northcaptain
Furuno Super Fan
I am doing extensive sea trials on my Furuno network of instruments... and 2 issues that i don't understand. The Navpilot is defined as a "sailboat". Today it was 30 knots on the water and some rough sailing so a lot of work for an autopilot.
Wind mode; works perfectly. Very capable on all wind (rear wind is a little bit difficult because of the precision asked) and globally this function works very well.
Auto mode; (both advanced and normal). I love the feature but after a few minutes, it start to drift. Suppose i ask 300 degrees. For the few seconds it works to it, but after a few minutes i look back and the Navpilot can be as far as 250 or 350 degrees. Even if i wait 30 minutes it only get worse. But as soon as i turn the know asking for 1 degree more to starboard or to port, it seems to "awaken" the Navilot which then try to recover all the accumulated error.
Nav mode; yesterday i was on a route generated on the NN3D, works well. Today i draw a route on a PC connected to the Navnet network through Maxsea and when that route showed up on the Navnet i wanted to do a "Nav" to it... whatever i did i alway got a No Nav Data. Altough i have all the required PGNs ... all day it refused to take the route.
So from this first trial, i definitely have some work to do but i have revisited the installation procedure and can't find someting that i havent done. Where should i look for a clue to these problems ?
Cheers
Wind mode; works perfectly. Very capable on all wind (rear wind is a little bit difficult because of the precision asked) and globally this function works very well.
Auto mode; (both advanced and normal). I love the feature but after a few minutes, it start to drift. Suppose i ask 300 degrees. For the few seconds it works to it, but after a few minutes i look back and the Navpilot can be as far as 250 or 350 degrees. Even if i wait 30 minutes it only get worse. But as soon as i turn the know asking for 1 degree more to starboard or to port, it seems to "awaken" the Navilot which then try to recover all the accumulated error.
Nav mode; yesterday i was on a route generated on the NN3D, works well. Today i draw a route on a PC connected to the Navnet network through Maxsea and when that route showed up on the Navnet i wanted to do a "Nav" to it... whatever i did i alway got a No Nav Data. Altough i have all the required PGNs ... all day it refused to take the route.
So from this first trial, i definitely have some work to do but i have revisited the installation procedure and can't find someting that i havent done. Where should i look for a clue to these problems ?
Cheers