I do a calibration on my ST4000+ wheel pilot every year and often I check it
during the sailing season, especially if I have a longer trip planned alone.

 

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Sent: January 13, 2014 9:51 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List Autohelm St4000 how it should work with the GPS

 

Rich, 

Not every time power off, but it seems in spring after winter where
batteries pulled and taken to basement that Need to Re swing the fluxgate
and adjust the gain.  Maybe not, but it seems to lose this memory over
winter.   

Bill 

 

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----- Reply message -----
From: "Rich Knowles" <r...@sailpower.ca>
To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Subject: Stus-List Autohelm St4000 how it should work with the GPS
Date: Mon, Jan 13, 2014 8:40 PM





Hmm. Bill, If you are saying every time you shut off the power to the auto
helm, the settings revert, that is not right. I've installed and set up many
of them and never had that problem except for one unit. The problem with
that one was an electrolytic capacitor that had been installed at the
factory in the course computer with the polarity reversed. It caused the
memory hold circuit to drain down with a consequent loss of settings.
Raymarine fixed it. Not sure what unit you have, but you might have the same
problem. 
 
Rich
 
> On Jan 13, 2014, at 20:17, "wwadjo...@aol.com" <wwadjo...@aol.com> wrote:
> 
> Ops, how does spell checker take autohelm to shrivel? Hmmmm. Another topic
altogether. 
> 
> Sent from my HTC
> 
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "wwadjo...@aol.com" <wwadjo...@aol.com>
> To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
> Subject: Stus-ListAutohelm St4000 how it should work with the GPS
> Date: Mon, Jan 13, 2014 7:15 PM
> 
> Yeah, well Rich, tell that to my shrivel., please 
> Bill walker 
> 
> Sent from my HTC
> 
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Rich Knowles" <r...@sailpower.ca>
> To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
> Subject: Stus-List Autohelm St4000 how it should work with the GPS
> Date: Mon, Jan 13, 2014 5:38 PM
> 
> Not to be picky, but your last step should not be required every time you
shut off the power. The settings are retained in non-volatile memory. 
> 
> Rich
> 
> > On Jan 13, 2014, at 18:24, Wwadjourn <wwadjo...@aol.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I almost shudder at posting in this thread, but . . . . . . 
> > One other point, read the manual, and set the gain on the auto pilot.
You will never get optimum performance, read: a straight course, without
doing this step in the set up, AND every time that power is completely
removed from the pilot, e.g. winter storage. 
> > 
> > Bill Walker
> > Evening Star
> > CnC 36
> > Pentwater, Mi
> > 
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