System Buses; Digital Instruments; Analog Instruments - Raymarine ST290 Owner's Handbook Manual

Section 1: An Introduction to ST290
The system components communicate with one another over Raymarine
SeaTalk and SeaTALK
Both digital and analog instrument types are available.

System buses

The ST290 products are connected via Raymarine SeaTalk and
SeaTALK
ST290 products are linked by means of a single cable, which feeds both
power and data. Details of bus/product compatibility are given in
Section 6, Installation.
SeaTalk and SeaTALK
Processing Unit.

Digital instruments

ST290 digital instruments can display a wide range of system data, on
both Graphic and Data Displays:
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Information on both digital instrument types is organized in 'chapters'
and 'pages' to enable you to easily find the data you want.
Graphic Displays provide the most versatile way of presenting data, as
they can show dynamic graphs and other animated information, in
addition to the alphanumeric information available on both digital
instrument types. They are also used to calibrate the system transducers.
For a description of the functions and operation of the ST290 digital
instruments, refer to Section 2, Using Digital Instruments.

Analog instruments

Analog instruments are available to show:
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For a description of the functions and operation of the ST290 analog
instruments, refer to Section 3, Using Analog Instruments.
ST290 Instrument System Owner's Handbook
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buses to form a single, integrated system. On each bus, the
Graphic Displays use dot-matrix screens.
Data Displays use preformed, segmented characters.
Wind
Close Hauled Wind
Compass
Rudder angle
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buses.
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communicate with one another via the Data
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