Need electronics guidance

[Labman55]

purchased an older Zeta 24' Alaskan Bulkhead.
I'm installing all new electronics. I have mapped it all out in excel, but can't figure out how to post the diagram!

Top of Cab;
Lowrance BR27, RC42 Rate Compass.

Overhead consule at Helm:
RC42,NMEA 2000,HDS 7, S.H. GX2150 Matrix + (AIS), # 1 Blue Seas ATC Fuse Panel.

In Helm;
HDS 8, # 2 Blue Seas ATC Fuse Panel.

Starboard Compartment;
LSS-1, # 3 Blue Seas ATC Fuse panel.


Wired as below;

NMEA - Fused Power, HDS 7- S.H. 2150 ( bare-green, blue-blue,orange-brown), HDS 7-power switch - fused power, all yellows (BR27,LSS-1,HDS 8) - HDS 7, LSS-1-fused power, BR27-fused power.

HDS 7 - NMEA, HDS 8 - NMEA, RC42 - NMEA.

Ethernets;
HDS 7, HDS 8, BR27 - LSS-1.

Transducers;
LSS-1 - LSS - 1 control, XDCR - HDS 8.

Will this work, will I be able to overlay the radar on both screens as I choose, will the S.H. overlay vessels in area info?
Does anyone see any reason, other than it's Lowrance, for it not to work?

I also discovered a couple of Armar through hulls, one has a little paddle wheel and 9 - 10 pin holes and the other is just brass with only 3 pin holes. The original owner, is no longer able to answer any questions, so does anyone know what units these might work for?

 

[bruceb58]

Re: Need electronics guidance

Get a converter like CutePDF and then post the pdf file here.

 

[Labman55]

Re: Need electronics guidance

I converted the exccel to pdf already, I'm running Windows 7, but then how do I post it?
I tried to "copy-paste' but nothing happens?

 

[wingless]

Re: Need electronics guidance

Use a free image host site. I use Photobucket. Hot link the url from Photobucket into this forum to show the image. Surround the image URL w/ the [ IMG ] and the [ /IMG ] tags (w/o the spaces).

(Note there are trolls and hackers, so lock and password protect the Photobucket account.)


Here is an example for my stereo schematic.

 

[bruceb58]

Re: Need electronics guidance

Go to Dropbox.com and get an account. Then you can put your file in there and create a link to paste in here. Dropbox.com is pretty awesome.

 

[Labman55]

Re: Need electronics guidance

Doesn't want to upload, tried 3 times now, it starts to upload to my Photobucket acct., then stalls at around 37%!
It's 114kb.

 

[wingless]

Re: Need electronics guidance

Here is the Labman55 schematic hosted on my Photobucket account.

 

[Labman55]

Re: Need electronics guidance

Thank-you for posting that Wingless!
It's a lot cruder than your schematic, but the basic idea is there. LOL

Red = Power
Black = ground
Dark Blue = Nmea 2000 cables
Orange = Ethernet cables
Yellow = all yellow trace wires connected to HDS 7
NMEA 1083 between HDS 7 and the Standard Horizon GX2150 AIS/DSC radio

 

[wingless]

Re: Need electronics guidance

You are welcome.

The PDF that was received was changed to a JPG and uploaded to my Photobucket account, then hot-linked into the forum using the IMG tags.

Crude is fine if it has the required information. A schematic is a map that documents the system, during installation and many years later for troubleshooting and upgrades.

Adding a legend, or adding labels to the wires / cables wouldn't hurt.

 

[Labman55]

Re: Need electronics guidance

In the practical application, I have wiring tags on all my boat wiring. We get booklets full of the # tags for tracing wiring when doing instrumentaion jobs. I have a journal in my boat, that has all the tag # recorded and their wires referenced to location.
I can open a switch panel, say wire # 004 is looking grim, look in my book and trace the wire to, say the leds or horn or wherever it goes.
Same with the above Electronics!