Marlene
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I wish to connect two raymarine I70s to my raymarine c 80, is there an idiots guide to how it can be done
Raymarine connectivity advice
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mcanderson
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You will need to run the inputs via a raymarine seatalk to seatalk ng block and the it's just plug and play. The raymarine website is pretty good at explaining what to do.
jfm
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It's not plug and play. C80 was an early n2k product and has a ST2 connection on the back. I70 is a more modern n2k product and uses raymarines more recent n2k connectors, which they call stng. You need to make up a backbone using stng cables and then buy an stng to st2 adaptor cable to attach the c80 to the backbone. Then keep your fingers crossed that it works
If all that makes no sense please say and I'll do you a sketch.
This is the reason I abandoned raymarine: they use nmea2000 but then use their own connectors not the generic ones, and they did it twice first with their bespoke st2 connectors then their bespoke stng connectors. Barmy.
If all that makes no sense please say and I'll do you a sketch.
This is the reason I abandoned raymarine: they use nmea2000 but then use their own connectors not the generic ones, and they did it twice first with their bespoke st2 connectors then their bespoke stng connectors. Barmy.
mcanderson
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Well you learn something everyday. I thought the C80 was legacy. Try the Raymarine bulletin boards. They are very good.
jfm
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It is legacy. Over 10 years ago. And its method of n2k connection is legacy, being those utterly daft seatalk2 connections each the size of a house brick, but it does speak and understand non legacy n2k data!
prv
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I've got a C70, basically the same thing, and indeed it has a Seatalk 2 connection on the back which is like the three-in-a-row Seatalk connectors but with an extra two terminals above the row. I never knew that was actually NMEA 2k 
Worth noting that the terminals in these plugs are actually a standard spade connector size, so if the ST2 "housebricks" are difficult to come by you can crimp on spades and plug in the wires one by one. Not as neat as the proper thing, but it's not like it's something you handle every day.
Pete
Worth noting that the terminals in these plugs are actually a standard spade connector size, so if the ST2 "housebricks" are difficult to come by you can crimp on spades and plug in the wires one by one. Not as neat as the proper thing, but it's not like it's something you handle every day.
Pete
jfm
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Yep the 5 pins are nmea 2000
You may find the plotter can't handle a lot of today's pgns and won't display sexy stuff like engine data. Dunno if Ray offer firmware updates any more. But you can experiment.
You may find the plotter can't handle a lot of today's pgns and won't display sexy stuff like engine data. Dunno if Ray offer firmware updates any more. But you can experiment.
