B&G vulcan 9 power cable

[pagoda]

I'd like to test a few things over the winter and want to power the plotter at home. I do not want to pull back the power cable on the boat as it was serious work to install.

The cable plug is a 4 pin female with a keyway and a locking ferrule. I think the 4 pin version of "Devicenet/CanOpen" looks very close. I don't need the locking feature at the house .

Has anybody else found an easy way of powering the Vulcan off the boat?

Cheers, Graeme

 

[MikeCC]

Erm, buy a spare power cable?

 

[pagoda]

Erm, buy a spare power cable?

At something in excess of £35, I am quite happy to wire up a loose plug.....

 

[PaulRainbow]

At something in excess of £35, I am quite happy to wire up a loose plug.....

I have a load of spare cables, can you give some measurements.

 

[pagoda]

I have a load of spare cables, can you give some measurements.

I'm not at the boat this week so cannot access the installed cable. I can't find any reference to the pinout (Red/Black Blue and Yellow wires) The Installation shows what the individual cores are for - but does not show which pins they are on the connector. I brought the plotter home yesterday, so I can do a photo in the morning.

 

[pagoda]

I have a load of spare cables, can you give some measurements.

See photo at http://www.23hq.com/pagoda54/photo/48859150/original

Centre power connector.
ID of socket 11mm
Pins are on a 4mm square pattern -centred.
Pins are 1.25mm diameter
The keyway is 1mm radius on the lower inside of the socket.

There is a locking feature on the outside of the socket. Not needed for home use.
If you can tell me who makes this style that would help immensely.

cheers, Graeme

 

[Martin_J]

I picked up my spare power cable from the boat last night to test with a multimeter.. It's marked Simrad 032-0055-08 although I seem to think it came from a Lowrance Structurescan unit.

If it helps, it's like the cable described (and pictured) at the Hulltruth forum and matches their 'corrected' pinout diagrams.

Hulltruth - simrad-go7-xse-power-cord-pinout.html

 

[pagoda]

I picked up my spare power cable from the boat last night to test with a multimeter.. It's marked Simrad 032-0055-08 although I seem to think it came from a Lowrance Structurescan unit.

If it helps, it's like the cable described (and pictured) at the Hulltruth forum and matches their 'corrected' pinout diagrams.

Hulltruth - simrad-go7-xse-power-cord-pinout.html

Absolutely spot on thanks. Navico use the same parts bins across most of their brands it appears.

 

[Martin_J]

FWIW - It looks like a mini Con-x from Conxall..

I've used a few Conxall plugs in the past in Arimar heading sensors but never tried one of these..

http://www.farnell.com/datasheets ConXall Mini Con X

6X8X-XSG-XXX probably narrowed down to a 6282-4SG-3DC but I've not managed to quickly find the inner dimensions. I might just order some next time I'm ordering a few plugs..

 

[Martin_J]

.. and my plug looks to be about 11mm across as well..

 

[pagoda]

.. and my plug looks to be about 11mm across as well..

Have 2 female connectors from another multi-pin backshell. Right size for the pins. Made up the cable and got the Vulcan 9 powered up with no fuss

Thanks

 

[Martin_J]

Perfect

I'm doing the same at home with an NMEA2000 network and a few Teensy project boards.

 

[pagoda]

Perfect

I'm doing the same at home with an NMEA2000 network and a few Teensy project boards.

That's why I brought the plotter home! If you are doing a table top N2K network check you have the right line impedance terminators. About 50-60 Ohms is fine, you may need to terminate 2 of the Teensys. Not any more!