PLUG & PLAY TECHNOLOGY
Designed in collaboration with installers for ease of installation, including:
No new antenna to be installed on the superyacht
Industry standard NMEA connections to the yacht and tender
No cyber risk from interconnection to yacht’s computer networks or VSAT
Recommended Installers
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Yes Marine
Marmaris Marina, Adaköy Mahallesi, No:48/11, 48700, Marmaris Muğla, Turkey
+90 544 775 88 01
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ptw™ Shipyard
Moll Pesquer, 43004 Tarragona, Spain
+34 977 279 191
NMA Nautic Tech
Ronda de les Muralles, 17, 03700 Dénia, Alicante, Spain
+34 966 29 22 71
installation
Watch our installation guides below to understand the best way to set up your TowPro system on both the tender and mothership.
Yacht Installation
TENDER Installation
YAChT SETUP
TENDER SETUP
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The yacht installation requires 12/24VDC protected at 2Amps.
The tender installation requires 12/24VDC protected at 2Amps.
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TowPro outputs AIVDM messages on NMEA0183 at 38,400 baud rate (requires opto-isolation at the yacht)
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TowPro activates an ‘open collector’ output which should be used to operate a decoupling relay, the contacts of the relay provide a switch input to the alarm management system.
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This is a CANbus connection running on NMEA2000 cabling. An N2K backbone is required dedicated to this connection: the drop cables [supplied] connect the 2 units to the backbone, and the TowPro power supply should be provided via the backbone.
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TowPro requires connection to a VHF antenna. This can either be direct to a dedicated antenna, or via an antenna splitter/switch to an existing antenna.
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TowPro on the tender requires connection to 1) a VHF antenna, 2) a GNSS antenna, 3) an Iridium antenna [note that these are normally integrated in a single antenna].
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The level switches in Bilge 1 and Bilge 2 should be Normally Open contacts connected to 0VDC.
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The bilge pump run sense wires for Bilge Pump 1 and Bilge Pump 2 are ‘active high’ and should be at 12VDC when that pump is running.
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The TowPro interface is built on a Maretron CMLD12 unit, configured to provide two parallel switched Emergency Light outputs each rated at 5Amps. The power supply for these lights is separate from the TowPro power supply.
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This is a CANbus connection running on NMEA2000 cabling. An N2K backbone is required dedicated to this connection: the drop cables [supplied] connect the 2 units to the backbone, and the TowPro power supply should be provided via the backbone. -
This is a N2K connection running on NMEA2000 cabling. An N2K backbone is required dedicated to this connection: the drop cables [supplied] connect the 2 units to the backbone, and the TowPro power supply should be provided via the backbone.