3.9Datamaster
Anysystemcontainingmorethanonenetworkedmultifunction
displaymusthaveadesignateddatamaster.
Thedatamasteristhedisplaywhichservesasaprimarysource
ofdataforalldisplays,italsohandlesallexternalsourcesof
information.Forexamplethedisplaysmayrequireheading
informationfromtheautopilotandGPSsystems,usually
receivedthroughaSeaTalk
ng
orNMEAconnection.Thedata
masteristhedisplaytowhichtheSeaT alk,NMEAandany
otherdataconnectionsaremade,itthenbridgesthedatato
theSeaTalk
hs
networkandanycompatiblerepeatdisplays.
Informationsharedbythedatamasterincludes:
•Cartography
•Routesandwaypoints
•Radar
•Sonar
•Datareceivedfromtheautopilot,instruments,theengineand
otherexternalsources.
Yoursystemmaybewiredforredundancywithdataconnections
madetorepeatdisplays.Howevertheseconnectionswillonly
becomeactiveintheeventofafaultand/orreassignmentof
thedatamaster.
3.10NewaSeriespartssupplied
Thefollowingitemsaresuppliedwithyourmultifunctiondisplay.
1Frontbezel
2
Multifunctiondisplay
3Mountinggasket
4
Suncover
5
Trunnionbracketkit
6Documentationpack
7
Powercable
8
4xNuts,bolts,springwashersandwashers(canbeused
foreithersurfaceorbracketmounting.)
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