Tack tick MN-100-2 wind instrument not pairing with masthead

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This is turning into a saga of throwing money at a problem an making it worse but last year I asked our usual yard to replace our tacktick display and masthead transmitter as one was cracked with unreliable batteries and the other had seized. In their wisdom they only replaced the masthead transmitter and just charged the batteries of the display which worked perfectly for about 2 hours before dying for good.

So I bought a new display - mn100-2 to replace the old mn-100 but I can't get it to see the masthead display. I tried auto network but that seems to be about linking displays to each other so am now lost. Raymarin technical forum has nothing.
 
I had the same question when mine was suffering with connecting, tech help said that they had to be placed close to each other when searching for I think 60 seconds, difficult unless up the mast. They say option is but it in a bag, set to search and quickly hoist up on halyard. As long as you haul quick should work.
 
Wow - I had been thinking about that but thought that Tacktick wouldn't have such a silly design. I'll give it a go, thanks.
 
Absolutely agree with methods outlined here.... A bag, mouth tied shut, downhaul, remember you don't have a lot of time - about a minute or so as I recall, but it only needs to be within about 3ft...
 
Gladys said:
Absolutely agree with methods outlined here.... A bag, mouth tied shut, downhaul, remember you don't have a lot of time - about a minute or so as I recall, but it only needs to be within about 3ft...
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Way too well windy this evening to try in a rather remote anchorage (of course I can't tell how windy) but will try tomorrow or I can see myself trying out the foot Petzls to climb the halyard
 
I have recently found exactly the same issue with my Tacktick system. I'll give it the old 2 rope shuffle at the weekend and see if I get any joy.
 
Thanks - worked a treat on the second go. The only difference to the first failed go was that I stuffed the little rucksack full of cushion so that the display was right at the top of the bag so a little closer to the masthead.

Something very odd about hoisting a blank display up to the heavens, praying it will come to life then bringing it back down and seeing wind direction and speed working away in the bag.
 
That might explain why mine didn't work when installed on the mast head - it came back down and is now installed on the bimini = great for down-wind work and you use the jib anyway for close hauled - been like that now for 3 years .....
 
Interlude said:
That might explain why mine didn't work when installed on the mast head - it came back down and is now installed on the bimini = great for down-wind work and you use the jib anyway for close hauled - been like that now for 3 years .....
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It does seem to be the pairing that needs them to be that close - once paired then even with a gap of 18 or so metres the reading is fine after that, both for the old unit and now its new replacement.
 
RupertW said:
It does seem to be the pairing that needs them to be that close - once paired then even with a gap of 18 or so metres the reading is fine after that, both for the old unit and now its new replacement.
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There was an excellent story a few years back of a charter company that installed a whole load of new tactick wind instruments to their fleet. All working fine at the dock, but when they went out sailing they wouldn't work. Just blank screens and "no signal". For weeks this persisted, working fine at the dock during the weekly handover, but every charterer reported not working.

Then someone worked out what had happened... The base staff had paired all the instruments during installation, but had failed to keep track of which masthead transducer was paired to which instrument... So of course they all worked when the fleet was in together in port, but as soon as the fleet scattered....

Apparently it was a real pain to sort out, as they had to round up all the instruments onto one boat, sail out of the harbour and see which one still worked. Leave that instrument on that boat and take all the rest of the instruments out of the harbour on the next boat to repeat the process... Over 30 times.
 
I tried this with mine at the weekend to no avail. One instrument is paired, but the dual display refuses to join with the masthead unit. The wind instrument shows data and I'm surprised that the 2 displays won't pair and share information.
 
You can only pair one display to mast head and the other then connects via micronet and then share data, the yellow instruction leaflet shows how. You set one as master and it then searches etc, really easy.
 
Unfortunately my yellow sheet has gone walkabout. I found a copy online and followed the instructions to try and join the system, but nowhere does it say you can only join 1 display to the m/head. That would of course explain our failure to communicate (name that movie). I'll have another go at getting the displays to hold hands, hopefully that will fill in the blanks.
 
My system would appear to be working as 2 independent systems. I have a hull transmitter that is wired for speed and depth and transmits to a dual display which shows depth and a row of 0's for speed. Seized paddle wheel presumably. I also have a masthead unit that communicates wirelessly to an analogue multi function display. This shows apparent wind info and Beaufort speed and bugger all else. But the 2 parts don't share information with each other. Also, contrary to the bumff regarding joining the units, the displays have to each be turned on and off independently. I've tried pairing all the bits and bobs IAW the yellow sheet but without change.
 
I have the same units and they pair really easily, which ever is switch on first becomes master and turns on the other, in the settings before pairing set one to be master, but you do have to follow the instructions carefully. I've done mine a number of times and no issue, recently added NMEA module to share all data with chartplotter etc, this also paired itself no issues. Dual display reads all data from wind, chartplotter and heading compass. If they are not all turning on as a single system either their not networked or network on is turned of in the menu.
 
I've just looked through the user guide for the dual display and the auto networking sheet and there is no mention of a network on or off option. Is it only available on the -2 displays perhaps? Mine is an original Tacktick system, I noticed the -2's are branded Raymarine.
 
Daverw said:
I have the same units and they pair really easily, which ever is switch on first becomes master and turns on the other, in the settings before pairing set one to be master, but you do have to follow the instructions carefully. I've done mine a number of times and no issue, recently added NMEA module to share all data with chartplotter etc, this also paired itself no issues. Dual display reads all data from wind, chartplotter and heading compass. If they are not all turning on as a single system either their not networked or network on is turned of in the menu.
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I think the issue is that only the single or dual displays (not the wind) can be a master... It was probably worth saying you should have sent that one up the mast to pair with the wind, because they will display wind info too... I would guess if you did that, you'd then have to re network the wind display with everything else...
 
Mine seem to change the master when in use by which ever is switched on first, it then switches on the others. Did confuse slightly when original setting up as you tend to have the one to be added on playing with the others off. I needed to read the process a few times before it clicked
 
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