MFDs

[Keithleask]

Hi guys just looking for a bit of advice, I am going to install a raymarine E 127 plotter as part of a general upgrade to a 94 sunseeker this is amongst a whole load of other things I am upgrading, of which more later. , ! Along with the E127 I am fitting a. Speed, depth, temperature transducer that will plug straight into the 127 . I have quite a few bits that I think I can do away with which will help to position the plotter at the helm. It means I have to re locate all the 12 volt switches which is. Ok as I am replacing these with logo type contura v switches anyway.i have a Stowe depth sounder and a seperate log which the E 127 can display on the one MFD. Would you guys keep the original kit as a back up or rely on the one bit of kit to serve all, just seems I have a lot of kit that I would not use including a simrad plotter that I have never used . I also have a Raytheon radar (analogue) that I will replace with a digItal raymarine radome ( HD maybe)!that I can display on the MFD as well so I can lose the Raytheon as well as it is analogue. Another more tricky issue is getting data from the engines to the MFD, I have KAD 42bs and am not sure if I can get data from these engines or not. I know raymarine do an EC 100 that will pick up data and transfer it but not from KAD 42 s I think ? Sorry if the above is a bit long winded but if you never ask?

 

[superheat6k]

Having redundancy is great especially if you have to scroll the screen to see vital data such as depth or speed, however in an emergency if the nav kit packs up, a handheld GPS will get you home along with good old DR & EP techniques.

True redundancy means having no single point of failure, so even with two of everything you could still loose the 12v supply, and few boats have two log impellers. GPS can become unreliable in electrical storms or if the US Defense Department declare war somewhere.

 

[Nick_H]

You can have ample back up in the form of hand helds, smart phones and tablets, so I'd clear out all the old kit.

 

[Keithleask]

Yeah that's my thoughts, thanks

 

[Keithleask]

Will watch out for the US dept then ,

 

[jfm]

You can have ample back up in the form of hand helds, smart phones and tablets, so I'd clear out all the old kit.

Yup, agreed.

If the KAD engines are non electronic you can use the Noland devices to get the engine instrumentation into electronic format. Superheat6k has just done this successfully and there is another thread on this today. Alternatively, if the engines are electronic you can buy a Volvo bridge that will put the engine data onto a n2k network

Raymarine's STNG is n2k but with Raymarine proprietary connectors instead of generic n2k connectors. This is very annoying and arguably is reason enough not to buy Raymarine, but you can make it all work if you buy the uber expensive Raymarine adapter cables where needed (eg between the volvo bridge and the STNG network, possibly)

When you've go the hang of n2k take a look at the lovely gizmos that www.maretron.com make. They can measure just about anything* and display it on n2k MFDs

*genset fuel burn, for example

 

[Keithleask]

That's great many thanks for the input really appreciated

 

[Elessar]

Hi guys just looking for a bit of advice, I am going to install a raymarine E 127 plotter as part of a general upgrade to a 94 sunseeker this is amongst a whole load of other things I am upgrading, of which more later. , ! Along with the E127 I am fitting a. Speed, depth, temperature transducer that will plug straight into the 127 . I have quite a few bits that I think I can do away with which will help to position the plotter at the helm. It means I have to re locate all the 12 volt switches which is. Ok as I am replacing these with logo type contura v switches anyway.i have a Stowe depth sounder and a seperate log which the E 127 can display on the one MFD. Would you guys keep the original kit as a back up or rely on the one bit of kit to serve all, just seems I have a lot of kit that I would not use including a simrad plotter that I have never used . I also have a Raytheon radar (analogue) that I will replace with a digItal raymarine radome ( HD maybe)!that I can display on the MFD as well so I can lose the Raytheon as well as it is analogue. Another more tricky issue is getting data from the engines to the MFD, I have KAD 42bs and am not sure if I can get data from these engines or not. I know raymarine do an EC 100 that will pick up data and transfer it but not from KAD 42 s I think ? Sorry if the above is a bit long winded but if you never ask?

money seems to be no object, but just in case you do want to save a few hundred quid I am happy with the C rather than the E. Identical processing, operation, buttons etc, but not touch screen. You can do all the touch screen stuff (text input etc) on your ipad which replicates the mfd. And keep the salty fingers off your main screen.
I also have the Noland as supplied by superheat.

 

[Keithleask]

Thing is I bought the 127 really cheap so it makes the other things a bit more affordable

 

[superheat6k]

Can I add I buy other Industrial Aircon controls electronics for my business from Florida and was trying out the Noland stuff as a sideline allied to my hobby, using my other US supplier as the shipper. This has not had any notable interest so I am simply wishing to move on the few units I bought to test the market at the cost I paid.

Good kit but not sufficient demand to make imported stock viable here. I have three left if anyone wants them at £220 + carriage.

 

[Keithleask]

Supa hi is one unit enough for twin engines or should I get two ,mone as a spare ?