KEN SAURET HELP

[Skippy]

Can I use the Ethernet cord between my HDS 5 & HDS 7 to link the HDS 7 to LCX-27c together instead ?

A friend gave me the LCX-27c and I think it might work better for me than the HDS 5. I want to link the two together and have the HDS 7 on the bow of my boat "feed" the LCX unit on the console info.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks

[Ken Sauret]

I have to be honest. It has been a long time since I had an LCX unit and haven't tried to link one to an HDS unit. I would say to give it a try and let us know if it works. The only thing I can't remember is if an LCX unit has an ethernet connection on the back of the unit. If it does, then it may just work.

[Skippy]

Both units have the Ethernet port and they all of the internet searches I have done, they say it can be done.

The only that I have read that I don't understand is that I cannot power the LCX unit thru the NMEA network. I have not networked my units like that, do I don't think that it applies to what I am trying to do.

[Skippy]

It works, the LCX unit reads the HDS sonar data. That was while I was sitting in the garage, I will do a lake test Friday on Folsom to see if they share GPS data from HDS's GPS antenna

[Mitch]

Pretty sure they will share Sonar, maybe Chart and way-points, but not structure scan. LCX is not programmed for that

[Skippy]

To get the GPS features I have to connect a GPS antenna to the LCX unit as it will not aquire GOS data from the HDS unit through the Ethernet cord.

Not a big deal, I know the places I want to go without GPS help, once I get where I am going, I can fine tune in closet to a given waypoint with the trolling motor and the HDS unit