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Forwardscan B&G AMEL 54
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Hello Planning to install forward scan, have been looking at Interface, but understand some of you have replaced the Interface with B&G, was it big difference in performance? We have now all Raymarin, guess B&G forward scan not possible to connect with Raymarin, but Interface is. Paul on SY Kerpa SM 259 |
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ofer magen
Thanks Juan and Ellen, If you look at the sensor from the outside of the boat, it is covered with fiberglas. Can the new sensor be installed in the same way,place, or do we have to expose it? Thanks, Ofer Magen Alba A54 160 |
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We replaced the Interphase Probe with a B&G forward scan.
The hole for the transducer had to be enlarged as the B&G transducer is larger diamter than the Probe unit. Good news is that the interconnecting cables are the same. We ran the B&G cable attached to the transducer by the same route as the Interphase cable and behind the nav station it connects to an extension cable that runs to the ports side of the cockpit and the Interphase cable connectors are the same as the B&G , so that mkles it very easy to use the existing Interphase extension cable. Good luck! Cheers Alan SM437 |
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Bonjour Ofer,
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I believe the best option is to replace it with a Simrad or B&G forward scan Sensor that you install at the same location. It needs to be connected to an mfd B&G evo2 or higher. I have installed it in 2019 and it extremely useful to avoid coral reefs. Juan de Zulueta Ophélie X Sm 32 French Polynesia 🇵🇫 Envoyé de mon iPhone Le 28 janv. 2023 à 08:05, ofer magen <ofermagen@...> a écrit :
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Juan de Zulueta OPHELIE X Super Maramu #32 |
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ofer magen
Hallo, On my Amel 54 #160, I have an interphase forward looking sonar. Anyone went with the process of replacing it with a newer model, and can tell about it? wires, sensors need to be changed? Warm regards to all, Ofer Magen 54 #160 |
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Oliver Henrichsen, SV Vela Nautica
Hello, I had a phone call to AMEL and pochon, no documents. As I remember the B&G manual or somewhere it was said the minimum distance to other sensors was 60cm. My depth sensor was a bit forward from the keel, so I installed about 60cm forward from there. I think I had the 10m version and had to cut the plug to bring it back to the Vulcan in the cockpit though the cable tubing. So I cut it and installed a waterproof box for reconnection inside the boat. I used about 50cm or a so from the box to the outside vulcan. Oliver from Vela Nautica A54 Am Fr., 20. Jan. 2023 um 18:06 Uhr schrieb Wolfgang Weber <weberamel54@...>:
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Wolfgang Weber
Hello to the group and thankyou for your help. Oliver, could you please send me the instructions from Pochon ? I think my normal Echo-Transducer is only 10 cm away from the place you installed your forward-scan. I think you measured the position forward to the bow from the Echo-Transducer with how many cm ? Thank you for your help ! Wolfgang Weber SY ELISE Amel 54 #162 La Rochelle I will be at the BOOT Düsseldorf on23th Monday 2:00 pm and again on Friday |
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Oliver Henrichsen, SV Vela Nautica
Hi. I installed the forwardscan acording to Pochon at this place shown in the Video. The more you go forward the more interference by airbubbles from the bow YouTube get. I hat no interference with the speedsensor or deapth sensor. Oliver from Vela Nautica A54 Wolfgang Weber <weberamel54@...> schrieb am Fr., 13. Jan. 2023, 10:36: Dear, |
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Hello Wolfgang
I installed the B&G Forward scan transducer in the same place as the old Probe one...centre line forward of the Airmar depth transducer. I have an Airmar ultrasonic speed sensor also and they all function well, they don't interfere with each otrher as they operate on different frequencies. Good luck Alan Elyse SM437 |
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Hallo Wolfgang, I installed the Echopilot FLS 2D sonar a couple of years ago on my boat. After much discussion with Amel and Airmar and Echopilot and receiving inconsistent advice, I installed my sensor for the Echopilot on the center line but aft of the Airmar speed sensor - about 50 cm aft. The sonar works great - much better than I thought even at 4 knots of boat speed. I was concerned about interference but found out that the frequencies for the Airmar and the Echopilot sensors were totally different so no problem. And since the Airmar is flush, it creates no turbulence for the sonar sensor. I would suggest you check the same thing for the B&G transducer. Cheers Joerg
Joerg Esdorn A55 #53 Kincsem Currently in Craobh Haven, Scotland |
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I mounted mine there too. But I had to connect it directly to my plotter. That means a long cable. At that time they only had them just in 10m long. So I had to buy 20 m So find out if you can fit it into the NEMA network. I think Not. Cheers Heinz Sy Quetzal sm 2000. 292 Am 13.01.2023 10:36 schrieb Wolfgang Weber <weberamel54@...>: Dear, --
Sv Quetzal, Supermaramu 2000, 292, cheers Heinz |
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Wolfgang Weber
Dear,
when hauling out and making new antfouling this year I would like to install the B&G Forwardscan-sensor connected to B&G Vulcan 9, which is my additional plotter for Navionics-map in the cockpit- Furuno MFD12 is still workinggood with c-map. There is a youtube by SV VELA NAUTICA about this theme , but I think the forwardscansensor would be to near to the airmar echotransducer if I would follow the same way described in the video. I plan to go 1 m = 3 ft from the airmar transducer to bow same middleline of the hull. The place should be in the cabinet of the port frontcabin. Any help or suggestions ? Wolfgang Weber SY ELISE Amel 54 #162 La Rochelle |
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