B & G transducer nema 2000 not working

[shadowdancer]

i am tearing my hair out. i installed the transducer and connected it to the nema 2000 system and the depth wont show up on my vulcan. i removed the entire nema system and reinstalled it, i have terminators on both ends, it should work but doesn't. i am at my houses and i was wondering if i have to move to activate it ?? any ideas ??

[smac999]

Does it show up in your nmea 2000 device list?

Have you selected that as the depth source? Or run the auto source selector again.

Are you in the water. At home? They Generally won’t give A depth out of water. Also it won’t show up a source choice fjr above.

Are you looking at the sonar page? That will not work with nmea 2000. It will only give you a depth number in a data box.

[BlackHeron]

Did you feed power to the backbone cable?

[shadowdancer]

not sure what a nema 2000 device list is. How do you use it. some of the devices seem to work , auto, vulcan, radio, chartplotter, not sure wood like to see what devices are working,, yes i have power, 12 volts

[shadowdancer]

i think i solved it, i had the connector to the depth on the lead side of the connection and terminator on the top of the connector, i switched them, also added a nmea wind vane at the top of the mast and its working, however the boat is out of the water and will splash in december. then ill find out if the depth is working,, fingers crossed.

[tanglewood]

Originally Posted by shadowdancer

i think i solved it, i had the connector to the depth on the lead side of the connection and terminator on the top of the connector, i switched them, also added a nmea wind vane at the top of the mast and its working, however the boat is out of the water and will splash in december. then ill find out if the depth is working,, fingers crossed.

I hate to say it, but I think that's unlikely to change anything.

[garthpaine]

I have found the depth/speed transducer to be very voltage sensitive. mine was inconsistent and then I replaced the batteries - bingo, all good ever since. the only thing that changes was an increased average voltage.