Bob - I think Fred is right. I looked through the Octopus installation manual you referenced, and they discuss three different controller/computer options. The only one I know is Raymarine - expensive, and I think you will need to buy it with the wheel drive or rudder drive part included (which you can then try to sell on ebay) but it works well.
Eric Cat's Paw C&C 35 Mk II Mattapoisett, MA > Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:53:21 -0500 > From: Frederick G > Street <f...@postaudio.net> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List chartplotter/radar > Message-ID: <53481220-ca35-4da2-8a5b-a2aa97221...@postaudio.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > 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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