Using The Pilot 3300 System With Other Instruments; Using Other Instruments; Navbus - NorthStar NS3300 AutoPilot Installation Manual

1-2 Using the PILOT 3300 system with other instruments

1-2-1 Using other instruments

The PILOT 3300 system can use data from these instruments:

1-2-2 NavBus

NavBus is a Northstar proprietary system that allows systems of multiple instruments to be built using a single
set of transducers. When instruments are connected by NavBus:
For more information, refer to the NavBus Installation and Reference manual.tt
NavBus and the PILOT 3300 system
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GPS: A GPS or chartplotter, such as a Northstar 6000i chartplotter must be connected to the PILOT 3300 system
for the PILOT to operate in GPS mode (see the PILOT 3300 Reference manual).
Note: GPS must be via NMEA input.
WIND: A wind instrument, such as a Northstar WIND series, must be connected to the PILOT 3300 system
for the PILOT to operate in WIND mode (see the PILOT 3300 Reference manual).
SPEED: A speed instrument, such as:
Northstar's MULTI with a paddlewheel speed sensor
or a GPS or chartplotter, such as Northstar's 6000i series can be connected to the PILOT 3300 system to
increase steering accuracy.
Note: The speed from a paddlewheel sensor is the speed that the boat is moving through the water. The speed from
a GPS is the speed over the ground. If there is a water current then these two speeds will be different. If the PILOT
3300 system is connected to an instrument with a paddlewheel sensor and to a GPS, then the PILOT 3300 system will
automatically use the speed from the paddlewheel sensor instrument.
If you change the units, alarms or calibration in one instrument, then the values will automatically change
in all other instruments of the same type.
Each instrument can be assigned to a group of instruments, called a NavBus group (see NavBus group in
the Setup > Comms menu, in the PILOT 3300 Reference manual). If you change the backlight in an instrument
in group 1, 2, 3 or 4 then the backlight will automatically change in the other instruments in the same
group. If you change the backlight in an instrument in group 0 then no other instruments are affected.
If an alarm sounds, mute it on any instrument which can display that alarm.
Note: GPS must be via NMEA input.
The PILOT 3300 system will automatically work with additional PILOT 3300 displays.
The PILOT 3300 system can receive wind data from Northstar's WIND over NavBus.
The PILOT 3300 system can receive speed data from Northstar's MULTI over NavBus.
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