Bob -- if you're interested, I can price that transducer for you from my vendor.
-- Fred > On Feb 19, 2016, at 8:21 PM, bobmor99 . via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Thank you Fred, > It's disappointing that a simple depth = x? question would be complicated by > vendors' proprietary proclivities - especially with long established NMEA > 0183 and 2000 standards in place. > I'll check out the DT800 and calibrate it using the various places I've run > aground. :-) > I'll send you a DSC call if the calibration effort goes awry. :-) > --Bob M > Ox 33-1 > Jax, FL > > >> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:53 PM, Frederick G Street via CnC-List >> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> Bob — yes, Airmar makes a line of “smart” transducers that have NMEA2000 >> direct output. For depth, you’d want the DT800; the best option for you >> would be the one made by Airmar for Furuno, as it has an NMEA2000 connector >> ready to plug into an NMEA2000 backbone; this transducer will run you about >> $270.00. The issue you’re going to run into is that you won’t be able to >> “calibrate” the transducer (for depth offset, for instance) without other >> equipment from the same manufacturer on the bus, as the calibration schemes >> have not been made a direct part of the NMEA2k standard, so each >> manufacturer handles it differently. And you’ll need to start from zero on >> an NMEA2000 bus. >> >> — Fred >> >> Fred Street -- Minneapolis >> S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( >> >>> On Feb 16, 2016, at 7:09 PM, bobmor99 . via CnC-List >>> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >>> >>> My original depth transducer and display have given up the ghost. >>> Is there a preferred, non-proprietary depth transducer that can output NMEA >>> 0183 or NMEA 2000 depth messages? >>> >>> Looking to buy a Standard Horizon CPN700i chartplotter, >>> >>> http://www.standardhorizon.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=84&encProdID=DAF88A33AD0AD868B77CC24EF82D4880&DivisionID=3&isArchived=0 >>> >>> which can handle both NMEA 0183 and NMEA 2000 input. >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> --Bob M >>> >>> BTW, I recently installed a Standard Horizon GX2200 VHF/GPS/AIS unit - (my >>> first grown-up VHF). It's great, especially with the RAM mic. (Thanks for >>> that suggestion, Dennis C. !) >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Email address: >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom >> of page at: >> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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