NorthStar Navigation NorthStar 491 manual Checking the transducer, Off

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No echoes displayed on sounder screen.

 

 

 

 

Is the

 

 

 

 

Advance

YES

 

 

 

Speed set to

 

 

 

 

 

zero?

 

 

 

 

 

 

NO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configure the navigatorʼs

 

Has the

 

NO

navigatorʼs

 

Aux Port for the 491. See

Aux Port been

 

 

 

Section 1 of this manual

 

configured

 

for instructions.

 

 

for the

 

 

 

 

 

491?

 

 

 

 

 

 

YES

 

1. Check fuses and circuit

 

 

 

 

 

breakers.

 

 

 

 

STEADY

2. Check power to 491 with

OFF

 

Check

a voltmeter.

 

 

GREEN

the 491's STAT

3. Verify that the data cable

 

 

 

indicator

 

between the navigator and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the 491 is properly wired

 

 

 

 

 

and connected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FLASHING

 

RED

 

 

 

GREEN

 

 

 

The 491 and the navigator aren't communicating properly. Check the wiring of the data cable between the navigator and the 491.

Change the Advance Speed setting.

491 is communicating with the navigator.

1.Check transducer connector for the proper wiring.

2.If wiring is correct,check transducer impedance with an ohmmeter.

3.If the transducer is open or shorted, replace it

There's a hardware problem with the 491.

Figure 10: Troubleshooting the echo sounder (957/958)

Checking the transducer

To provide the best possible performance with the 491 echo sounder, Northstar recommends the use of an Airmar

491 Echo Sounder Operations Manual

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