b_arrington, RollerCoastr....thanks for the confirmation. Glad to see that I'm not the only one fighting winter blues by playing with electronics at the kitchen table!!!
So I've been trying to get my head around my network design. tmott has such fantastic drawings, I thought that I would lay mine out to see it. At the time, the entire network is under the helm as I only have the VHF and AIS on the network. The MFD (8612xsv) and new DST Transducer are coming soon. So here is my question: As shown on the drawing, can I just run a backbone extender from the helm down to the engine room and then connecting the DST-800 to it via a T-connector and then terminate the network in the engine room? Does the transducer get its power from the network?
I have drawn it out how "I think" it is supposed to go. I'm trying to accomplish this before Spring Commissioning while the boat is in the water. If anyone has any advice or experience in changing out their old depth transducer let me know. I'm looking for a solution that will fit the existing thru-hull.
Jaybeaux
Yep, that's exactly how I did it. As long as the terminator is at the end you should be good to go.