"Steve" wrote in message
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I'm attempting connect my SiTex flux compass as a heading sensor for my
Furuno 1721 MKII.

Doesn't work, not getting a compass input to the radar or the radar isn't
recognizing the input when I try to select it on the setup menu..

Or, what am I missing here??


I hooked the Flux Gate Compass NMEA 0183 output up to the serial port on my
laptop and tried running The Capn (compass option) and go "000"s.. To verify
that all was well with the program and serial configuration, I turned on the
GPS and all was well with that serial input.

I then hooked the Flux Gate back up to the serial port and ran HyperTerminal
and got nothing. I then switch on the GPS and within a second or two I had a
stream of data from the GPS.

Verified that all was correct with the cable connection.. Went through the
manual several times to see if there was some menu option I should select.
Nothing documented..

I guess I will contact Si-Tex tomorrow and see if they can still provide any
tech support since this unit is no longer in production. It's only been used
for a few months, but was purchased new about 4 years ago..

If they can't help me then I guess I'll open it up and look for anything
obviously wrong..

Steve
s/v Good Intentions