Raymarine A9 to Axium+ 9 RV wiring issues

[PNW Racer]

I am trying to replace two A9 chart plotters with Axium+ 9 RV units. Cabling issues.

Replacing the power cable no problem.

Both the A9s had two network cables attached, only one plug on each Axium. What do I do with the extra plugs?

Each A9 had one Seatalk NG cable plugged in (white/black). Using the adapter cable supplied with the Axium (only 6" long) it will accept a Seatalk NG cable. The problem is they are both female.

Boat has Raymarine and Garmin devices with Seatalk and NEMA2000 backbones. See attached schematic.

Dean

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Sounds like you need a network switch. I had to do that when I wanted to connect an external keypad, a camera, a radar & 2 Axiom MFD's together all on Raynet. You can pay silly money for a Raymarine one or else get a generic 12 volt one like this...

Industrial Ethernet Switches - Brainboxes

The Raymarine devices have Raynet connectors on but Raymarine do Raynet to RJ45 cables...

RayNet (Female) to RJ45 (Male) Cables | RayNet Cables | Raymarine

For your last problem is this what you need?

Raymarine SeaTalk ng Male to Devicenet Female Adapter - A06082

If not then there are longer versions of the SeatalkNG/DeviceNet cable that came with the Axiom at usual Raymarine prices. Use this longer cable instead of your existing black/white spur cable to plug into your backbone connector.

If that's still not long enough you can extend you DeviceNet cable...

Raymarine NMEA2000 Devicenet Male to Devicenet Female Cable 2m - E70260