Cutting a Raymarine network cable?

[svBluePearl]

long time lurker here , you can file down the 'stop' on the RJ45 plug about 2mm (or 3) so it will slide into the port . The RM plugs are a little longer vs the standard RJ 45 plugs

this is what you need to file down on the standard plug and it will fit the RM equipment (radar , plotter etc)

 

[Lon nan Gruagach]

long time lurker here , you can file down the 'stop' on the RJ45 plug about 2mm (or 3) so it will slide into the port . The RM plugs are a little longer vs the standard RJ 45 plugs

this is what you need to file down on the standard plug and it will fit the RM equipment (radar , plotter etc)

I dont quite see how a trimmed RJ45 will mate with:

http://www.raymarine.com/view/?id=5537&collectionid=27&col=5597

 

[svBluePearl]

The thread here mentions RJ45 plugs and Seatalk HS , which are slightly modified RJ45 plugs

so the 2 on the left , not the one on the right

 

[prv]

The thread here mentions RJ45 plugs

In order to join the cable in the middle.

and Seatalk HS

No it doesn't.

so the 2 on the left , not the one on the right

No, it's the one on the right.

I have the identical radar to the OP and fitted mine a couple of months ago.

Pete

 

[prv]

I thought you were still using the Raymarine HS connectors, which are basically waterproof RJ45s. They had to connect to a switch/hub or if only using a single display they had to be connected with a crossover coupler, these cables were definitely not crossover cables. I doubt the RayNet cables will be either, particularly as they connect to a switch for using multiple displays.

I don't know for sure, but I would hope current Raymarine kit is auto MDI-X switching. That's been the norm on conventional computing kit for about a decade or two; you probably can't even buy non-auto-switching PHYs any more.

In any case, since the OP has tried both crossover and non-crossover wiring (via different couplers) I think we can be pretty sure that this line of enquiry is a red herring.

Pete

 

[prv]

yes, £50 for a 5m cable, £100 for a 10m cable.

Wow. I ordered my radar with the 15m data cable instead of the 10; the price wasn't broken out separately but I don't think the difference was that steep.

Pete

 

[Lon nan Gruagach]

I don't know for sure, but I would hope current Raymarine kit is auto MDI-X switching. That's been the norm on conventional computing kit for about a decade or two; you probably can't even buy non-auto-switching PHYs any more.

In any case, since the OP has tried both crossover and non-crossover wiring (via different couplers) I think we can be pretty sure that this line of enquiry is a red herring.

Pete

Unless.... the Raymarine cable is STP and not UTP with the screen being significant for more than shielding.

 

[prv]

Unless.... the Raymarine cable is STP and not UTP with the screen being significant for more than shielding.

It's standard gigabit ethernet. Possibly some devices are still only 100meg at this point, but they wanted to build in some future-proofing so as not to force people to change wiring again too soon.

I can't remember for sure whether there was a shield in there when I split and reterminated my cable, but if there was then I didn't connect it because there's nowhere for it to go on a standard plastic RJ45 which is what I have. My radar works fine.

I ran a loop of the cable through and back out of the space behind my chart table, even though it's only connecting the radar to the plotter in the cockpit. However, if one day I want to add more ethernet devices I will cut that loop, terminate the ends with RJ45s, and insert them into a standard (albeit probably industrial/ruggedised) gigabit switch. There's no need to use a special Raymarine one, though I can see the value of the waterproofed connectors in, say, the inside of the console in a small motor boat.

Pete

 

[svBluePearl]

No it doesn't.



No, it's the one on the right.

I have the identical radar to the OP and fitted mine a couple of months ago.

Pete

not to be argumentative (well a little bit) OP specifically states RJ45 plugs and questions why they dont fit / work

I'm struggling to get the plug on the network cable the tube from a scanstrut pod.

All sorted, it's ethernet for a radar, I bought some RJ45 connectors and a cheap crimping and a coupling from Maplin..

Follow-up question.
Having worked out how to attach RJ45 plugs,

OK, I have the new Quantum radar up and working, but using the WIFi connection.
I couldn't get the wired connection to work.
It's essentially an ethernet cable with Raymarine plugs on each end.
I cut the cable and wired in two Maplin RJ45 plugs, using the standard ethernet colour codes and sequence.

reason I mentioned the filing is that I tried to use normal RJ45 network cable to use with my raymarine plotters (from a raymarine network switch ) and they wouldnt fit / click

once filed own they would fit and click , raymarine RJ45 plugs are slightly different size and by filing down industry standard plugs they will fir raymarine equipment