Thank you, Fred. I'm still figuring out a few things. I was recently gifted an old Standard Horizon 155 CP155C (without the GPS) from a dock neighbor who upgraded to a SH CPN 700i. I couldn't get a GPS signal into the CP155C and am about to relegate it to emergency backup status. The charts display fine but they'd have to be "manually cross referenced" to an externally-supplied GPS position. Another first world problem... :-)
I really like my shiny new SH VX2200 and it looks like it would inter-operate nicely with the SH CPN 700i so I'll probably pull the trigger on that next week. These are amazing times. I'm kinda liking Standard Horizon in general. They don't seem driven by marketeers. I don't mind wading through some semi-techy, almost complete, documentation. And, they haven't taken the proprietary route. I have to take a closer look at my current depth transducer. IIRC, it was designed to be easily removed from inside the boat - just like its long-broken speed paddlewheel neighbor. That might limit my choices for a plug and play, in the water, replacement. Kind regards, ---Bob Moriarty Ox 33-1 Jax, FL On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Frederick G Street via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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