Young Entertainer 63 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Just got a new boat with a basic setup but i have a MFD and Additional Display i want to put into the system, and make allowances for Windgear which i hope to do later in the year. There are still some things i am yet to discover about the current setup, like where does the power come from, and why are the two seperate compasses, but what i do know is that the Speed Depth transducer is one end of the setup, which i thought was not what you wanted, and the first drop off the current system is a single cable that goes up the mast to 2 triton units under the boom (havent opened that box up yet to see what else is hiding there. Attached is a copy of the current system, and then a copy of what i think i need to get to to do this properly. The curreny restriction is that i cannot remove the mast cable as the current holes would not allow the cable to pass through without cutting off the ends. Anyone see any issues with what i think i should be doing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CarpeDiem 570 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 The wind gear has a terminator built in. So you just run it off the end of the backbone. What model transducer? It's possible it has a terminator but I don't know - worth checking the product code. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Young Entertainer 63 Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 Transducer is an older Airmar, IDST-N2000, doesnt look like that has termination so will look at putting it as a drop cable and use a termination end at the moment, then replace that with the wind gear when I get it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mattm 107 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 On 20/01/2026 at 7:00 PM, CarpeDiem said: The wind gear has a terminator built in. So you just run it off the end of the backbone. What model transducer? It's possible it has a terminator but I don't know - worth checking the product code. The older 508 and 608 wind sensors have the terminator built in. The current model WS310’s do not, they had a converter that plugs in to the bottom of the cable, then that plugs in as a normal drop cable. Was all to do with the max length drop being 6m, and mast cables being longer than that meaning it needed to be part of the backbone. The converter box means the N2k part of the WS310 wind cable is now short, so can be a drop. I’ve never seen or heard of a DST with built in terminator. Pretty sure that won’t exist - doesn’t have the need such as the wind does, as above. Very common to see n2k networks done wrong, but ‘working’ (things are powered up and there is at least some data) intermittently. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Young Entertainer 63 Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 thanks, seems to confirm that the current setup is wrong, so wont follow that in the new layout, will terminate normally and allow for both the transducer and wing gear to come off as drops Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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