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Side Imaging Forums => 1197c SI, 1198c SI & 1199ci HD SI => Topic started by: BrianL on April 29, 2014, 12:38:20 PM
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2-3 Questions on 5 port switch ethernet switch box.
1. Does the 5 port switch draw power? Or is the power only on when a head unit is powered up?
2. There are 2 versions of the ethernet 5 port switch box. One can be updated? Evidently there's a 2nd version, which I don't have the model# of (AS ETH 5PXG???). What is updateable that would be beneficial?
I currently have 1198, 798ci Hd SI, an 1198 external gps receiver, 2 transducers, and I'm at version 6.74 software.
Thanks,
Brian
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Good questions Brian.
1. The 5-Port Ethernet Switch is always on if it is connected to power. It has its own power connection. If it were my boat I would have the ability to switch the power to it off somehow.
2. The newer AS-ETH-5PXG can be updated (through the unit software). There is no benefit to it today but only because there has been no software updates for it yet.
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So it sounds like the AS-ETH-5PXG ethernet switch is the way to go, but does anyone know where to get a hold of one?