B&G H5000 configuration/ethernet

[MikeBz]

Does anyone have a B&G H5000 system? I want to configure the depth offset. According to the manual this is done by connecting a laptop with an Ethernet cable and using the unit’s built-in web server.

This is how the installation manual shows the Ethernet port:




And this is what I have - no Ethernet port!



Is there any other way to configure the depth offset? I’ve tried B&G’s website for support but you have to select a product type, and there is no category for CPUs.

 

[woodstock]

This is your Ethernet connector, should be able to plug an RJ45 straight in.

If you have B&G instruments or plotter you can set the depth offset via the calibration menu.

 

[MikeBz]

Doh! It wasn’t obvious to me that it’s an “up-and-under” into that silver box. In the manual it’s a front entry socket to the right of the USB socket, on my PCB there are holes there for a connector of some sort so it looked as though it was missing.

So I thought now I’d be home and dry… Conmected laptop, browser connects to web server, go to Calibration->Depth, select depth source (there is only one), click Change but the offset is not editable. Other calibration items have a spin box to change the number but not this one, can’t put the cursor in it to edit it either

 

[MikeBz]

I remembered that someone I knew well through dinghy racing some years ago worked for B&G. He suggested I try setting the depth offset in the calibration section on one of the displays - tried that and it reported that it failed to save the new offset. He thinks it may be due to the fact that it’s an 0183 sensor (albeit through a converter to 2000). He then suggested I try setting a depth offset in the Advanced settings on a display and that worked and propagated the offset to the other displays. So now only the plotter (Zeus3) doesn’t have the offset - I’ve tried setting every depth offset I can find in its settings but nothing works. Hey ho, I can live without a depth display on the plotter.