SCX 20 and Heading
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Good afternoon Acer,
Yes the SC20 a Satellite Compass that can provide not only magnetic heading but also true heading.
I think it best to start from the beginning.
What products are you trying to display the SC20 information on?
What other products are on the N2K backbone?
Do you have access to a N2K reader to use N2K analyzer to see what the raw data the SC20 is transmitting?
Photos of the installation location would also be helpful.
C-Bass
Yes the SC20 a Satellite Compass that can provide not only magnetic heading but also true heading.
I think it best to start from the beginning.
What products are you trying to display the SC20 information on?
What other products are on the N2K backbone?
Do you have access to a N2K reader to use N2K analyzer to see what the raw data the SC20 is transmitting?
Photos of the installation location would also be helpful.
C-Bass
Hello C-Bass,
Well, there is a lot of Furuno stuff on the bus and also a PC with Timezero. I use the TZT3 plottter as well as FI70 Instruments and a RD33, a FA70 is also conncted and Radar.
The Sc is mounted at the stern on a typicsl Ovni Archer sslightly below a solar panel. That does no harm, I habe perect GPS position, pitch and roll and everrything is working fine. There is also a PG700 providing heading but I want to use the SCX 20 as primary source. I can see at the setup menu from the TZ3 all the sensors and data, only Heading and Rate of turn is missing. I thought perhaps the PGN collides with the one from PG700, but if i disconnedt that no HDG anymore on the bus. I only did some initial settings at the SCX20 and left the rest on default....
Well, there is a lot of Furuno stuff on the bus and also a PC with Timezero. I use the TZT3 plottter as well as FI70 Instruments and a RD33, a FA70 is also conncted and Radar.
The Sc is mounted at the stern on a typicsl Ovni Archer sslightly below a solar panel. That does no harm, I habe perect GPS position, pitch and roll and everrything is working fine. There is also a PG700 providing heading but I want to use the SCX 20 as primary source. I can see at the setup menu from the TZ3 all the sensors and data, only Heading and Rate of turn is missing. I thought perhaps the PGN collides with the one from PG700, but if i disconnedt that no HDG anymore on the bus. I only did some initial settings at the SCX20 and left the rest on default....
Good afternoon Acer,
Thank you for the information.
Sounds like you will likely need to program instancing for some of the N2K devices so we do not get any instancing conflicts. Something you will want to check with the installer.
In the Initial Setup menu, Data Acquisition, Data Sources: you will be able to view the sources that provide the system with information. For heading, please select the source, if there are two different sensors that provide the same information you will be able to choose from a list if sensors. The SC20 should be available to choose for heading, and also rate of turn. If you cannot choose between the two then we must move to step 2.
Let us know how it goes.
Kind Regards,
C-Bass.
Thank you for the information.
Sounds like you will likely need to program instancing for some of the N2K devices so we do not get any instancing conflicts. Something you will want to check with the installer.
In the Initial Setup menu, Data Acquisition, Data Sources: you will be able to view the sources that provide the system with information. For heading, please select the source, if there are two different sensors that provide the same information you will be able to choose from a list if sensors. The SC20 should be available to choose for heading, and also rate of turn. If you cannot choose between the two then we must move to step 2.
Let us know how it goes.
Kind Regards,
C-Bass.
Well, I did a factory reset of the scx first, after that I gave the PG an instance of 1 instead if zero. Ai can select the scx as heading source, after that there is the scx for around some seconds but the PG kicks in again. Self est of scx says everything is fine.
Every data the scx can provide is displayed except HDG and rate of turn.
Every data the scx can provide is displayed except HDG and rate of turn.
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