Networking Lowrance HDS Units (And a Raymarine Autopilot)

[mustang5]

Hello to the Electronic's Gurus!!!!!

Ok here is my dilemna.

I have the following to which I would like to Interlink:
1. HDS 10 Gen 2
2. HDS 7 Gen 2
3. LSS Structure Scan
4. Raymarine Compass
5. Raymarine ST8002 Autopilot.

Now my dilemna is I have the HDS10 in the hardtop, and the rest of the gear in the cockpit.

I have tried and tried to feed another wire (NMEA2000) down the alloy tubing of the hard top, to link with the HDS7, however I cannot get it to happen (Wasted a whole sunday).

I do have a wire fed through with the identical profile to either the ethernet or NMEA2000, to which I could splice connectors to each end.

ISSUE IS, its either NMEA or Ethernet????

If I go ethernet (From what I have researched, this is the way to go), will I get all waypoints, navionics charts, transducers and structure scans SHARED??

And say I link the compass and autopilot to the HDS7 through NMEA0183, and then I link a VHF to the HDS10 nmea0183, is ALL COVERED?????

Or, do I have to link these units with both Ethernet and NMEA 2000????

Please help before I waste another day trying to feed wires.

Cheers

[Moonlighter]

Here is an article that gives you the info that you need, from what I can tell.

http://primus.lowrance.com/icr/units...20Overview.pdf

[mustang5]

Thanks mate, that helped a lot.

I will persevere and get the other cable through so I can NMEA and Ethernet..

Time to grab the grinder lol

[thylacene]

Try a drill and a dremel first, not quite as aggressive but will take more time and look much better, makes it easier to use grommets for cable protection.

[mustang5]

Try a drill and a dremel first, not quite as aggressive but will take more time and look much better, makes it easier to use grommets for cable protection.

Thanks mate, but you wouldnt believe it!! My trusty Makita has died in the A$$ after 3 years service... .