Hello,
Hopefully this is a simple question, but I appreciate any advise. I have recently spent a lot of time in awkward positions trying to map out the wiring diagram of the Furuno electronics in my new-to-me sailboat. There are a few problems that I have encountered that have led me to this exercise. Please see attached diagram.
1) The TZT9 Chartplotter will not get a GPS signal without the radar being on. This is a bad installation on a sailboat trying to conserve power. I believe it is because it is using the Airmar WX200 as the GPS sensor, which is wired to the radar on the mast.
2) TZT9 is installed at chart table, so using iPad at Helm. ALWAYS loses connection and freezes. Does not work well. Seems to have special software programmed in that knows when fog and large vessels are approaching so it can lose connection and freeze.
3) I purchased a standalone Garmin 742XS Plotter for helm and connected to NMEA backbone. Cannot see any instrument data. Would like to see that data on the Garmin so I can use some of the sailing software.
First question: can I connect the FI5002 directly to the NMEA 2000 backbone to share the instrument data to the Garmin? Currently the Garmin does not "see" the FI5002 because it is only connected to the TZT9, and therefore the instrument data only gets as far as the TZT9 and not onto the NMEA 2000 backbone it seems.
Second question: can i connect the Airmar WX200 directly to NMEA 2000, bypassing the radar connection, and thereby share all weather and GPS data to all devices, without the radar being powered up?
Please see attached poor-mans diagram.
Thank you for your help!!
Hopefully this is a simple question, but I appreciate any advise. I have recently spent a lot of time in awkward positions trying to map out the wiring diagram of the Furuno electronics in my new-to-me sailboat. There are a few problems that I have encountered that have led me to this exercise. Please see attached diagram.
1) The TZT9 Chartplotter will not get a GPS signal without the radar being on. This is a bad installation on a sailboat trying to conserve power. I believe it is because it is using the Airmar WX200 as the GPS sensor, which is wired to the radar on the mast.
2) TZT9 is installed at chart table, so using iPad at Helm. ALWAYS loses connection and freezes. Does not work well. Seems to have special software programmed in that knows when fog and large vessels are approaching so it can lose connection and freeze.
3) I purchased a standalone Garmin 742XS Plotter for helm and connected to NMEA backbone. Cannot see any instrument data. Would like to see that data on the Garmin so I can use some of the sailing software.
First question: can I connect the FI5002 directly to the NMEA 2000 backbone to share the instrument data to the Garmin? Currently the Garmin does not "see" the FI5002 because it is only connected to the TZT9, and therefore the instrument data only gets as far as the TZT9 and not onto the NMEA 2000 backbone it seems.
Second question: can i connect the Airmar WX200 directly to NMEA 2000, bypassing the radar connection, and thereby share all weather and GPS data to all devices, without the radar being powered up?
Please see attached poor-mans diagram.
Thank you for your help!!