CablePartnumberNotes
SeaTalk
hs
switch
E55058
8–wayhubfornetwork
connectionofmultiple
SeaTalk
hs
devices.
SeaTalk
hs
coupler
E55060
Couplerforconnection
ofasingleSeaTalk
hs
device.
3.8VCM100powerconnections
VCM100powerandgroundingrequirements.
TheVCM100isintendedforuseonships’DCpowersystems
operatingfrom12to24VoltsDC.
•TheVCM100mustbeconnectedtoabatteryisolatorswitch,or
aDCdistributionpanel.
•ThebatteryisolatorswitchorDCdistributionpanelmustbe
connectedtothePOWERINterminalsoftheVCM100.
•DoNOTconnectadditionalpowerswitchestothecableproviding
thepowerfeedtotheVCM100.
•AllpowerconnectionsbetweentheVCM100andthepower
sourcemusthaveappropriatefuseprotection.
•Allpowerconnectionsmustbeofhighqualitytominimize
resistanceandtoremovetheriskofaccidentalshorts.
•TheVCM100SCREENterminalsmustbeconnectedtoyour
vessel’sRFgroundsystem.
•DoNOTconnecttheradarscannerortheVCM100toa
positively-groundedpowersystem.
Thefollowingdiagramillustratesthepowerconnectionsofthe
VCM100.
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