"Peter Hendra" wrote in message
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Hi,
I wish to connect my Navman 3100 wind instrument to the Ratheon ST6000
autopilot so that the later can stear to wind.

The Navman site gives details of which NMEA wire to where on the OEM.

Is it this easy?

My boat at the moment is half a world away so I cannot try it out.

I have connected the Garmin GPS to the autopilot and radar as well as
the laptop - piece of cake. Has anyone done this or can someone
provide further input?

The connection will be the same as from the GPS to the autopilot. But there
is one potential problem: if the autopilot has only one input, you can only
connect either the GPS or the wind instrument, possibly with a changeover
switch. If you want both connected, you'll need an NMEA multiplexer to
combine the data from the GPS and the wind instrument into one stream on one
physical connection.

See www.shipmodul.com for multiplexers and visit the NMEA info page for an
explanation of multiplexers and connecions.

Meindert