I have a few thoughts on this. I put in an NX2 speed/depth/wind system on my Catalina about 10 years ago. I liked the system a lot and had very few issues with it, other than forgetting to tighten the lock on the wind transducer and losing it off the mast in the middle of a race, but I guess I can't blame Nexus for that. That unit was all NMEA 0183 at the time, with a central server that connected all of the transducers and the displays daisy chained from that. I had it interfaced to my Garmin GPS for true wind and COG.
When I went shopping for a new system for my new to me 30-2 last winter, it struck me how little the NX2 displays had changed in 10 years, they look identical to my old boat. Shopping the Chicago Strictly Sail show last winter, I thought that the new offerings from Raymarine and B&G/Simrad were far brighter and more versatile. I also like the Garmin units and have a friend that liked his. However, I am concerned about where Garmin is headed as they integrate Nexus. The booth in Chicago had the Nexus NX2 gear front and center, with only 1 Garmin branded display at the back of the booth that was not even hooked up. I would be cautious about the Garmin branded systems for that reason. I wound up buying a B&G system with new transducers, three Triton displays (2 on the mast, one at the helm) and a Zeus Touch 7 MFD on the cockpit bulkhead. The wiring is all NMEA2000, with an ethernet output for the WiFi repeater connected to the Zeus. I have been extremely impressed with the system this summer and would recommend it to anyone. My crew and guests were enthusiastic as well. The hardware is identical and the price is in the same ballpark as the Simrad system that Fred talked about in his message. However, the B&G units, especially the Zeus, have slightly different firmware that brings in some sailing specific features, including a page that has 10 datapoints surrounding a graphical display with wind angles and layline plots. For that reason, I would recommend them over the equivalent Simrad units. Just my two cents. Regards, Jim Reinardy C&C 30-2 "Firewater" Milwaukee, WI Sent from my iPad > On Oct 9, 2013, at 5:03 PM, "Frederick G Street" <f...@postaudio.net> wrote: > > Charlie -- I stand corrected on the Garmin system. > > And I should also have mentioned the Raymarine ST70 displays. A little older > design than the i70, but will do SeaTalkNG/NMEA2000. > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI > >> On Oct 9, 2013, at 4:57 PM, cenel...@aol.com wrote: >> >> I installed a Garmin 4 display system with their transducers (wind, speed >> and depth) last winter and it has worked well. It is hooked up to a Garman >> Chart Plotter (542?) which serves as one end of the >> backbone (and power source). Of course the hull transducers were not the >> same as my previous Navman stuff/crap so another set of hull 'holes' was >> required--now on my 3rd set!!!ARGHH >> >> Thought about (and may still do) a wifi type multiplexer and use an ipad for >> the display but that is a future project. >> >> Got the Garmin setup for ~$2000 and so far so good. >> >> I think it is fully a NMEA2K system since everyting connects to the backbone >> with screw-type connectors. The backbone cable is about 30 ft. >> >> Charlie Nelson >> Water Phantom >> C&C 36 XL/kcb >> cenel...@aol.com >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net> >> To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> Sent: Wed, Oct 9, 2013 5:39 pm >> Subject: Re: Stus-List Nexus NX2 Instruments >> >> Bob -- what instruments are you replacing? Speed/depth? Wind? >> >> If you want true NMEA2K displays, you only have a few choices; Raymarine i70 >> (technically SeaTalkNG, but talks to NMEA2K), Garmin GMI10, Furuno FI50 (not >> certified NMEA2000, but will talk to NMEA2K) or Simrad IS40. As far as I >> know, the Nexus systems still use a central "server" that all displays and >> transducers connect to (Nexus is now owned by Garmin). A true NMEA2000 >> system would have all the displays and transducers connected to the NMEA2000 >> backbone. >> >> Raymarine has a reasonably-priced way to do that using older non-NMEA2K >> transducers; it's the ITC-5, and will accept inputs from older Raymarine >> depth, speed, wind and rudder transducers, then put all that data into >> SeaTalkNG form (also readable by NMEA2K). List is $265 (you can get for >> under $250). Add a couple of i70 displays for $535 list ($460) and a >> SeaTalkNG cabling kit and you're done, assuming you have the transducers >> installed in the first place. >> >> Simrad has a depth/speed/wind package with all transducers, backbone cabling >> and ONE IS40 display for a list of $1599 (you can get it for around $1200). >> Add another IS40 display for a list of $599 (around $450). >> >> Furuno doen't have a very good track record so far with their NMEA2K >> instruments; you don't see too many around. And Garmin has the display, but >> not so much for NMEA2K transducers. >> >> Maybe others on the list have some comments on the Nexus systems; but that's >> NOT going to be a true NMEA2K system as far as the displays go. >> >> Fred Street -- Minneapolis >> S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI >> >>> On Oct 9, 2013, at 4:00 PM, Bob Hickson <bobhick...@rogers.com> wrote: >>> >>> Over the winter, I will be shopping for a new instrument package to replace >>> the old Data Marine units on my 29-2. >>> I would prefer to install an instrument system using the NMEA 2000 / NX2 >>> protocol. >>> Does anyone have experience (good or bad) with Nexus instruments >>> >>> http://www.nexusmarine.se/ >>> >>> The new “race box” sounds interesting >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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