V1.5 has a number of tweeks to improve things for boats with 2x d10s or that want to use the smart repeater mode to customise the display. This is the first time I've put any info out on it (including to our distros/dealers) but hey. The next version of firmware (v1.5) is due at the end of June. It's the same as regatta mode but removed the nav and wind pages. Sports mode is optimised for classes that want to limit the functionality available, such as the SB20, or people who want to simplify the d10s function. Wind: repeater for apparent and true wind Nav: boatspeed, turn to mark, distance to mark Depth-tide: boatspeed, heading, depth or the difference between HDT/COG and STW/SOG Performance: boatspeed, heading/shift, heel angle Prestart page: timer and distance to line This includes the following preconfigured pages with button function that allows everything to be controlled from the d10: Regatta mode is optimised for smaller boats. The display size on the d10 means it's good for anything from 20-60ft. All the d10s functionality is running in the background, but it's controlled from the a10 phone APP rather than with the d10s buttons. It gives you a 4-page repeater with a choice of what to display on the top and middle digits. Smart repeater display mode for larger boats. I have had no problem communicating with Signet and they would be very interested to know if their sensors can be made to work with my latest Raymarine electronics. Raymarine says only the Airmar sensors work and those have built-in circuitry to output NMEA. I'm wondering if anyone has made this work and if I need some other electronic device to interface between the Signet Blue speed sensor and the ITC-5? The ITC-5 is supposed to convert analogue signals to NMEA for the display. I just bought the Signet Blue top sensor since it puts out a square wave whose frequency is proportional to boat speed, like the DST800, but so far connecting to the ITC-5 doesn't display boat speed, just 0.0. But the original Red Signet speed sensor does not. The Signet depth sensor works perfectly with the Raymarine ITC-5 and i70S display. I installed Raymarine for the anemometer and for compatibility with my old Raetheon autohelm. I do not want to haul the boat out and enlarge one of the holes to use the Airmar DST800 Triducer that came with my Raymarine set up. To explain my issue a little more: My boat has two holes and separate Signet speed and depth transducers.
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Is there some generic depth/speed transducer that I can buy that will work with the main brain and not require regular replacement? Pertinent question: I am pretty sure that the Garmin stuff runs on a NMEA 2000 back end. Garmin said that I was 2 months over my warranty even though I originally called about diagnosing the problem months earlier and got the runaround.Īnyway - the new part is available through Amazon for $255 īut reading the reviews, users report that these things commonly last only 2-3 years, which sounds ridiculous to me! My B&G setup had a lot wrong with it, but the transducers were at least 20 years old and that was one of the few things that weren't broken. Airmar said Garmin is responsible because it came as part of a Garmin kit. I dug out all of the information they wanted and in the end neither would honor the warranty.
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Contacted Garmin for help - this was an utter waste of time! Garmin uses a company called Airmar to make these things and the two passed me back and forth for hours asking the same questions about serial numbers, receipts and stuff. I checked and cleaned all of the connections to no avail. I am generally pleased with it, but I did run into an issue about a year after installation - the Depth/Speed transducer started to periodically cut out. A few years ago I bought about $8k of Garmin gear to gut the aging B&G stuff on my J/35.