Thread: RICKIE,TOM AND GUYS

Originally Posted by genec

THANKS TOM,HAVE U GOT YOUR MOTOR LIFT WORKING YET

yes. Works great.

Here is what the 2d pings look like. You can see the ping---ping. Then you will see the rapid fire ping.ping.ping. The head unit is looking for bottom without the transducer hooked up. If the xducer hooked, you can feel the pulses you see on the scope.

These are 200Khz pings.

Check out Billbob.

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TOM,HOW MANY HEARTBEATS PER MIN.LOL

A scope is a Godsend. It takes the scratch out of the itch.

Gene ... Here's 2 options ...

Option 1 ...
*Add AS SIDB Y cable and another HB xducer capable of 2d to the 859 DI ... (Any HB xducer with the "House shaped" connector) ...
*Put this extra xducer in the boat (out of the water)
*Set "Max Depth" under the Sonar tab to 10ft below actual water depth ...

This will keep the unit from going into what Tom calls "bottom search mode" ... (From not getting a depth reading from the additional xducer in the boat) ...

Option 2 ... (If the 2d is going bad in the XNT 9 DI T anyway) ...
*Remove pin #6 in the XNT 9 DI T (200kHz/455kHz 2d) ...
*Set "Max Depth" under the Sonar tab to 10ft below actual water depth ...(same reason as option 1) ...


I'm fairly certain the DI in the 859 can get everything it needs from the DI piezo ... And only the ping rate is determined by the 2d depth ... Except setting the "Max Depth" in manual forces the unit to not wait for a 2d return echo from a "bottom it will never see" with the 2d xducer in the boat ...

Rickie

Originally Posted by rnvinc

Gene ... Here's 2 options ...

Option 1 ...
*Add AS SIDB Y cable and another HB xducer capable of 2d to the 859 DI ... (Any HB xducer with the "House shaped" connector) ...
*Put this extra xducer in the boat (out of the water)
*Set "Max Depth" under the Sonar tab to 10ft below actual water depth ...

This will keep the unit from going into what Tom calls "bottom search mode" ... (From not getting a depth reading from the additional xducer in the boat) ...

Option 2 ... (If the 2d is going bad in the XNT 9 DI T anyway) ...
*Remove pin #6 in the XNT 9 DI T (200kHz/455kHz 2d) ...
*Set "Max Depth" under the Sonar tab to 10ft below actual water depth ...(same reason as option 1) ...


I'm fairly certain the DI in the 859 can get everything it needs from the DI piezo ... And only the ping rate is determined by the 2d depth ... Except setting the "Max Depth" in manual forces the unit to not wait for a 2d return echo from a "bottom it will never see" with the 2d xducer in the boat ...

Rickie

hey guys, You may not understand everything he says, but you will learn from reading his post. Most of it is over my head, but when he speaks, you had better listen....... I do..... crappie1133

Originally Posted by crappie1133

hey guys, You may not understand everything he says, but you will learn from reading his post. Most of it is over my head, but when he speaks, you had better listen....... I do..... crappie1133

Sometimes I just wish I had more efficient wording ...(to keep from writing an encyclopedia in some of my posts)...



Rickie