[Rhodes22-list] Raymarine tiller pilot installation help

[Olivier Hecht]

It does have the internal compass. A chart plotter is definitely overkill but I'm intrigued by the idea of connecting one and being able to follow a complex (or simple) course. I'm using the Navionics app on my phone now, which is great. 

> On Jul 5, 2016, at 7:36 AM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
> 
> Re the chartplotter. Does the unit have an internal compass? I always thought it did but never really looked at it or the manual. I would think all you would need is to hold a single heading. I've never thought autopilots hooked up to a plotter are a good idea but we were always sort of minimalists. (Emphasis on "sort" <grin>)
> 
> Mary Lou
> 
> formerly R22 Fretless
> now Rosborough rf246  Tara
> (in Oriental, NC, soon to be Rock Hall, MD)
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> 
> 
> At 06:21 AM 7/5/2016, you wrote:
>> Thanks Mike. That's actually the manual I've been using, but the pinout diagram on page 13 for the bulkhead connector doesn't have anything to orient the six identical pins. There's a "key" in the male end of the plug that ensures it's always inserted the right way, but they left that off of the diagram, so it's missing critical info!
>> 
>> I ended up opening the unit so I could use a multimeter to identify the +12v and ground wires.
>> 
>> In case it helps anyone else in the future, as you look into the male end of the plug with the key at the bottom (6 o'clock) position, the 12v pin is at the 1 o'clock position and the ground pin is at the 3 o'clock position. This aligns with pins 1 and 2 in the diagram on page 13 if you assume that it's a representation of what you'd see looking at the male end of the plug with the key at the 6 o'clock position.
>> 
>> I was able to temporarily connect power and the unit seems to work!  Now to mount it in the boat and maybe even find a chart plotter it can talk to so we can worry less about steering constantly on longer trips...
>> 
>> Olivier
>> 
>> > On Jul 5, 2016, at 12:07 AM, Michael Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:
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>> > Olivier,
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>> > Does this manual help?
>> >
>> > Mike
>> > s/v Wind Lass ('91)
>> > Nissequogue River, NY
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