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3.2 Procedures
Adapt these procedures as appropriate, to suit your individual requirement.
CAUTION:
Where it is necessary to cut holes (e.g. for cable routing and instrument mounting), ensure that these will not cause a hazard by weakening critical parts of the vessel’s structure. If in doubt, seek advice from a reputable boat builder.
Fitting Fluxgate Compass transducer
Introduction
Stand alone instrument
If you are fitting the ST40 Compass instrument as a stand alone instrument, you should also fit the Fluxgate Compass transducer and connect it directly to the instrument.
System requirements
If you intend fitting the ST40 Compass instrument as part of an instrument system, you must ensure that only one Fluxgate Compass transducer is connected to the system.
In such a system, the master steering compass instrument is the one to which the Fluxgate Compass transducer is directly connected. Other compass instruments in the system repeat information from this master.
Note: The Fluxgate Compass transducer can be connected to a course computer instead of a compass instrument. The course computer then provides the master compass information for the system.
Installation
Determine a suitable position for the Fluxgate Compass transducer, as described under Site requirements.