Replacing 2001 era ST60 Tridata transducers.

My transducer from the DSM300 is a P319. Seems to work okay because the DSM300 was the problem. So with the RV212 pair and an analogue transom transducer, I have lots of redundancy.
Would it be worth calling Airmar and speaking with an engineer? They might be able to give guidance on the DTS800 issues and see if they are rectified. The nice thing about the DTS800 for you is the simplicity of installation because it's a retractable insert. No ST50 or ST60 necessary; simple plug 'n play into your STng backbone; plus you get a new and better depth instrument. Good luck in your decisions.
 
I guess the new generation of i50 Tridata will connect with STng just like the i70S. That's another good option but can you calibrate the transducers?
 
I guess the new generation of i50 Tridata will connect with STng just like the i70S. That's another good option but can you calibrate the transducers?

Looking at the i50 tridata manual, all the usual items are user calibrated...depth, speed and temp. It looks like this is a basic ST60 in a new housing and STng connectivity.

I would prefer going the DST800/N2K smart transducer route, but until i hear better intel on those units, I'm just going to stick with the tried and true. If I have to start pulling thru hulls, I might try one of the UDST ultrasonic models...no paddlewheel to keep clean/break. However, I'll need to read up on those and see if they are worth the time and money.
 
I am curious as well. I have an older C80 system with radar, fluxgate compass, NMEA out wired to VHF, DSM300, B60 transducer with depth and temp. I have an ST60 Tridata wired to its own transducer that has speed, temp and depth. The speed and temp are not working, just depth.

I am thinking I don't need the redundant depth so was going to swap out the tri data for a new "something". But the manual says that I can make it a slave to a Seatalk device like the C80 and display the C80 data on its screen. Has anyone done that? I don't have a full Seatalk network running and I am not inclined to install old tech, but if there is a simple way?
 
I am curious as well. I have an older C80 system with radar, fluxgate compass, NMEA out wired to VHF, DSM300, B60 transducer with depth and temp. I have an ST60 Tridata wired to its own transducer that has speed, temp and depth. The speed and temp are not working, just depth.

I am thinking I don't need the redundant depth so was going to swap out the tri data for a new "something". But the manual says that I can make it a slave to a Seatalk device like the C80 and display the C80 data on its screen. Has anyone done that? I don't have a full Seatalk network running and I am not inclined to install old tech, but if there is a simple way?

You likely have a Seatalk1 (as opposed to SeaTalkng) network. SeaTalk1 is a 3 wire peer to peer network, and pretty cheap/easy to work with. Likely the C80 is your master and the ST60 data is repeated on the C80.

I have found the ST60 depth transducer to be much more robust than the B60 I have, so I'm keeping it, and replacing the speed/temp transducer for $75. You could do the same. In this case the "old tech" works good lasts long.
 
... I would prefer going the DST800/N2K smart transducer route, but until i hear better intel on those units, I'm just going to stick with the tried and true. ...

I recently had to replace mine because of the temp issues, as mentioned. The depth part of the transducer is pretty good, it is very accurate in shallow water and where I boat (chesapeake bay) it has been very accurate.

In my recent epic in replacing my transducer I went through three transducers that did not work. I still don't know if the fourth one works! I never checked it as it took too long to get replaced and is still sitting on my salon table in the box unopened. If there was a better option I would go with that. AIRMAR really has some some bad QC. I even spoke with them about this (Garmin Tech Support now) and all they had to say was, yep there is a problem and nothing else was said. The problem with them are, they basically make all transducers for everyone. I believe lowrance is the exception.

Good luck figuring this out, I would like to know what you go with as I might follow along.
 
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I'm sticking with the separate transducers for now...I bought a brand new Raymarine ST800 for $75 delivered off ebay. If the ST60 dies or I really want to finish up my dash, then I have a decision to make...

Like I said, the depth transducer has been money. I'm not going to fix what isnt broke.:)
 
Looks like there is a new version of the DST800...they added Bluetooth to do direct communications and calibrations...now called the DST810. ...

I saw they were coming out with that. I don't get the BT part makes no sense to me, I mean DST on your phone only while on the boat, how usable is that? Unless they fixed the temp. issues.
 
I recently had to replace mine because of the temp issues, as mentioned. The depth part of the transducer is pretty good, it is very accurate in shallow water and where I boat (chesapeake bay) it has been very accurate.

In my recent epic in replacing my transducer I went through three transducers that did not work. I still don't know if the fourth one works! ...

Thought I would post back about the 4th transducer. In replacing the transducer for the 4th time I took notice to the hardware revision as with all the previous ones, the new transducer had a rev. 4 on it and the others were 2 and 3. So I think they might have fixed these issues or at least attempted too as this one works or at least it does out of the box, where the other two did not. Hopefully it is fixed at last.
 
Has anybody replaced the speed wheel for the St60 tridata...have read Raymarine doesn’t support this model anymore, but there is a compatible replacement. Can you just by the wheel? Looking for the easy fix...
 

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