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Autopilot
Who makes a good autopilot that doesn't use a propriatory bus? Need a
plain vanilla type nmea type. Thanks Gordon -- Ask not for whom the terrorist bell tolls; it tolls for thee, and thee, and thee--for decent, innocent people everywhere. |
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Gordon,
I don't know, but I need one as well that I can select the NMEA heading sentence source and not have to use an included device. I have my heading devices already and my reversable pump and cylinder. Steve "Gordon" wrote in message ... Who makes a good autopilot that doesn't use a propriatory bus? Need a plain vanilla type nmea type. Thanks Gordon -- Ask not for whom the terrorist bell tolls; it tolls for thee, and thee, and thee--for decent, innocent people everywhere. |
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Try NAVMAN
http://www.navman.com/marine/product...nts/index.html It has all with NMEA Pascal Gordon escreveu: Who makes a good autopilot that doesn't use a propriatory bus? Need a plain vanilla type nmea type. Thanks Gordon -- Ask not for whom the terrorist bell tolls; it tolls for thee, and thee, and thee--for decent, innocent people everywhere. |
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On 2006-03-26 06:32:21 +1100, "Bjarke Christensen"
(nej, det skal selvfølgelig være med K da jeg er dansker) said: Dont most of them do both? Their own proprietary and plain nmea... Bjarke "Gordon" wrote in message ... Who makes a good autopilot that doesn't use a propriatory bus? Need a plain vanilla type nmea type. Thanks Gordon -- Ask not for whom the terrorist bell tolls; it tolls for thee, and thee, and thee--for decent, innocent people everywhere. Certainly all the Raymarine corepack (s1, s2 and s3) support both NMEA as well as Seatalk. The corepacks have 1 NMEA in and out as well as 2 seatalk i/fs. -- Regards, John D Proctor |
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Yes, my Raym tillerpilot does take nmea as well....
Bjarke "John Proctor" wrote in message news:2006032608054016807-lost@nowhereorg... On 2006-03-26 06:32:21 +1100, "Bjarke Christensen" (nej, det skal selvfølgelig være med K da jeg er dansker) said: Dont most of them do both? Their own proprietary and plain nmea... Bjarke "Gordon" wrote in message ... Who makes a good autopilot that doesn't use a propriatory bus? Need a plain vanilla type nmea type. Thanks Gordon -- Ask not for whom the terrorist bell tolls; it tolls for thee, and thee, and thee--for decent, innocent people everywhere. Certainly all the Raymarine corepack (s1, s2 and s3) support both NMEA as well as Seatalk. The corepacks have 1 NMEA in and out as well as 2 seatalk i/fs. -- Regards, John D Proctor |
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Looks good on paper. Any experience with them?' Thanks
Gordon "Pascal" wrote in message ups.com... Try NAVMAN http://www.navman.com/marine/product...nts/index.html It has all with NMEA Pascal Gordon escreveu: Who makes a good autopilot that doesn't use a propriatory bus? Need a plain vanilla type nmea type. Thanks Gordon -- Ask not for whom the terrorist bell tolls; it tolls for thee, and thee, and thee--for decent, innocent people everywhere. |
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On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 08:07:23 -0800, "Gordon"
wrote: Who makes a good autopilot that doesn't use a propriatory bus? Need a plain vanilla type nmea type. Simrad/Robertson AP-35. |
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Bjarke,
No they don't. Most yacht units force you to use their fluxgate compass as a heading input. Commercial units have a selector function and they can accept step, sine/cosine, servo/resolver and others. The yacht unit I have seen only use their own fluxgate. That's why I asked the question. Steve "Bjarke Christensen" (nej, det skal selvfølgelig være med K da jeg er dansker) wrote in message . dk... Dont most of them do both? Their own proprietary and plain nmea... Bjarke "Gordon" wrote in message ... Who makes a good autopilot that doesn't use a propriatory bus? Need a plain vanilla type nmea type. Thanks Gordon -- Ask not for whom the terrorist bell tolls; it tolls for thee, and thee, and thee--for decent, innocent people everywhere. |
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Steve Lusardi wrote:
Bjarke, No they don't. Most yacht units force you to use their fluxgate compass as a heading input. Commercial units have a selector function and they can accept step, sine/cosine, servo/resolver and others. The yacht unit I have seen only use their own fluxgate. That's why I asked the question. Steve As mentioned earlier the Raymarine corepacks do NOT need their own fluxgate and WILL accept heading from NMEA, including fast heading (10 msg/s) from a decent source. They also accept analog heading change from a gyro, but at a fixed input voltage/degree/sec. Just curious -- which "yacht units" have you seen that only use their own fluxgate that are suited to be rigged with external pumps? -- Kees |
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Brooks and Gatehouse for one. The B&G units have there own fluxgate and
unique interface with no facility for an external HDG source. For your information, most Gyros do not have Sine/Cosine outputs. They can be had as options, but are VERY expensive. This is true for SPERRY and ANSCHUTZ for sure. Sine/Cosine is the standard interface for a fluxgate though. Gyros use 3phase Step (Commercial) and Servo/Resolver (Military). Commercial autopilots have a select feature to use multiple inputs for HDG on a selector switch like Gyro 1, Gyro 2, Sat Compass, etc, as well as the ability to configure for each one. Thanks for the Raymarine tip though, as I recall, Raymarine has 2 lines, commercial and yacht. Do the yacht models have the NMEA HDG input as well? Steve "Kees Verruijt" wrote in message ... Steve Lusardi wrote: Bjarke, No they don't. Most yacht units force you to use their fluxgate compass as a heading input. Commercial units have a selector function and they can accept step, sine/cosine, servo/resolver and others. The yacht unit I have seen only use their own fluxgate. That's why I asked the question. Steve As mentioned earlier the Raymarine corepacks do NOT need their own fluxgate and WILL accept heading from NMEA, including fast heading (10 msg/s) from a decent source. They also accept analog heading change from a gyro, but at a fixed input voltage/degree/sec. Just curious -- which "yacht units" have you seen that only use their own fluxgate that are suited to be rigged with external pumps? -- Kees |
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