Lowrance LCX-37C or LCX-112C

[Chris]

These units are now discontinued, however if anyone has one or is thinking of upgrading to an HDS unit then please let me know as I would be interested.

Also if anyone know of one for sale, please let me know.

Thanks

[Nos4r2]

Originally Posted by Chris

These units are now discontinued, however if anyone has one or is thinking of upgrading to an HDS unit then please let me know as I would be interested.

Also if anyone know of one for sale, please let me know.

Thanks

Are you thinking the same as I am-that NMEA2000 is just too much of a pain in the arse when all you're doing is hooking a DSC VHF to a plotter?

[Chris]

Not at all, the LCX is NMEA 2000 ready and I had one on Time Bandit linked up to the display engine data etc. from the E-tec However I do think the newer HDS unit are too expensive and I really don't need all the 3D features.

I am fitting an NMEA network to Pigs Ear with one LMF400 gauge, a fuel flow sender and a fuel level sender, as the Honda is too old to support NMEA 2000 I have to go down the transducer route for fuel flow.

[Nos4r2]

Originally Posted by Chris

Not at all, the LCX is NMEA 2000 ready and I had one on Time Bandit linked up to the display engine data etc. from the E-tec However I do think the newer HDS unit are too expensive and I really don't need all the 3D features.

I am fitting an NMEA network to Pigs Ear with one LMF400 gauge, a fuel flow sender and a fuel level sender, as the Honda is too old to support NMEA 2000 I have to go down the transducer route for fuel flow.

Fair.

I'll probably change my mind on NMEA2000, but it appears that the combined AIS/DSC VHF sets available are only NMEA 0183, which gets complicated.


Have a look in the 'bits'n'pieces for sale-there's an HDS7 plotter/sounder for a very good price there. If it wasn't so much of a PITA to hook it up to the AIS VHF I'd have bought it myself.

[BruceB]

I have the LCX and a HDS 7 on the RIB and out of the two the LCX is a better plotter and nicer to use.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Nos4r2

Fair.

I'll probably change my mind on NMEA2000, but it appears that the combined AIS/DSC VHF sets available are only NMEA 0183, which gets complicated.


Have a look in the 'bits'n'pieces for sale-there's an HDS7 plotter/sounder for a very good price there. If it wasn't so much of a PITA to hook it up to the AIS VHF I'd have bought it myself.

Thanks Nos however I want a bigger screen the HDS7 is only 6.4"

I think you are getting confused on the NMEA thing.

0183 is only really used for connecting the VHF to the plotter to provide DSC position data either for you when sending or others when recieving. This is normally just a couple of wires that connect together. The NMEA 2000 networking is then used for connecting devices such as plotters, guages, senders, engines together on a common network.

You dont have to use NMEA 2000. For example the HDS7 or HDS8 still has a standard direct input for the sounder (or you can plug one in via NMEA2000) It also still has NMEA0183 so you can connect it up to a VHF/DSC

However if you want to plug it into an E-tec for example you can set up a network and then connect it in.

[Nos4r2]

Ahh, I see. The pdf manuals I was reading didn't say that!