I am interested in connecting a Silva instrument package with a tiller pilot of some sort. I know that, at least in theory, these things can talk to each other via NMEA. Does anyone have any experience with this? Is it practical? Eric Twelker, Nirelle #463
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Re: Autopilot and Silva Instruments #4745 01/31/0101:50 PM01/31/0101:50 PM
As long as the tiller pilot takes a NMEA input and the instruments put out the same standard NMEA output they should communicate with each other OK. What kind brand of tiller autopilot are you wanting to use?
