-doubt the best graphical display of a vessel crossing, or vessel approach, that is on the market today!!
If you are in coastal areas, and/or areas with shoals or needing to make course changes around islands, and/or needing the
radar to plot around heavy squalls, etc., then you may be running your C95, and might use its display to see/evaluate AIS targets....
But, in every other circumstance, especially on the open ocean, you will not need the plotter, and therefore will be running just the Vesper Watchmate....
I hope you don't mind the detailed answers, even if they're not absolute...
Fair winds...
John, KA4WJA
s/v Annie Laurie, WDB6927
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