Release 5.2.0 contains support for (older) Raymarine radars.

This is based on the Raymarine plugin project originally written by ab2nkovs who never contacted us and just cloned the original BR24 code and then published it here: https://github.com/ab2nkovs/RMRadar_pi – never to be heard from again.

As far as we know this will support the RD4xxD models and possibly the older ``Pathfinder'' models attached to E series classic and maybe even RL/RC generation displays, but we’ll see.

Note that the common combo of an older Pathfinder analog radome with a (first gen) C series Classic or SL display cannot be used; this is an analog radome connected directly to the radar/chartplotter and neither the display nor scanner has a Seatalk hs port. If your device has a Raynet connector, there are conversion cables to Seatalk hs and this might work. Please let us know which device you have exactly, with the exact Ray device type, and which ports it has.

EVERYTHING YOU DO IS AT YOUR OWN RISK!! NOTE THAT THE AUTHORS DO NOT OWN OR HAVE ACCESS TO A RAYMARINE RADAR; IF YOU CAN’T FIND IT HERE PLEASE FIND OUT YOUR SELF AND INFORM US!!

List of Raymarine Radome models

Model Interface Type Size Features Plugin Support

M92650

RL/RC

Magnetron

18

?

M92650S

RL/RC/E

Magnetron

18

?

M92652

RL/RC

Magnetron

24

?

M92652S

RL/RC/E

Magnetron

24

?

RD218

E

Magnetron

18

Yes

RD424

E

Magnetron

24

Yes

RD418D

Ethernet

Magnetron + Digital

18

?

RD424D

Ethernet

Magnetron + Digital

24

?

RD418HD

Ethernet

Magnetron + Digital

18

MC/48

NY

RD424HD

Ethernet

Magnetron + Digital

24

MC/48

NY

Q24C

Eth+WiFi

Full digital

24

NY

Q24W

WiFi

Full digital

24

NY

Q24D

Eth+Wifi

Chirp

24

MC/48/DO

NY

Interface:

  • RL = Electronics is in RL Pathfinder display, which generates Ethernet data via Seatalk hs port

  • RC = Electronics is in RC Pathfinder display, which generates Ethernet data via Seatalk hs port

  • E = Electronics is in E Series (Classic) display, which generates Ethernet data via Seatalk hs port

Features:

  • MC = MultiColor, e.g. more bits per ``pixel'' for more information on signal strength

  • 48 = 48 RPM at closer ranges instead of 24

  • DO = Doppler, uses different color for targets getting nearer or further away

Plugin Support:

  • ? = We hope that this will work, we just don’t know yet

  • Yes = This is what the original plugin by ab2knovs (https://github.com/ab2nkovs/RMRadar_pi) claimed to support

  • NY = Not yet, please help if you have such a scanner