Fred, Would he be able to run the Signet Transducers through a Raymarine ITC-5 Analog transducer converter? I thought that most analog transducers were rebranded Airmar units but does that only apply to more recent transducers and not to the older Signet units? At some point I was hoping to upgrade the analog Datamarine Speed and Depth units on Half Magic (1983 LF 35) to chat with my ES75 MFD via an I70S and ITC-5, but it is sounding as if my analog transducers may not be able to accomplish this even with the ITC-5. Same issues as Tom but with Datamarine rather than Signet.
Cheers, Chuck Gilchrest S/V Half Magic 1983 LF 35 Padanaram, MA From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Frederick G Street via CnC-List Sent: Friday, April 7, 2017 1:40 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net> Subject: Re: Stus-List Transducer help Hello, Tom, and welcome to the list! My first boat was a 1981 30mkI, hull #677; wow, a 12” plotter is going to be huge on that boat! I’ve got a 7” on my Landfall 38… :^) Your existing instruments probably are Signet; but they can’t be networked with the eS Series, which requires NMEA2000 or SeaTalkNG to get the data in from instruments. In order to have data both on gauges and the eS, you’d need to replace your instruments with networkable ones. In the Raymarine world, this would most likely be the i70 Series for color LCD gauges; or the i50/i60 Series for the more traditional mechanical gauges. The i50/i60 are basically locked into displaying one type of data; on the i70, you can display speed, depth and wind data simultaneously on one or more displays, as well as the data being made available to the eS. If it were up to me on my boat, I’d fill in the holes for the Signets, and put in one of the i70 Sailpack systems that comes with a combo depth/speed/temp transducer and a masthead wind transducer. Put the i70 in the bulkhead where one of the Signets used to be, and run the network to the plotter. Since you’re new to the list, let me mention that in a former life, I was an NMEA/ABYC-certified marine electrician and electronics guy. I’ve kept my vendor relationships, and can purchase equipment for C&C-listers at very reasonable prices, as well as offer design assistance. — Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Apr 7, 2017, at 12:06 PM, T power via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: Hi all, First off, I'm really new to sailing so there is a steep learning curve for me. I own a C&C 30 MKI that currently has a depth, speed, and wind gauges, they are round, I think they are made by signet?? I have a new Raymarine eS128 Chart plotter that I would like to install. I have no idea what transducers to install, deadrise, etc. I would like to end up using the original gauges, and also have speed, depth, and wind on the chart plotter. Any help would be very much appreciated. Cheers, Tom Sent from Outlook <http://aka.ms/weboutlook> _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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