On Mar 21, 6:53 pm, "Gordon Wedman" wrote:
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Has anyone tried connecting theAirmarPB100to a Raymarine ST-60?
I'm wondering if the ST-60 will pick up the NMEA 0183 sentences from
theAirmarand function as if it were connected to a standard wind
vane or whether it actually needs the wind vane sensors.

Seatalk instruments don't pick up NMEA sentences. You need to buy a
converter box from Raymarine or better, get rid of your Raymarine
instruments and get ones that accept NMEA.

Ok, I should have been more specific. I have a converter box. The
question is, can the ST-60 display work with NMEA inputs from the
PB100 instead of the actual wind vane sensor. My guess is not, but I
was asking if anyone had tried. Yes, I'm annoyed with Raymarine -
they are like Microsoft in taking a perfectly good standard and
subverting it into proprietary usage to protect their high prices. I
refuse to go to their even more expensive hsb bus instruments.