Page 2 - Trademarks and registered trademarks; marks of Raymarine Limited.
Trademarks and registered trademarks Autohelm, HSB, Raymarine, RayTech, RayTech RNS, Sail Pilot, SeaTalk and Sportpilot are registered trademarks of Raymarine Limited. Apelco is a registered trademark of Raymarine Holdings Limited (Registered in all major marketing territories).AST, Autoadapt, Auto ...
Page 4 - Important information; Introduction; eragreement; EMC conformance
1 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide Important information Introduction This guide contains an explanation of how to install, commission and main tain your Raymarine SR50/SR100 Sirius weather System for use with your Raymarine display. Intended use This product is a weather informati...
Page 5 - Handbook information; MENU
Important information 2 Handbook information To the best of our knowledge, the information contained in this handbook was correct as it went to press. Raymarine cannot accept any liability for any inaccuracies or omissions it may contain.In addition, our policy of continuous product improvement may ...
Page 6 - Safety notices; WARNING
3 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide Safety notices WARNING Navigation aid When this product is used within a navigation system, it is only an aid to navigation. It’s accuracy can be affected by many factors, including equipment failure or defects, envi ronmental conditions and impro...
Page 7 - Inline fuse; CAUTION; Grounding; CAUTION; Software upgrade; CAUTION; Power supply
Safety notices 4 CAUTION Inline fuse If you do not have a breaker in the power circuit, an inline 2A slow blow fuse should be fitted to the positive (red) lead of the power cable. CAUTION Grounding This system is not intended for use on ‘positive’ ground boats. The power cable earth screen must be c...
Page 8 - Installation; optimum; Connections to Other Equipment
5 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide Installation EMC Installation Guidelines Raymarine equipment and accessories are designed to the best industry standards for use in the recreational marine environment. Their design and manufacture conforms to the appropriate Electromagnetic Compa...
Page 9 - What tools do I need
6 What’s in the box? What tools do I need 4.9 ft. (1.5 m) SeaTalk hs network cable 25 ft. (7.6 m) Antenna cable SR100 SR50 SR50 and SR100 10 ft. (3 m) Power cable 25 ft. (7.6 m) Antenna cable 10 ft. (3 m) Power cable SeaTalk NG network Y-cable Audio cable D9061-1 M8screw (x4) M3.5screw (x3) SRA-40An...
Page 11 - Cable runs
8 Cable runs Consider the following points before installing the system cables:• You will need to connect the antenna, ethernet and power cables to the receiver. • All cables should be adequately clamped and protected from physical damage and exposure to heat. • Avoid running cables through bilges o...
Page 12 - Antenna cable; Installing the system; Receiver
9 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide with the product is used only if the case is that there are no other existing SeaTalk NG , SeaTalk2 or NMEA2000 products being used in the system, in this case separate accessory cables needs to be purchased. Audio cable (SR50 only) A 5ft (1.5m) c...
Page 14 - Antenna install Pedestal mounting
11 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide Antenna install Pedestal mounting Note: If you are attaching the antenna directly to a flat surface, the cable with its connector attached can be routed through a 9/16” hole drilled in the mounting surface as described below or passed through the...
Page 15 - pilot holes for the fixing screws.; Surface mounting; cable with its connector attached can be routed through a 9/16” hole; Do not cut the cable and do not remove the connector
12 Use a 9/16” drill bit to drill the center hole and a 7/64” drill bit to make pilot holes for the fixing screws. Fix the mounting gasket and flange into position using the supplied screws. Thread the cable and connector through the mounting flange and gasket. Attach the antenna to the mounting fla...
Page 17 - System connections
14 System connections This section deals with connecting your SR50/SR100 Sirius weather system after installation. Typical Sirius weather systems are shown in the following illustrations.SR50 SR100 C-Series Display Antenna Weather Receiver Amplifier SR50 D9939-1 Power Supply RANGE CANCEL OK PAGE ACT...
