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 > > <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. !)
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