Raymarine ST60 vs ST290

[Whitelighter]

What is the difference between ST60 and ST290.

I'm after an electronic compass display and there is a good price ST290 one on eBay.
It looks the same size box as the 60 but smaller overall instrument screen.

Will the ST290 and ST60 talk to each other?

 

[boatingdave]

Ive got ST50 legacy systems talking to new Raymarine eSeries plotters including the AutoPilot.....

 

[npf1]

Some of the ST290 instruments use Seatalk 1, most use Seatalk 2 - I can't remember which the compass uses. Just have a look at the back of the instrument to find out - if it's a 3 pin plug it's Seatalk 1. Seatalk 2 is a five pin plug. If it uses Seatalk 2, you'll also need a ST290 processor to convert the Seatalk 1 to Seatalk 2. IIRC Seatalk2 is the same as the earlier versions of NMEA2000. If you do go down the ST290 route, I've got lots of cables etc leftover if you want one sending over.

 

[Whitelighter]

Ive got ST50 legacy systems talking to new Raymarine eSeries plotters including the AutoPilot.....

I have a mix and I know they'll do it.

Just dont like the look of the ST50 stuff and the screens are better on the ST60 series and above, plus I like the grey. It matches my plotters

 

[jfm]

I'm pretty sure you'll have trouble getting ST1 and ST60 (ST1=nmea0183) to talk to a st290. Latter is early n2k as said above, using proprietary Raymarine sort of hacking of the n2k system using their own connectors and their non backbone daisy chaining architecture. They have long since abandoned ST2 and switched to proper n2k, badged as stng but it's really nsk only with annoyingly non generic connectors

The fact ST50 will talk to eSeries doesn't give you the answer here: both those speak and understand nmea0183. ST290 wants to listen to heading spoken in n2k format and I don't think Jez you have anything talking that. A raymarine ST2 data processor would create the n2k output for the ST290, but that product is as obsolete as ST2 so you'd need to find one on eBay

 

[Whitelighter]

Thank J

I'll hold out for a ST60 variant in that case

Thanks

 

[npf1]

I just checked the manual for you.

For the compass, it states "2 x SeaTalk (3-pin plug)" - so it uses ST1 not ST2, and will work as you need.

The MoB button, wind and rudder angle displays also use ST1 - these are termed 'analogue instruments' in the manual. ST2 is only used on the displays termed 'digital instruments'.