Page 19 - Extending the power cable; Grounding the system; This system is not intended for use on ‘positive’ ground
16 Extending the power cable The power cable may be extended up to a maximum length of 60 ft. (20m) using a suitable AWG 12 multi stranded cable. Note: If the power connections are accidentally reversed the system will not work. Raymarine recommends using a multimeter to ensure that the power lead i...
Page 20 - Cutting or splicing the antenna cable will result in severely
17 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide SeaTalk NG Network Ycable (SR50 Specific) The supplied SeaTalk NG network Ycable should be connected from the receiver to the relevant port at the rear of your Raymarine CSeries display it is also to provide the SeaTalk NG network with power. Ant...
Page 21 - System activation
18 System activation With your Sirius weather system correctly installed, this section details how to activate Sirius weather application on your display.Activation With the weather system and your display powered ON: 1. Open a weather application page on your display and make it active. For full de...
Page 22 - Upgrading weather receiver software
19 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide Upgrading weather receiver software The following section gives details of how to carry out an upgrade of your SR50/SR100 weather receiver software. Note: Upgrades made to the SR50 can take approximately 20 Mins. Before upgrading your weather rec...
Page 23 - Maintenance and troubleshooting; CAUTION: Power supply; Troubleshooting
20 Maintenance and troubleshooting Introduction This section provides information on routine maintenance and trouble shooting that can be carried out by the user. Maintenance CAUTION: Power supply Always turn your weather system OFF before carrying out routine maintenance. Your SR50/SR100 Sirius wea...
Page 24 - Accessories
21 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide It is normal during the first minute of initial power that the receiver status LED shows no activity and remains off. During the second minute the status LED will start to flash the amber or red fault strings. Typically, during normal operation, ...
Page 25 - Technical support; United States; Raymarine Technical Support
22 Technical support www.raymarine.com United States Raymarine Technical Support 1- 603 - 881- 5200 Help us to help you When requesting service, please quote the following product information:Equipment type Model number Serial number Product Repair and Service Raymarine Product Repair Center21 Manch...
Page 26 - Glossary of weather terms; Term
23 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide Glossary of weather terms Term Definition Cold front The boundary between two different air masses where cold air pushes warm air out of the way and brings colder weather. Cyclone A large area of low atmospheric pressure, characterized by inwards...
Page 27 - Hurricane; Category 1; some coastal road flooding and minor pier damage.; Category 2
24 Hurricane A violent, spiralling storm that forms over the Atlantic Ocean, with winds over 120 kph. Such storms usually have a lifespan of sev eral days. Also known as a typhoon or tropical cyclone. There are 5 levels of hurricane: Category 1 Winds 7495 mph (6482 kt or 119153 km/hr). Storm surge g...
Page 30 - Using the Weather application; Overview; Customize a page set; To configure your weather application:
27 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide Using the Weather application Introduction This chapter is intended to give an overview of how to operate the Weather application of your C or ESeries display and is applicable to systems being operated in US waters only. Note: Ensure you have th...
Page 31 - Specify the information displayed
28 2. Press trackpad Up/Down to highlight Weather Setup Menu. 3. Press trackpad Right . The Weather Setup Menu appears. 4. Press trackpad Up/Down to highlight Wind Symbol. 5. Press trackpad Right . The Wind Symbol options of barbs or arrows appear. 6. Press trackpad Up/Down to select Wind Symbol sty...
Page 32 - The weather display; Moving around the weather map
29 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide The weather display The main features of the weather display are: Moving around the weather map When you open the weather application, a world map is shown. If your system has a valid GPS fix, the map is shown centered on your boat. As in the cha...
Page 33 - Weather options; Storm Cast
30 Weather options This section details the available options in your weather application and covers:• NOWRad. • Storm cast. • Surface Sea Temperature. • Canadian radar. • Storm tracks. • Lightning. • Surface observation stations. • Cities. • Wind. • Waves. • Surface pressure. NOWRad (Precipitation)...
