Electronics - Backbone & Drop Cables

rrmgrady

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First, I'm thankful for this website. I installed a 96" Rhodan on my Canyon 306 (prior to hurricane) and the feedback I was able to get from some folks on this forum was great!

I live in an area of Florida that was on the north side of the eye wall. We were crushed but spared the surge. The boat sustained some cosmetic damage, but overall did well. On my first post-Ian trip I noticed that my nav screens were whacky. The only devices the 8212 screens were seeing were themselves. I called Garmin (customer support is awesome btw) and, after running through some diagnostics, they said it was either NMEA 2000 backbone or a drop cable(s). I replaced the backbone and that didn't work. So, one by one I removed the cables and sure enough when I removed one cable (the bad one) all the devices popped up on the screen. I thought I'd share my experience in the hopes it may help someone else out there.

Happy New Year!
 
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