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Side Imaging Forums => 1197c SI, 1198c SI & 1199ci HD SI => Topic started by: ezfishn on August 24, 2013, 09:50:06 AM

Title: 1198 & 998 Cable Collector
Post by: ezfishn on August 24, 2013, 09:50:06 AM

I have a 1198 at console and 998 HDSI at bow and wondering if I can swap locations without changing the wiring?  The cables appear to be the same but the collectors are different.  Is it possible to just swap the collectors or can they be removed?  Thanks

Title: Re: 1198 & 998 Cable Collector
Post by: rnvinc on August 24, 2013, 10:17:10 AM

Assembling the collectors with the various cables in the correct slot can take a person with 3.5 hands working together...tedious at best...

The collectors can be removed ...but it may cause intermitant connections...(the HB connector design of all their cable ends are designed poorly for trouble free connection points)...

I only have the one 1197. ...but I do not use the collector because of the amount of testing different scenarios of xducer's with various cables...

I have adjusted the pins in nearly all of my cable connector ends to create more friction where the pins insert into their opposing female pin slots...

Bending the pins "ever so slightly" helps....but be warned...THE PINS BREAK OFF EASILY...

Rickie

Title: Re: 1198 & 998 Cable Collector
Post by: Humminbird_Greg on August 30, 2013, 01:38:40 PM

The cables are the same, it’s just the cable collectors that are different.  They may be swapped if needed.