From someone who has been through similar anguish with a 22 year old B&G system, I would suggest you just sell your soul to B&G and sign your name on the check. Either that or go Raymarine before you get into B&G too far. . I thought I could upgrade certain things of the B&G on the cheap, but it was torture. After trying to convert different things to NMEA 2000 with Actisense and B&G converters, I finally just gave in, bought the CPU and new autopilot, Zeus, etc. And yes that was painful, but at least now things work. Still have the old 213 masthead unit, BTW, and I also have a newer one as the spare. There were a couple of electronic boxes that did the MHU and Depth conversion from analog to to 0183. then converting that to NMEA 2000. It was very confusing. I had an IT Guy help me one day, and he was tearing all kinds of wires out and I was about having a heart attack, but things still worked. Later, with more tinkering on my part, they didn't work correctly. The point is, most of the old wires and boxes were not needed. But then I still had trouble. Hence purchasing the 5000 CPU and a functioning electronic system. But of course, it didn't all end there. Last year I was having trouble with wind direction. A little investigation determined a bad connection where the wires terminated at the base of the mast, in a cheap terminal block that was actually steel, and getting a little rusty. Cleaning all that up brought things back to snuff. The signals from these transducers are so tiny, any slightly imperfect connection causes bad outcomes.
Bill Coleman Entrada Erie PA On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 6:44 PM Martin DeYoung via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Charlie, > > > > I have a similar issue with Calypso’s B&G wind instruments. I have been > following several related topics in Sailing Anarchy’s Gear forum where > people much more familiar with the IT side of connecting a new sensor to an > existing system. I have read much about various attempts to connect > different manufacturers equipment through a NMEA backbone. > > > > My sense is there may not be an easy or simple solution at least for our > 22 year old B&G system. > > > > Martin DeYoung > > Calypso > > 1971 C&C 43 > > Port Ludlow/Seattle > > > >
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