Page 34 - To display storm details:; Canadian radar; Color code
31 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide To display storm details: 1. Place the cursor at the base of the storm cast arrow. The Object information dialog box appears. 2. Press OK. The Storm cast detail informa tion box appears. Sea surface temperature (SST) The SST can be shown as shadi...
Page 35 - Storm track; Tropical storm data; To display tropical storm data:
32 Storm track You can use the STORM TRACK function to monitor significant storms in an area. These include: • Tropical disturbances. • Depressions. • Storms and cyclones. • Hurricanes. • Typhoons and super typhoons. The weather application shows:• the track the storm has taken. • its current and fo...
Page 36 - To identify a station and display additional data:
33 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide Lightning A lightning symbol is shown at each cloud toground strike recorded within the last 5, 10 and 15 minutes. The most recent strikes are colored bright yellow with intermediate and older strikes recorded in darker shades of yellow. More rec...
Page 37 - Cities; To display City forecasts:
34 Cities The Cities options enables you to access details of city weather forecasts. Up to 3 forecasts are displayed for each city. To display City forecasts: 1.Place the cursor over the relevant city symbol. The Object Information dialog box appears showing the City name. 2.Press OK. The weather f...
Page 38 - 5 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide; Wind; The waves option shows current wave
35 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide Wind This option shows the current wind direction and strength and can be displayed as either an arrow or a wind barb. Wind arrows indicate speed the larger the arrow, the greater (stronger) the wind speed. Wind barbs give a more precise indicati...
Page 39 - the product Show/Hide status; To view weather data at a specific location:; Place the cursor in the required location.; Animating weather graphics
36 Surface pressure Surface pressure can be shown using standard meteorological symbols: Viewing weather data at a specific location You can show the following details for a particular location regardless of the product Show/Hide status • Sea temperature. • Wind speed and direction. • Wave height. •...
Page 40 - To set up a weather animation:; Tropical statements; To display tropical statements:; Marine warnings; To display marine warnings:
37 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide • Wind, waves or surface pressure. • NOWRad (Weather radar history loop). To set up a weather animation: 1. Press Animate Weather. The animate weather softkeys appear. 2. Toggle the Animate Type soft key to the required option. This can be F’CAST...
Page 41 - Marine zone forecasts; To display marine zone forecasts:; Automatic watchbox warning
38 Marine zone forecasts These forecasts cover: • US coastal weather forecasts. • US offshore forecasts. • High seas forecasts. • Great Lakes forecasts. • Near Shore forecasts. • Canadian coastal weather forecast. The forecast and warnings shown will depend upon the area of the chart selected. To di...
Page 42 - To clear an automatic alert:; Marine watchbox warning; To show watchbox data:; Watchbox status
39 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide To clear an automatic alert: Press ACKNOWLEDGE. The alert is removed from the screen, but can be viewed manually later if required. Marine watchbox warning When set to SHOW, marine watchboxes highlight any region on a map that has a current weath...
Page 43 - Troubleshooting the weather application; Problem
40 Troubleshooting the weather application Your weather application has been subjected to comprehensive test and quality assurance programs. However, if the application should develop a fault, please refer to the following section to identify the most likely cause and the corrective action required ...
Page 44 - Appendix A: Technical specifications; General
41 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide Appendix A: Technical specifications SR100 Technical Specification General Environmental: Waterproof Operating range Storage rangeHumidity IPX2 10 o C to + 50 o C 20 o C to + 70 o C up to 95% at 35 o C noncondensing Receiver Size 10¾”x 7½” x 2½” ...
Page 46 - Appendix B: List of Abbreviations
43 Raymarine Sirius Weather System Installation Guide Appendix B: List of Abbreviations Abbreviation Description AWG American Wire Gauge CF CompactFlash CMAN Coastal Marine Automated Network COG Course Over Ground DC Direct current EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility FCC Federal Communications Commiss...
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