Thread: H'bird stuff I found out...

I wonder if a fella could hook up a Lowrance to a Garmin through the NEMA cables? Anyone tried it?

JW, looks like you're gettin a grip on your tools. Interesting stuff.

Originally Posted by J White

Wiskers - yessir, the 'ducer I'm using now is the big, flat whopper - like six or seven inches long with metal bracket, which by the way I like a whole lot better. I'm curious if you have the same result I did,
or maybe my little 'ducer was just bad???

That's the one I've got. I was think'n bout using it for a 4-wheeler ramp but not now! :D Sounds like a good "crappie weather" :D project. While it's not fit'n to fish I'm gonna swap'um out. I'll let ya know what I come up with.

Thank's for the heads up.

Oh, and maybe Santa will leave us a download on the HB website that will fix the lag in our units! :rolleyes: YEAAAAAAA!!!!!!

Merry CHRISTMAS everybody! :D

the 997 transducer is about the same size as a dollar bill, this is the big ducer.......

Originally Posted by jaxsprat

the 997 transducer is about the same size as a dollar bill, this is the big ducer.......

Yeah, that's the one I've got now. The one that came with the 797
was shorter but thicker - squattier I called it

Awhile ago I was doing some reading on one of the unofficial H'bird forums
and ran across this topic - is 997/1197 trans. compatible with 797 head unit.
Humminbird Greg did say that it was, and it will give
"a slightly better detailed image than the 797 transducer does"
In my case, it was more than what I call "slightly" better, but like I said,
maybe my original was not operating at it's best.

Originally Posted by J White

Wantabe, I was sorta confused about all that too, let me just tell you how I've
got mine working, yours should be similar. Wish I cold draw a pic and post it.
Anyway, front unit y cable: nmea-com is hooked to front puck, accy-com is hooked to
20' cable that came with interlink, ran back to unit #2 port on interlink.

back unit y cable: nmea-com hooked to back puck, accy-com is hooked to the weathersense module, cable coming out other end of weathersense is plugged into unit #1 port on interlink.
There is a 10' cable that comes with the i'link I didn't need because the link and weathersense are mounted in a compartment right behind the 797, and the cable on
the weathersense was long enough so I didn't need the extra 10'.

The third port on the interlink is left open, empty.

The weathersense info will show up on the front df now, only catch is the back unit
has to be turned on for this to work. I've found out it's better for me to just leave both
units on the whole trip, I just turn the sonar off on the setup page if I'm gonna be at the
other end of the boat all day... reason for this, the waypoints you store will go to both
units without delay - if one is turned off, the next time you turn it on it will detect new
waypoints and go through the "sync" routine and ask if you want to add it to the other
unit. No big deal, but it takes a minute or two to run through.

If you've got Y cables already on both units, you shouldn't need anything else -
dummy me had lost one of my Y cables somewhere along the line, but
Three Rivers fixed me up with one.

Thanks thats what I wanted to know. I done ordered it anyway hoping thats how it would hook-up.
Again thanks for the info.

Originally Posted by J White

Wantabe, I was sorta confused about all that too, let me just tell you how I've
got mine working, yours should be similar. Wish I cold draw a pic and post it.
Anyway, front unit y cable: nmea-com is hooked to front puck, accy-com is hooked to
20' cable that came with interlink, ran back to unit #2 port on interlink.

back unit y cable: nmea-com hooked to back puck, accy-com is hooked to the weathersense module, cable coming out other end of weathersense is plugged into unit #1 port on interlink.
There is a 10' cable that comes with the i'link I didn't need because the link and weathersense are mounted in a compartment right behind the 797, and the cable on
the weathersense was long enough so I didn't need the extra 10'.

The third port on the interlink is left open, empty.

The weathersense info will show up on the front df now, only catch is the back unit
has to be turned on for this to work. I've found out it's better for me to just leave both
units on the whole trip, I just turn the sonar off on the setup page if I'm gonna be at the
other end of the boat all day... reason for this, the waypoints you store will go to both
units without delay - if one is turned off, the next time you turn it on it will detect new
waypoints and go through the "sync" routine and ask if you want to add it to the other
unit. No big deal, but it takes a minute or two to run through.

If you've got Y cables already on both units, you shouldn't need anything else -
dummy me had lost one of my Y cables somewhere along the line, but
Three Rivers fixed me up with one.

Thanks for the info. The system seems to be working like a champ. Had to upgrade the firmware on the 777c to get it to work with the interlink but that was pretty easy.
Battery in the Weather Sense Module already showing " Low Power Alert " what kind of battery life are you getting?
Again thanks for the help.