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Originally Posted by George DuBose
I don't have a problem YET...I have a Raymarine system with ST60 instruments and a radar installed in 2009.
I had to replace my GPS antenna and had to power that with the SeaTalkng converter. Now I need to replace the C120, it is running slowly, not displaying all of the chart. I have reinstalled the system software several times to no avail.
Now I want to add a newer MFD and I am hoping that I don't need to replace the instruments or the radar.
I will be speaking to Raymarine at the Boot Show in Düsseldorf in a few weeks, but I want to see what the CF says.
Thanks.
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Your 2009 radar is likely an analog unit that has a
single thick cable plugged directly into the back of the C120. That cable provides power to the radar and transmits data from the radar.
Newer MFD's communicate with radar via a Raynet cable (or WiFi). The Raynet cable either plugs directly into the MFD or through a HS5 network switch.
In short, newer Raymarine MFD's (anything more
modem than the E series classic) are not compatible with older analog Raymarine radars.
On the upside, there is a lot of demand for used analog radars and they are easily
sold should you decide to upgrade.
The rest of your instruments from 2009, excluding
autopilot, will communicate via SeatalkNG just fine, as long as you are bringing wind, speed and
depth data onto that SeatalkNG network either via the older converter pods or using an ITC5.
If the
autopilot is communicating via a Seatalk2 network you will have to do some upgrade there as well. It could be as easy as plugging in a Raymarine
Seatalk to SeatalkNG converter junction and
cables.