Flybridge Question

[RIN]

Hi all, I have no experience of flybridge boats so here is a (probably) dumb question
If you have a Raymarine E series plotter at the lower helm and one at the upper helm, do you need two map cards, one for each or will they communicate so you only need one? Also will the waypoints in one be available to the other? or do you have to rush up the stairs carrying an SD card in a cleft stick?

Cheers

 

[volvopaul]

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Hi all, I have no experience of flybridge boats so here is a (probably) dumb question
If you have a Raymarine E series plotter at the lower helm and one at the upper helm, do you need two map cards, one for each or will they communicate so you only need one? Also will the waypoints in one be available to the other? or do you have to rush up the stairs carrying an SD card in a cleft stick?

Cheers

No the card fits in the master station usually the lower helm slot.

 

[jrudge]

On my Garmin you just put one card in and it, and all waypoints etc. are shared on the network. I would imagine Raymarine are the same.

 

[jfm]

Yep. The card video data and nav data are all shared using a combination of cat5 cable/ethernet and mmea0183/2000 cable

 

[Elessar]

Hi all, I have no experience of flybridge boats so here is a (probably) dumb question
If you have a Raymarine E series plotter at the lower helm and one at the upper helm, do you need two map cards, one for each or will they communicate so you only need one? Also will the waypoints in one be available to the other? or do you have to rush up the stairs carrying an SD card in a cleft stick?

Cheers

Old E, 1 card. Old C, you need 2.
The widescreen C and E you need 1.
The new generation you just need a plotter on the fly and an iPad down below (wifi)

 

[Nigelpickin]

Hi all, I have no experience of flybridge boats so here is a (probably) dumb question
If you have a Raymarine E series plotter at the lower helm and one at the upper helm, do you need two map cards, one for each or will they communicate so you only need one? Also will the waypoints in one be available to the other? or do you have to rush up the stairs carrying an SD card in a cleft stick?

Cheers

we keep detailed uk in one and rest of europe in the other...it just defers to the relevant one which is really useful.