Instruments for B&G Zeus

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I recently bought a Zeus 3s, and want to upgrade my depth/speed instruments. I am keen to connect them to the Zeus, but to also have a separate readout so that I can easily see the depth etc when the plotter is looking at something else. It seems that the basic NASA Clipper won't connect- the only thing I have found so far is the B&G Triton 2, which seems to be coming at £1k, which seems an awful lot!
Does anyone have any other suggestions please?

Thanks

Nizam
 
My experience with navico stuff lately is anything but their own stuff connected to the system is trouble.

In theory any N2K capable system will connect. - You could also consider an N2K 'Smart' tri ducer which will connect direct to the N2K backbone. or its possible your version of the zues has a sounder output in which case the lowest cost transducer is about 250 quid for that.

Have to say though the triton is very good, and if your looking for the wind sensor as well tough to beat
 
Triton 2 is a screen and nowhere near £1000 unless you buy it with the instruments, in which case it's reasonable value. To measure speed and depth you can use a DST800 transducer connected to NMEA2000 network. Optioinally you can add in extra screens from any vendor to the system which are compatible with NMEA2000.

You didn't say if you have older instruments on board. For instance I have Raymarine ST1 instruments connected to NMEA2000 via a converter and these work flawlessly with the B&G MFDs. I don't know what experience Jwfrary has but mine has been completely the opposite and everything works just fine between vendors.
 
I had thought the DST 800 was now superseded buy the 850. Either will plug straight in and work.

History. Just dealing with simrad with a system fault which is clearly thier software but they are blaming all the bits that aren’t theirs of course. - in this case an ais knocking heading data out. - I’ll post the fix m separately for anyone with the same issue.

St1 to stng with a converter is a fairly simple conversion so I think you can expect that to work reliably but when it comes to Multiple data source selection it’s best to stay within a product family especially if your replacing everything anyway.

Most annoying thing is the backlight settings won’t group if your using lots of different manufacturers.

Raymarine can’t even do it between st1 and ng with their own converter!

Rant over!
 
nizam said:
Hi

I recently bought a Zeus 3s, and want to upgrade my depth/speed instruments. I am keen to connect them to the Zeus, but to also have a separate readout so that I can easily see the depth etc when the plotter is looking at something else. It seems that the basic NASA Clipper won't connect- the only thing I have found so far is the B&G Triton 2, which seems to be coming at £1k, which seems an awful lot!
Does anyone have any other suggestions please?

Thanks

Nizam
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What wind/speed instruments do you have currently?
The reason I ask is that I am upgrading my electronics but intend to keep the existing Tridata and its transducers. The Tridata operates on ST1, so I can use a ST1 to STng converter, then an STng to N2K converter to connect it into the N2K backbone. Perhaps you might be in a position to take this route.
 
Thanks everyone for the advice and help. My existing system is a very old NASA, and I need to upgrade both the instruments and the screen. As far as I can see, I should be aiming for a DST 810 and Triton display (I don't want wind data at this stage) which will be about £800. The Zeus does have it's own echo sounder software, but I want a separate screen so that I can display the depth in very big letters when I am looking at something else on the plotter!
 
Yes that will work for you, although the addition of wind won't add much to the total cost once you account for the NMEA backbone required, which is included in the kit but not when buying individually.
 
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