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Other Humminbird Products => Accessories => Topic started by: sonarbear on May 08, 2016, 08:23:41 AM

Title: Heading Sensor?
Post by: sonarbear on May 08, 2016, 08:23:41 AM

Hi

is there a way to add a non - Humminbird heading sensor / compass to the 898 unit? I currently have the regular GPS puck, but would like a dedicated heading sensor for Sidescan mosaics...
Would a regular 0183 compass suffice? Is there such a thing?

Title: Re: Heading Sensor?
Post by: rnvinc on May 08, 2016, 10:29:10 AM

I have read of users connecting a non-Humminbird GPS Antenna to the unit ..but I'm not sure about heading information ...

HB can answer that for certain ...

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Rickie

Title: Re: Heading Sensor?
Post by: sonarbear on May 08, 2016, 11:03:16 AM

The interface for the GPS is NMEA 0183, isn't it? So then, if one can add a second device for NMEA Input, it should work, I guess. I have the Y-cable for the GPS puck, which provides 4 pins, which I suspect are 12 V, GND, NMEAN in and NMEA out. It's from the original bus connector, basically the two voltage pins and the two pins in the middle... Is there a pinout for the second plug on the Y-cable?