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Old 17 March 2011, 21:29   #1
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Garmin AIS600 Error Message

I don't suppose anyone else has got one here but:

The led indicators on the unit are all unlit except for the "error" led.

Plugged into the laptop with the units setup software and run the diagnostics, it tells me "antenna VSWR exceeds limit".

TX led is unlit but the vessel's still showing up on www.marinetraffic.com


Garmin will be getting back to me before next wednesday apparently
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Definitely TX'ing showing on www.digimap.je too.

Have you found some new estuary to get your boat into the middle of St Brelade ? That should confuse a few of the local ships.
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Out of Range

and now 2 mins later you are apparently out of range on digimap and have subsequently disappeared back into stealth mode ???
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it tells me "antenna VSWR exceeds limit".
Oooh dear. All that lovely expensive new coax painstakingly fed under the deck must have an impedance mismatch with your super duper new aerial. One or other will have to be changed . Bagsy I have the redundant aerial seeing as that is the easier bit to change

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and now 2 mins later you are apparently out of range on digimap and have subsequently disappeared back into stealth mode ???
Too many electronics on board. Batteries gone flat.
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All that lovely expensive new coax painstakingly fed under the deck
Expensive fish wire you mean - new cable is cheaper than a new antenna - hands off!
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Expensive fish wire you mean -
You didn't see the holes in his deck to get the new wire through. Could've saved a fortune by only buying half the length... by the time he'd finished pulling it'd stretched enough to go there and back
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Hands orf

I'm sure there's another solution, might fall inside GJ0KYZ's area of expertise.

She's turned off now as it's not in use, as per the instructions of Jersey Coastguard
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You will have tried plugging in a non-bespoke antenna for comparison, but it makes me feel better to type it.
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First job when this rain stops!

I fired up the unit prior to inputting the mmsi which meant it was running in receive only mode and it was ok then, no error, so I'm thinking its the unit.

Having lots of trouble getting the laptop to see the 600 as well, takes several attempts to connect.
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Having lots of trouble getting the laptop to see the 600 as well, takes several attempts to connect.
Damn imacs
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I suspect the works PC is being made good use of.
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Damn windows more like

Tried another antenna and cable, no change

Just sent an email to product support, fingers crossed they're going to send me a new AIS600 cos this one's dodgy, a new 5012 plotter cos mine's corroding and new 17x cos I broke mine Oh and I asked them to clear the mmsi out of the VHF 300i AIS and forward it on to Mr. Cannell. Just what they needed on a friday afternoon
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Damn windows more like

Tried another antenna and cable, no change

Just sent an email to product support, fingers crossed they're going to send me a new AIS600 cos this one's dodgy, a new 5012 plotter cos mine's corroding and new 17x cos I broke mine Oh and I asked them to clear the mmsi out of the VHF 300i AIS and forward it on to Mr. Cannell. Just what they needed on a friday afternoon
Matt, Let me know how & when you want paying
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Will do

I'll wait and see what happens with Garmin first, there could be VAT issues if they don't ship it back to me.
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Fixed

Browsing the website last night found there's a fairly recent software update which cured "some antennas not being recognised"

2 minutes later Jersey CG are on the phone to let me know I've run aground

And good news for Channel Ribs, the duty officer wants one as well
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Fixed

Browsing the website last night found there's a fairly recent software update which cured "some antennas not being recognised"

2 minutes later Jersey CG are on the phone to let me know I've run aground

And good news for Channel Ribs, the duty officer wants one as well
Fantastic!

I see you have already uploaded photos to the Marine Traffic database.

Ginger & Tim may want to have a look

Edit: And one of a lanky grey haired get!
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Will do

I'll wait and see what happens with Garmin first, there could be VAT issues if they don't ship it back to me.

2 minutes later Jersey CG are on the phone to let me know I've run aground


May need to find a foot passenger with a big bag
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Mart- not sure if you'll be able to shed light but according to the instructions, as I'm connected to the plotter via N2K I should be able to send an SRM and enter silent mode through the chart plotter software instead of using the remote switch.

But I can't find anything on the plotter relating to the AIS600 except it shows in the device list.

I was half expecting a new page on the plotter or something, any ideas
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But I can't find anything on the plotter relating to the AIS600 except it shows in the device list.
I was also under the impression you would be able to start a Pan Pan from the plotter. Hmmm
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