johnnyt2000
New member
Hi All,
Still having issues with heading data and not holding a good course with me constantly having to change to keep on track.
I had an issue with a flooded pg 500 so I got a good condition second hand one that was tested as good apparently. Installed in exactly the same location as the original which worked fine.
Unit shows a variance of 29 degrees compared to gps cog on the Garmin and our marine compass
On the 711c controller I cannot see the sensor listed in the settings, we tried auto and manual calibration and when doing the turns it never responds after pressing the enter when instructed.
The pg500 when on is flashing true with a fast green flash, status a slow green flash. I have no post data on the controller either, can’t remember if I had that previously
I didn’t do anything to calibrate the compass when I installed it, is there something I have to do at the compass end?
It was also sending heading data to my Garmin I believe as when it failed from the flooding, the Garmin told me no heading sensor found and the boat icon was going backwards on the map when it failed and im unsure how it talks to them through the NMEA but it isn’t talking now.
Any suggestions, would really appreciate some help as we are offshore and can’t go to a Furuno tech.
Regards
John
Still having issues with heading data and not holding a good course with me constantly having to change to keep on track.
I had an issue with a flooded pg 500 so I got a good condition second hand one that was tested as good apparently. Installed in exactly the same location as the original which worked fine.
Unit shows a variance of 29 degrees compared to gps cog on the Garmin and our marine compass
On the 711c controller I cannot see the sensor listed in the settings, we tried auto and manual calibration and when doing the turns it never responds after pressing the enter when instructed.
The pg500 when on is flashing true with a fast green flash, status a slow green flash. I have no post data on the controller either, can’t remember if I had that previously
I didn’t do anything to calibrate the compass when I installed it, is there something I have to do at the compass end?
It was also sending heading data to my Garmin I believe as when it failed from the flooding, the Garmin told me no heading sensor found and the boat icon was going backwards on the map when it failed and im unsure how it talks to them through the NMEA but it isn’t talking now.
Any suggestions, would really appreciate some help as we are offshore and can’t go to a Furuno tech.
Regards
John
