Badger
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Is there any reason that this pilot should not be able to steer by GPS waypoint from a standard horizon plotter and NMEA connection and viewed on a ST60 Graphic display ? Thanks in advance.
ST 2000 Autoplilot steering by waypoint
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earlybird
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Provided that the plotter is outputting a sentence containing cross track error then it should work OK AFAIK.
A check would be to see if the Graphic was showing XTE.
A check would be to see if the Graphic was showing XTE.
philip_stevens
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As long as you are sending waypoint and cross track error to your ST2000 with either NMEA 0180 or 0183, you should be able to use the track mode by pressing +10 and -10 together.
From the operating manual -
If your navigator only provides cross track error information, you
must acquire the track manually:
1. Steer the boat to within 0.1 nm of track.
2. Bring the heading to within 5° of the bearing to the next waypoint.
3. Press AUTO.
4. Press -10 and +10 together to enter Track mode:
• the autopilot will start tracking to the waypoint
• the display will alternate between cross track error and the
locked pilot heading
You need to have your GPS sending APA, APB, WPL, and XTE at the least.
Badger
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Thanks all for the information, very useful.