Raymarine a78 User Manual

3.4Identifyingyourdisplayvariant
Todiscoverwhichmodeldisplayyouhavefollowthe
stepsbelow:
Fromthehomescreen:
1.SelectSet-up.
2.SelectMaintenance.
3.SelectDiagnostics.
4.SelectSelectDevice.
5.SearchtheNetworkcolumnforthe'ThisDevice'
entry.
6.TheDevicecolumnforthisrecordwilllistthe
modelofyourdisplay.
3.5Networkingconstraints
Raymarine’s3
rd
generationLightHousepowered
MFDs(aSeries,cSeries,eSeriesandgSSeries)
canbenetworkedtogether.
General
•Upto10LightHousepoweredMFDscanbe
connectedtogetherusingSeaTalk
hs
.
•MFDscanalsobeconnectedviaSeaTalk
ng®
or
NMEA0183,butnotallfunctionsaresupported.
•AllnetworkedaaSeries,cSeriesandeSeries
displaysmustcontainLightHousesoftware
releaseV4.32orlater.
•AllnetworkedgSSeriesdisplaysmustcontain
LightHousesoftwarereleaseV7.43orlater.
Note:Thea6xanda7xvariantaSeriesMFDs
cannotbenetworkedusingNMEA0183.
Master/repeateroperation
•Anynetworkfeaturingmorethan1MFDmusthave
1ofthedisplaysdesignatedasthedatamaster.
•Thedatamasterdisplaywillreceivedatathrough
NMEA0183and/orSeaTalk
ng®
,andbridgethe
dataoverSeaTalk
hs
toothernetworkeddisplays.
Homescreensharing
•Whennetworked,MFDscanshareahomescreen.
Cartographysharing
•Thecartographycontainedonchartcardsis
alwaysusedinpreferencetotheembeddedworld
basemapwhenachartcardisinsertedintoacard
slot.
•Chartcardcartographycanbesharedbetween
MFDs.
Radaroperation
•MFDssupporttheuseofupto2Radarscanners
simultaneously.
•ThedatasuppliedbyaconnectedRadar
scanner(s)isrepeatedtoanynetworkeddisplays.
Note:AllMFDsmusthaveLightHouseIIRelease
V12.xxsoftwareorlatertoenablemultipleradar
support.
Sonar/DownVision
™
/SideVision
™
operation
•Youcanconnectanexternalsonarmoduleunitto
theMFDviatheSeaTalk
hs
network.
•SonarandDownVision
™
variantMFDsinclude
aninternalsonarmodulewhichenablesdirect
connectiontoacompatibletransducer.
•Youcanhavemultipleactivesonarmodules
(internalandexternal)onanetwork.Youmust
selectthesonarmodule/channelyouwanttouse
fromtheFishnderapplicationmenu.
•Thedatasuppliedbythesonarmoduleisrepeated
toallnetworkeddisplays.
Planningtheinstallation
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Raymarine a78 Specifications

General

Brand	Raymarine
Model	a78
Category	Marine Equipment
Language	English