Heading sensor placement and 360

Transom mount 360 units come with a HS GPS puck, my question is should the HS puck be mounted as close to the 360 unit as possible or can it be mounted up in the bow and do double duty working over the TM ?


I have a 1198 mounted at the helm with its own gps puck at the transom, then a second station set up at the bow with transducer on the trolling motor and a gps puck

I'm going to add an 1159 DI unit to the bow (real pain moving it all the time from the helm to the bow and back) so hence the question of if HS puck can do double duty mounted at the bow.

my wash tub is 17ft long so I'm sure there is an offset of 17ft, but other than that will the 360 and the 1100's read from the HS at the bow

also will I be able to use the bow gps puck with bow locator and the transom puck with the transom transducer for the helm unit say when on plane moving from place to place

Oh all are to be linked with a 5 port Ethernet switch

as soon as I'm sure this will all work together I'm pulling the plug with Brian at BBG


as always thanks to all for your help

also when using the bow locator in split screen 2d/360 won't the 2d be more accurate with the HS puck at the TM ?

again thanks to all

Short grub, the 360 doesn't require a GPS /hs to operate.also , you can use just one GPS , that's shared by the network. If that's what you want but I think that which ever unit has the gps, that you share, has to be turned on to alow the sharing through the ether net switch.

Man , Kosmo I wish I knew you didn't have to use that extra puck. It is different than the puck on my 1198 so I called HB and they told me mine had to be installed. So I have two pucks at the console. Well they are mounted now so ill live with it.

This is my 360, running without gps and no 2nd transducerhttp://i826.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps82b10d96.png.....to get full functionality from the 360, you need a 2nd transducer and a GPS with a heading sensor.

I would ask Greg at HB his thoughts on this.
One reason for the HS GPS puck is "no more donut hole" at less than .6mph boat speed. The 360 works at 0.0mph.

The HS puck is only used to accurately mark new waypoints on the 360 view...

360 will operate without the HS puck ...just like kosmo says...

Its the same as any sonar unit will operate without a GPS antenna attached...there just will be no option for anything to do with a chart or GPS related...

360 is "Sonar" ...not "GPS"... (2 completely different animals)...

Rickie

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Originally Posted by short grub

Transom mount 360 units come with a HS GPS puck, my question is should the HS puck be mounted as close to the 360 unit as possible or can it be mounted up in the bow and do double duty working over the TM ?


I have a 1198 mounted at the helm with its own gps puck at the transom, then a second station set up at the bow with transducer on the trolling motor and a gps puck

I'm going to add an 1159 DI unit to the bow (real pain moving it all the time from the helm to the bow and back) so hence the question of if HS puck can do double duty mounted at the bow.

my wash tub is 17ft long so I'm sure there is an offset of 17ft, but other than that will the 360 and the 1100's read from the HS at the bow

also will I be able to use the bow gps puck with bow locator and the transom puck with the transom transducer for the helm unit say when on plane moving from place to place

Oh all are to be linked with a 5 port Ethernet switch

as soon as I'm sure this will all work together I'm pulling the plug with Brian at BBG


as always thanks to all for your help

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Option 1...IF you're going to mark waypoints on the 360 view...
Mount the HS puck at the transom and let it provide GPS for the transom 360 and the transom mount HDSI...

Make do at the bow with a regular GPS antenna until you can get another HS for the bow...

Option 2...IF you're not going to mark waypoints on the 360 view....
Mount the HS puck at the bow for better boat positoning on the bow unit ...

Use the regular GPS antenna for the helm unit...no GPS connnected to the 360...

Rickie

Thanks a lot guys

I did some more searching and didn't find any more info on this

I'm sure glad we have people on C.C who are up on this stuff

again thanks to all

Here's a tip.....If a person wants, he can take the 360, along with a humminbird control head unit (that is ethenet capable) and transfer them to a smaller boat or kayak to use in smaller water ponds or small lakes, transducers and gps are not required, just optional.using this setup, you can see structure, fish, contour changes and be able to keep your kayak/boat positioned accordingly

thanks Kos,

my main concern was that I was going to have a bunch of gps pucks in the boat, when maybe I could get away with just using two, an now thanks to you sir I see I really don't need any lol

again thank you all, with out you, I'd be lost

I would still consider installing the GPS-HS at the transom like Rickie stated (Option 1). This will enable you to more accurately mark waypoints and maneuver back to them later on. Since you will be fishing mostly from the other end of the boat than the 360 you will want to know what direction the boat is pointing versus what the 360 is showing. Without the heading sensor in the GPS-HS the unit and 360 have no way of knowing what direction is what unless you are moving (then it uses the regular GPS for this).

Like Greg said, if your going to mark waypoints from the 360, you need to have the gps/heading sensor as close to the 360 as possible for the most accurate waypoints possible.
I have not hooked up my gps/heading sensor to the my 360 since I've got the onix.i use my 360 to return to known waypoints and I fish ledges, we're I just view stumps and watch were the drops are at.theres times that I will see new brush piles on the 360, while returning to known waypiont,but I don't mark them.ill just turn my boat and follow the 360 to them.once I'm over them, I'll fish'em then mark'em an move on.

thanks Greg, I understand what you are saying

Kos this is all going to be new to me lol

placed my order Monday at noon with Brian at BBG my goodies ( 360 transom mount and an 1159 DI combo ) came today Wed at 2 pm its at my door ................... sweeeeeeeeeeeeet some great service form Brian

oh I also ordered a 2nd HS puck so I'll have two


thanks guys

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Originally Posted by short grub

thanks Greg, I understand what you are saying

Kos this is all going to be new to me lol

placed my order Monday at noon with Brian at BBG my goodies ( 360 transom mount and an 1159 DI combo ) came today Wed at 2 pm its at my door ................... sweeeeeeeeeeeeet some great service form Brian

oh I also ordered a 2nd HS puck so I'll have two


thanks guys

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Google luck and enjoy your new toys:ThumbsUp:ThumbsUp
I also made a purchase from Brian at BBG just the other day.im very pleased with his help and response time along with a very good price.:woohoo

Short grub, before you mount your gps/heading sensors permanently. Check to make sure that there's no magnetic interference close by.:):)

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Originally Posted by kosmo

Short grub, before you mount your gps/heading sensors permanently. Check to make sure that there's no magnetic interference close by.:):)

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X2!