It is compatible with 3rd party autopilot systems, has dual redundancy components an optional multi-joystick capability. The three-axis joystick is designed with a focus on user ergonomics and the harsh marine environments. The boost mode increases the RPM to give you more thrust when needed. A light push on the joystick provides minimal thrust while more thrust can be applied by pushing harder on the joystick. With progressive throttling, the joystick becomes a natural extension of your hand. Optimus 360 uses intelligent programming to minimise the amount of shifting required to complete a manoeuvre. By developing the joystick function to be intuitive, Optimus 360 allows you to move your boat not only forward and back, but also sideways, by pushing the joystick to the left, or to the right, and even, rotate on a dime, all with a simple twist of the joystick. Optimus 360 gives your outboard boat a whole new dimension of control. SeaStar Solutions has created a retrofittable Optimus 360 Joystick Control System that is compatible with twin, triple, and quad outboards, depending on the brand. But engine choices have expanded, and Volvo Penta now offers the ability to retrofit a joystick in some instances to pods only and is not available for sterndrive refits. The primary sterndrive joystick system has had ongoing development over the years. The system is designed to reduce the number of wires and connectors for easy installation. Up to six Joystick Docking stations can be installed on the boat for maximum flexibility. The concept is the same, but getting a boat to respond predictably to a joystick by using two sterndrives mounted close together abaft the transom is much different than getting an inboard boat to react by using drives tucked underneath, much closer to a boat’s natural pivot point. Joystick Sterndrive is an adaptation of IPS, with Volvo Penta developing new software for the sterndrive system. Varying angles and rpm can combine sideways thrust with movement forward or back, and even simultaneously rotate the boat along its keel. When more docking power is needed, another button can be pushed which raises the engines.īy turning one sterndrive lower unit or pod to port with forward thrust and turning the other to starboard with reverse thrust, a joystick system makes the boat go directly sideways to starboard, or vice-versa, even varying the sideways thrust based merely on how far the joystick is pushed. This is an important safety feature and means that the joystick will not be accidentally engaged. With Volvo Penta’s system, the throttle and gear sticks must be in neutral to activate the joystick system which requires that the “Docking” button on the base of the unit be pushed. Software in the Electronic Vessel Control (EVC) system transforms the driver’s joystick movements into steering angles, gearshifts and throttle positions for intuitive manoeuverability at both low and high speeds. Volvo Penta first introduced intuitive joystick manoeuvering to pleasure boat system in 2007 and then applied this technology to its twin sterndrive propulsion packages in 2010. Over the years more boat brands and more boats have been built with Volvo Penta joystick software than any other. Volvo Penta virtually invented the joystick for recreational boating.
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