Seatalk ng and B&G NMEA2000 mix?

[thebd]

Hello,

I have Raymarine EV-200 autopilot with the ACU-200 and EV-1 sensor (the one without NMEA2000 output) and B&G mfd and all the other instruments and i want to know if anyone made them work together?

[Kelkara]

I have the EV100 autopilot system, and a B&G Zeus2 plotter that I added to the SeatalkNG network with the raymarine NMEA2000 adapter cable ... I have no other networked instruments.



Plotter gets heading data OK, and autopilot gets all GPS and waypoint data from plotter OK ... what I can't do is control the autopilot from the plotter ... B&G and Raymarine don't seem to play well together for that ... I have to use the autopilot control instrument to control the pilot, but I can get it to steer to a waypoint set by the plotter.

[Checkswrecks]

I have a B&G Vulcan 7 plotter, Standard Horizon AIS, and most everything else is Raymarine. It has re-affirmed that while NMEA 2000 is a common language, the accents in that language can limit some features from working.


It's a lot like trying to understand somebody with a very heavy French/Russian/Chinese/Other accent when they are new to English and trying to describe something. While a person can do a lot of searching for words to find the right word to convey their thoughts, the devices on the NMEA bus can not.

[skipmac]

Have a similar experience. B&G/Simrad AP, Garmin plotter and an old Raymarine speed and depth. Connected the Raymarine Seatalk to their Seatalk-SeatalkNG converter and connected that to my NMEA2000 backbone. I can see the speed and depth on the Garmin MFD and the B&G data displays but the Garmin has limited control over the AP.

[smac999]

you either need to make n2k to seatalkng drop cable adapters or buy them. or split the bus into half seatalkng and n2k.

it's the same thing just different connectors.

[Tillsbury]

I've said it before, but if you buy a seatalkng cable and an NMEA2000 cable (or get one with a device you buy), cut both in half and solder them back together you'll get two conversion cables. The only difference is that seatalkng has better connectors on the cables.

[thebd]

thank you for you help

do you connect them as spur/drop cable for each network or connect as backbone?

Is there any of these going to fit without any cutting?
https://hudsonmarine.co.uk/categorie...ea-2000-cables