For those that use this...its not a bad feature when finding temperature breaks for Tuna (as an example).
Basically, it color codes your trail relative to temperature. Obviously, redder is hotter...green is cooler. You can change the color palette if needed.
Navico products have this (Simrad, B&G & Lowrance) . I believe Furuno has this feature too.
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The nice thing about this is that if you run out and you want to come back in closer to where the temp break was...you have a visual representation of that on your chart (if you enable this) and then you can head back to that spot with pin point accuracy. Just click on the spot where the color change was and create a waypoint or navigate to that spot.
What is on my to-do list is to have a dedicated fast response temp sensor hooked up to my N2K network.
The transducers do have temp sensors. But when I test the sensors with a bucket of ice water...I find that the response time is a little slower than I like. In fact, I see in some cases with a rapid change in water temperature --- it can take several minutes to show that temperature change.
Both Garmin and Lowrance build external sensors for this.
On my to-do list for winter, I will probably add one of these to the stern where I have a piece of starboard as a mounting plate (for isolation) for dedicated water temp that has a fast response time. This model is based on the T80 but it has the built-in analog to digital (N2K) interface built-in (that is the little black rectangular inline box you see in the picture).
Simrad 000-11520-001
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This is a little more low-profile compared to the thru-hull designs. Plus, since I also mounted a piece of starboard on my ducer bracket as an isolated, I get the added benefit that the hull temperature does not affect my temperature read out with this type of surface mount sensor.
Anyone else using this feature of their chart plotters?
Basically, it color codes your trail relative to temperature. Obviously, redder is hotter...green is cooler. You can change the color palette if needed.
Navico products have this (Simrad, B&G & Lowrance) . I believe Furuno has this feature too.
The nice thing about this is that if you run out and you want to come back in closer to where the temp break was...you have a visual representation of that on your chart (if you enable this) and then you can head back to that spot with pin point accuracy. Just click on the spot where the color change was and create a waypoint or navigate to that spot.
What is on my to-do list is to have a dedicated fast response temp sensor hooked up to my N2K network.
The transducers do have temp sensors. But when I test the sensors with a bucket of ice water...I find that the response time is a little slower than I like. In fact, I see in some cases with a rapid change in water temperature --- it can take several minutes to show that temperature change.
Both Garmin and Lowrance build external sensors for this.
On my to-do list for winter, I will probably add one of these to the stern where I have a piece of starboard as a mounting plate (for isolation) for dedicated water temp that has a fast response time. This model is based on the T80 but it has the built-in analog to digital (N2K) interface built-in (that is the little black rectangular inline box you see in the picture).
Simrad 000-11520-001
This is a little more low-profile compared to the thru-hull designs. Plus, since I also mounted a piece of starboard on my ducer bracket as an isolated, I get the added benefit that the hull temperature does not affect my temperature read out with this type of surface mount sensor.
Anyone else using this feature of their chart plotters?
