Auto pilot using existing Intelisteer hydraulic pump
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salmonkiller01
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It should work. I just installed my raymarine auto pilot and the raymarine has 2 wires , positive and negative. Computer reverses polarity if it works same as raymarine
Thanks
ship happens
Crew Member
Which intellisteer control do you have?
I have the type H i bought new last year
ship happens
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So it's the Grey relay box, and the Grey handheld remotes?
That one you can keep on the system. The previous model with the yellow remotes you cannot.
yes! So I can keep my existing set up and just add nac-1 and wire the 12vdc output from nac-1 in parallel with my existing drive. And I think the Intelisteer relay box has some sort of a dedicated relay that activates whenever I turn on the remote? I am thinking of using that to bypass my autopilot. So basically when my autopilot is active and I want to steer the boat with my intelisteer remote, All I have to do is press the red button on my intellisteer remote, autopilot will disengage and I can steer the boat with my Intelisteer remote.
ship happens
Crew Member
The Grey (newstyle) box was designed better. Even though it's still an absolute piece of **** imo. Won't even get into that. However the old one used a transistor for the voltage switching and would light up the motor output wires at ground when turned on. Then would switch one wire to 12v for on a button press and visa versa. So it was not intergratable. The new style box is different. The wires are at rest when there are no button press. So yeah you can just parellel anther device with that device and the hydraulic pump will get flip flop voltage from either device. If that makes sense.
pescador
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post a pix when you have it done pls..
ship happens
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Good thing a member pmed me and asked me a question regarding a similar question, because I forgot to mention that if you do this you can't press the button on the intellisteer with the auto pilot running. If the auto pilot is sending voltage to the pump for a split second and you hit that button the other direction, somthing with blow. More than likely the transistor inside of the intellisteer. At that point you have to add 4 more relays to interrupt the circuit. Hope that makes sense
relays or diodes will prevent this from happening. At this point I am thinking if it still make sense to keep the intelisteer or just get the lowrance autopilot nac-1 package with BT1 remote. Make it simple
JamMe
New Member
If the intelisteer works satisfactorily, why spend the extra money?
Intelisteer works fine for left and right turns only. If you want to follow a route or heading then you need autopilot
ship happens
Crew Member
Diodes won't help in a reversing pump wire config.
You are right. back to relays then
ship happens
Crew Member
If your the kind of operator who has to have a mechanical switch in the back of the boat ( I know of several), then you'll need one of my old school relay boards that I used to build. This was way before auto pilots became what they are today. Or you can just build one yourself if your somewhat electronic or electrically enclined. Just marinise everything.
With these auto pilots, it's really been in the last 5/6 year they really started to become integrated within the software of the devices fully and offering wireless options for remote controls that are well designed. Tech gets better and smaller and chips become less expensive. It's kind of the way of technology and computing. With wifi and Bluetooth getting better and more stable, along with the chips themselves getting cheap enough to where they are starting to land in consumer grade marine devices. Guess what I'm saying is now there's almost no need for guys to want a hard button. Those remotes do it all for you and make it easy. But if you have to have that hard button then your only option is to build a relay board with inputs for both devices and a motor output. Hope that helps
I decided to go full Lowrance auto pilot. I removed the whole Intelisteer setup. Its possible to use the existing drive and remote but it is not simple. Check ship happen's reply above
pescador
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Thanks for setting this straight. I thought it might be more completed using the Intellisteer pump. Good to know.
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