Tack Tick NMEA 0183 input and output feeds

[collinsp]

Hi Guys,

Am having to replace some of the electronics on a boat I recently purchased and have a few questions about the tack tick NMEA feeds. Basically I have 3 Tack Tick units that came with the boat, the masthead wireless wind and an Airmax transducer. The wireless wind is dead and I’m not paying the outrageous price to replace it so will get a clipper wind and take the NEMA 0183 feed from the unit and take it to the Tack tick wireless transmitter so it should display on the MFD/wind display. Has anyone done this before and how did it work out ??

I then want to take a NMEA 0183 feed from the Tack Tick wireless and connect it to one of the NMEA in port connections for my Garmin Chartplotter so I can see depth, speed and temp from the Airmax on my plotter. Was wondering if this would also pass through the clipper wind to the plotter from the Tack Tick wireless or if I would need to split the output directly from the clipper wind into an ‘in port’ for the Garmin??

One final question, for which I think the answer is no but will ask anyway Can the Tack Tic displays be powered from a hardwire connection via the pins on the back or do they solely run from the batteries and solar as I would ideally like to mount all the cockpit electronics in a pod at the helm.

Thanks in advance . . . . .

 

[syvictoria]

Hi. Have you seen the Tack Tick documentation library here:
Raymarine Wireless documents

In particular, p36 of:
MN100 Digital Display manual
gives instructions on how to connect the displays to an external 9-30V DC supply.

You can buy Raymarine replacement batteries for the masthead wind transducer which might 'fix' it, depending upon how it's broken? There has also, I think, been discussions on here (or possibly www.cruisersforum.com) in the past about (cheaper) DIY battery replacements IRC?

Sorry, can't help with the NMEA stuff - I've yet to connect any of that up on my own boat!

Good luck.

 

[Daverw]

We have tacktick wind/ depth and speed on board, all displays wired at the rear pins to 12v, to get nmea out you have to use the converter module, it connects To the micronet network and then outputs/ inputs nmea 0183, we now have micronet puck which does the same to nmea2k, both options are pricy though to get data into systems, we did not factor this is when first getting wireless wind. Would not go this route again.

Raymarine Tacktick MicroNet T122 NMEA Interface

 

[syvictoria]

Our Tacktick wind/depth and speed kit came with the T122 NMEA interface and so the OP may already have this. I think there are other third party, and therefore likely cheaper, converters available for N2k?

 

[Daverw]

I initially used converter to n2k but found not all data was sent over, particularly wind, I never could get it to the auto pilot for wind option

 

[Bilgediver]

Hi Guys

One final question, for which I think the answer is no but will ask anyway Can the Tack Tic displays be powered from a hardwire connection via the pins on the back or do they solely run from the batteries and solar as I would ideally like to mount all the cockpit electronics in a pod at the helm.

Thanks in advance . . . . .

Yes the Tack Tiks can be powered via the back I have a hareness I made up that uses a Battery but a suitable supply from the boat will work We stopped covering the instruments on a small fishing boat I sometimes drive. We found that especially in the winter the batteries could not cope unless charged between trips. . A short term fix some days was to place the instruments in the sun out on deck. They were mounted on a board that clipped in above the dash.

There are battery packs in the wind unit and both instruments. It is the same battery back consisting of Coin cells and to buy it complete with a cover seal is about £68 each however the coin cells can be located on the web they are 2430 Lithium rechargeable cells with tags for vertical mounting on a PCB board.

Have you checked on the wind unit that the solar cell window on the top is clear and not covered in bird poo or even paint!

 

[collinsp]

Thanks for all the input . . .will let you know how I get on

 

[cbemoore]

Hi Guys,

Am having to replace some of the electronics on a boat I recently purchased and have a few questions about the tack tick NMEA feeds. Basically I have 3 Tack Tick units that came with the boat, the masthead wireless wind and an Airmax transducer. The wireless wind is dead and I’m not paying the outrageous price to replace it so will get a clipper wind and take the NEMA 0183 feed from the unit and take it to the Tack tick wireless transmitter so it should display on the MFD/wind display. Has anyone done this before and how did it work out ??

I then want to take a NMEA 0183 feed from the Tack Tick wireless and connect it to one of the NMEA in port connections for my Garmin Chartplotter so I can see depth, speed and temp from the Airmax on my plotter. Was wondering if this would also pass through the clipper wind to the plotter from the Tack Tick wireless or if I would need to split the output directly from the clipper wind into an ‘in port’ for the Garmin??

One final question, for which I think the answer is no but will ask anyway Can the Tack Tic displays be powered from a hardwire connection via the pins on the back or do they solely run from the batteries and solar as I would ideally like to mount all the cockpit electronics in a pod at the helm.

Thanks in advance . . . . .

I can confirm all 3 things will work as you're hoping:

• An external wind instrument will feed into the TackTick wireless interface NMEA input, and it'll display on the TackTick wind display.
• The TackTick NMEA output will pass through any data received on the NMEA input.
• The displays are powered from the built-in battery, The battery is normally charged from the solar panel, but if it's mounted below deck you can charge the battery via a 9V-30V DC feed to the back of the display.

If your wind transmitter is dead, then I'd be happy to buy it from you. Mine is dead too, but I might be able to build a single working one from the bits?