Yacht Devices YDTC-13, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Manual Digital Thermometer YDTC 13 Digital Barometer YDBC 05 also covers models YDTC 13R YDTC 13RT YDTC 13N YDTC 13NT YDBC 05R YDBC 05RT YDBC 05N YDBC 05NT Software version 1 40 2018...

Page 2: ...tal Thermometer and Digital Barometer are certified by the National Marine Electronics Association NMEA 2000 is a registered trademark of the National Marine Electronics Association SeaTalk NG is a re...

Page 3: ...ce Programming and Settings 15 IV Programming with Installation Description String 19 V Programming with Datum or Variation 23 VI LED Signals 30 VII Firmware Updates 31 Appendix Troubleshooting 33 App...

Page 4: ...aled stainless steel sleeve and can be used to measure the temperature of gases and liquids The wire if necessary can be elongated up to 100 meters The Thermometer can be configured to display its dat...

Page 5: ...other types of NMEA 2000 networks a cable adapter is required it is not supplied with the Device and must be purchased separately According to the specification an NMEA 2000 network has two terminato...

Page 6: ...lities include repair and replacement of the goods and do not include the cost of equipment installation and configuration as well as shipping the defective Device to the manufacturer 6 Responsibility...

Page 7: ...meter and Barometer Yacht Devices Ltd declares that this product is compliant with the essential requirements of EMC directive 2004 108 EC Dispose of this product in accordance with the WEEE Directive...

Page 8: ...80 Weight of the Thermometer Barometer 31 11 g NMEA 2000 data output resolution 0 01 hPa Parameters of the Barometer Measurement range 300 1100 hPa Relative measurement accuracy 0 12 hPa Absolute mea...

Page 9: ...e sensor case with the help of a coating of paint Read the model number on the Device case If the model name has the T index at the end for example YDBC 05NT then the device has a built in terminator...

Page 10: ...ucts 190 00891 00 for Garmin networks After connecting the Device close the lock on the connection to ensure its water resistance and reliability Figure 1 SeaTalk NG bus with the YDBC 05RT YDTC 13R an...

Page 11: ...vices on the chartplotter see Figure 2 Usually access to this list is in the Diagnostics External Interfaces or External devices menu Data from the Device are available to all the equipment connected...

Page 12: ...ndicator can also contain a trend pointer see Figure 3 The Thermometer can be reprogrammed by the user to display data in other indicators such as Sea temperature Temperature in the engine room Temper...

Page 13: ...te that the warranty for the modified Device is not maintained To do this turn the Device off cut the cable in the middle see Appendix B and extend it with a three conductor wire and properly insulate...

Page 14: ...ul sources of electromagnetic interference motors compressors generators electric pumps and transmitting antennas If after the cable extension the Thermometer s LED shines for two seconds with small i...

Page 15: ...can be performed on legacy chart plotters Tested with Garmin and Raymarine chart plotters See Section V for details 2 With a special installation description string which can be entered for the Device...

Page 16: ...s to factory values Yes Yes Note 3 8 NMEA 2000 message priority No No Note 2 Note 1 Only turning on with default transmission interval and off are allowed with this method Note 2 Setting is not stored...

Page 17: ...ows changing of the interval of periodical data transmitting messages with methods 2 or 3 and individually turning on off message transmission with all three methods Intervals from 50 milliseconds val...

Page 18: ...Temperature Yes Yes Yes Yes 1 Outside Temperature Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 Inside Temperature Yes Yes Yes 3 Engine Room Temperature Yes Yes Yes 4 Main Cabin Temperature Yes Yes Yes 5 Live Well Temperature Y...

Page 19: ...accepted by the Device it will add DONE to the entered text and YD DEV 1 DONE will be displayed in the case of our example Note that the Device always accepts correct strings regardless of the curren...

Page 20: ...s 2 field will be changed to YD DEV 1 DONE After entering the command as shown in Figure 1 click Update button to apply changes the value in the Device Instance field will be changed to 1 and Installa...

Page 21: ...ue 0 15 Factory setting 0 YD DAT number YD DAT 1 Set NMEA 2000 data instance value 0 252 Factory setting 0 YD TYPE number YD TYPE 3 Thermometer only Range 0 13 factory setting 1 Switches transmitted t...

Page 22: ...tted interval for specified message 130310 130311 130312 and 130316 for Thermometer 130310 130311 and 130314 for Barometer in milliseconds Values from 50 to 3600000 1 hour are allowed value 0 turns tr...

Page 23: ...firmware version To program the Device with this method you must connect it to a network with a chart plotter This method of programming is tricky but is compatible with virtually all NMEA 2000 chart...

Page 24: ...Raymarine plotters do not send notifications when changing the magnetic variation NMEA 2000 message with PGN 127258 and only the first method is available for them Garmin plotters do not send notifica...

Page 25: ...returns to the previous value it means that there is another device in the network sending notifications It may be an NMEA0183 NMEA2000 converter another plotter or a computer connected to the NMEA 2...

Page 26: ...e of programming they will be kept only until the Device power is turned off STEP 3 Programming the Device When programming you can customize the list of NMEA 2000 messages containing data sent by the...

Page 27: ...in Table 1 and not changing the factory settings of messages unnecessarily If you change the message setting to the value of 1 see Table 1 and allow only PGN 130310 when the Thermometer is configured...

Page 28: ...o Campo Inchauspe Argentina 23 E Reset the message setting to zero resetting to factory setting Two confirmation signals Guam 1963 Pacific Ocean 24 E For Thermometer only Incrementing the data type se...

Page 29: ...change wait for the Device confirming signal lighting of LEDs for 3 seconds Usually when changing the setting the plotter sends notification immediately and the Device signals just after the setting...

Page 30: ...ls Normal operation It is indicator of periodical messages sending see Table 2 in Section III Interval between flashes is 500 milliseconds by default but can be changed by user Three second signal onc...

Page 31: ...pen the downloaded ZIP archive with the update and copy the YDTC13 BIN file for Thermometer or YDBC05 BIN file for Barometer to the disk The README TXT file inside the archive can contain important in...

Page 32: ...d the Device s LED flashes very fast When the firmware is updated Devices produce five half second signals and the CAN Log Viewer also informs you that the update is successfully done Figure 1 Firmwar...

Page 33: ...ights up full second every seven seconds 1 Loose connection in the data circuit Treat the Device connector with a spray for cleaning electrical contacts Plug the Device into another connector 2 There...

Page 34: ...nent failure two second signals with a small intervals In case of the Thermometer check the sensor cable Cannot update the firmware or program the Device with installation description string Check the...

Page 35: ...35 Appendix B Description of Connectors and Joints Figure 1 Connectors of the Devices with indices R left RT center N and NT right in the end of model name...

Page 36: ...36 Figure 2 Digital sensor of the Thermometer...

Page 37: ...s PGN 60928 ISO Address Claim Yes Yes PGN 65240 ISO Commanded Address Yes PGN 126208 NMEA Group Function Yes Yes 1 PGN 126464 PGN List Received Transmitted Yes PGN 126993 Heartbeat Yes 60 PGN 126996 P...

Page 38: ...ote 1 Request Message Command Message and Write Fields are supported Note 2 Used in Device programming see Section V Note 3 User can change the period or turn off transmission of this message see Sect...

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