Bob -- I doubt the SiTex is built as an autopilot drive; it'll provide the course data to an autopilot, but you need an autopilot computer to actually power the drive unit.
Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Sep 28, 2012, at 4:56 PM, Bob Moriarty wrote: > The SiTex EC7 seems like a good value. > I have neither a chartplotter nor an autopilot on Ox (33-1). > Would anyone know if some sort of extra component (an "autopilot > junction box"?) would be needed to connect the SiTex chartplotter to > an Octopus RS Sailboat Drive unit? > > SiTex Installation manual - see page 107 > http://www.si-tex.com/product_manuals/EC-Plotters.pdf > > Octopus installation manual - see page 19: > http://www.octopusmarine.ca/content/products-and-services/mechanical-drive-units.htm > > Also, it would be nice to setup a camera on the bow rail or masthead, > gimballed(?) in some way to always point at the leeward forward > quarter so you could see what's behind your headsail via the > chartplotter's video display.
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