When B&G ended production of the widely installed H5000 5-inch graphic display, yards and independent integrators needed a colour panel that respects existing cutouts, databuses, and calibration work, not a wholesale rip-and-replace. A+T Instruments answered with the HFD5 and a broader full-colour family GMTS is now listing for dealers in the Pacific.
The display family (high level)
- HFD5: 5″ colour successor positioned for H5000-style upgrades where A+T has validated the swap.
- BFD: larger full-colour fields for helm and crew positions; often chosen after side-by-side trials against other MFDs on refit projects.
- Mini, PHD, 3020, QBD7, MFD: smaller or dedicated panels for mast, companionway, and processor-driven Ethernet layouts.
- Analogue and digital wind: 500-series vertical and horizontal sensors plus spares aligned with legacy B&G 213-type installs.
Processors and backbone
Displays are only half the story. A+T ATP1 / ATP2 / ATP2X processors consolidate instrument traffic; many refits move off ageing H5000 CPUs first, then refresh displays in phases, the pattern David Minors describes on recent NZ yachts running QBD7 and ATP1 together.
A+T’s Ethernet ring around the yacht remains the high-performance option for new builds and major refits; NMEA 2000 CAN remains the pragmatic bridge on mixed fleets. GMTS scopes whichever backbone matches the yard schedule, we do not paste Peplink WAN copy onto instrument PDPs.
Trade pricing and support
Approved dealers see one NZD price, converted from the UK list. There is no extra hardware discount. Browse A+T on the shop or talk to GMTS for a bill of materials on a refit.
Factory support stays with A+T (including component-level repair heritage from Tinley Electronics). GMTS handles regional stocking questions, project BOMs, and integration with onboard networks, Starlink, and monitoring stacks we already deploy.
Related: QBD7, seven-inch full-colour display. ATP processors after H5000.
