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Old 11-30-2020, 07:52 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by High Wire View Post
The P79 just outputs an NMEA digital depth sentence reading about 1/second. It is a number sent to the mfd just like speed or COG. Not a fishfinder graph type video display. I have a P79 NMEA 0183 type now connected to my Garmin 5212.
Yeah I just want the depth number. Seems I should be able to buy a Raymarine brand P79 for $150 or so and plug it into the SeaTalkNG network. But damned if I can find anyone to confirm that. Still baffled at why it's so hard to figure this out.
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