NMEA

[Drinky Crow]

Basic, basic question.
Do I have to run an individual drop cable to every single device on the network?
Can I not run a single drop cable to rear of boat where the dome for anemometer is to be located (which came with its own drop cable and tee), and then run a drop cable from that tee to the pilot?
Most diagrams show the plotter as part of the network but buddy say plotter draws too much current and needs its own power source. Yes/no?

Make it simple please. A long dissertation on electrical engineering will be a waste of bandwidth.

[Mal Reynolds]

Originally Posted by Drinky Crow

Basic, basic question.
Do I have to run an individual drop cable to every single device on the network?
Can I not run a single drop cable to rear of boat where the dome for anemometer is to be located (which came with its own drop cable and tee), and then run a drop cable from that tee to the pilot?
Most diagrams show the plotter as part of the network but buddy say plotter draws too much current and needs its own power source. Yes/no?

Make it simple please. A long dissertation on electrical engineering will be a waste of bandwidth.

Yes, each device needs a separate drop cable, 20ft long max each. So simplest way would be to run a micro backbone cable to within 3 ft or so of where the anemometer and autopilot connections are, then add tees and run relatively short drop cables to the devices.

Chartplotter needs a separate power source and a NMEA2000 drop cable to receive and send data from/to the network.

[Drinky Crow]

Thank you kindly, that's the info I needed.

[smac999]

you run a backbone cable to the back of the boat.... then drops from the backbone.