DLG4354
04-22-2012, 07:01 AM
Does anyone around the Mobile area have any experience with the Simrad ap 12? I can't figure out how to calibrate the damn thing. A free trip (or cash) will gladly be bartered for some help.
Gulf Coast - Need autopilot help in Mobile.
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rarebreed
04-22-2012, 07:52 AM
Daniel,
Give me a shout and we will take care of it. A buddy of mine has the same one, i believe, and he has the manual.
Maclin
Give me a shout and we will take care of it. A buddy of mine has the same one, i believe, and he has the manual.
Maclin
tkramerv
04-22-2012, 02:35 PM
I've got a manual at dauphin island you can have. I'll be at DI Tuesday the 24th. I'm fishing in am but will be around midday and early afternoon. Text me if u like. 251 591 3857
NoFearEyes
04-22-2012, 02:52 PM
The manual is online --
http://cs.simradyachting.com/Index.aspx?PageID=92&CategoryBrowse=Browse%2c7
http://cs.simradyachting.com/Index.aspx?PageID=92&CategoryBrowse=Browse%2c7
Gary999
04-24-2012, 01:28 PM
Is it a new unit? New feedback?
Quite often the linear feedback rod on the starboard engine goes bad and the AP will act freaky on you and calibrating will not help. Has to be replaced and then calibrated. I replaced mine last year as it didn't work when I bought the boat. It was my first AP and I will never have a boat without one now.
Quite often the linear feedback rod on the starboard engine goes bad and the AP will act freaky on you and calibrating will not help. Has to be replaced and then calibrated. I replaced mine last year as it didn't work when I bought the boat. It was my first AP and I will never have a boat without one now.
DLG4354
04-24-2012, 02:50 PM
Is it a new unit? New feedback?
Quite often the linear feedback rod on the starboard engine goes bad and the AP will act freaky on you and calibrating will not help. Has to be replaced and then calibrated. I replaced mine last year as it didn't work when I bought the boat. It was my first AP and I will never have a boat without one now.
The feedback is not new. Just the "brains". The guy I bought it from replaced it and never calibrated it. I'm not going another year without it.
Quite often the linear feedback rod on the starboard engine goes bad and the AP will act freaky on you and calibrating will not help. Has to be replaced and then calibrated. I replaced mine last year as it didn't work when I bought the boat. It was my first AP and I will never have a boat without one now.
The feedback is not new. Just the "brains". The guy I bought it from replaced it and never calibrated it. I'm not going another year without it.
DLG4354
04-24-2012, 06:10 PM
I've got a manual at dauphin island you can have. I'll be at DI Tuesday the 24th. I'm fishing in am but will be around midday and early afternoon. Text me if u like. 251 591 3857
Thanks for this manual, but it's a AP 14. Should it calibrate the same as an AP 12?
Thanks for this manual, but it's a AP 14. Should it calibrate the same as an AP 12?
tkramerv
04-25-2012, 06:07 AM
Thanks for this manual, but it's a AP 14. Should it calibrate the same as an AP 12?
as i recall, the only difference in the ap 12 and ap 14 was the display. it should recalibrate the same. its not as hard as it seems.
as i recall, the only difference in the ap 12 and ap 14 was the display. it should recalibrate the same. its not as hard as it seems.
DLG4354
04-25-2012, 10:29 AM
Ok good. I'll be at DI Saturday morning trying to get it figured out.
NoFearEyes
04-25-2012, 03:54 PM
AP 12 Manual link
http://cs.simradyachting.com/Index.aspx?PageID=92&CategoryBrowse=Browse%2c7
http://cs.simradyachting.com/Index.aspx?PageID=92&CategoryBrowse=Browse%2c7
bigtuna
04-26-2012, 06:07 AM
There is a car audio place in mobile that Also dies real good electronics work. Maybe kens?
Speckulator
04-26-2012, 12:04 PM
Yep...Ken's Car Tunes...ask for Dan or Dirk.....251-660-0221....
Tell em George sent ya!!!!
Tell em George sent ya!!!!
knotreel
04-26-2012, 12:53 PM
Ok, what's it doing? will it accept the rudder limits"? this one of the first steps and it is usually done while on ther trailer. If is does not accept the rudder limits when full over then try inputting the rudder limits ( port and star) about a wheel turn shy of full over. Also not accepting the limits could mean the rudder feed unit is not centered, in that case it would need some adjustments of it's mounts. After you set the rudder limits, then you can perform the seatrial part of the calibration. You have to have the manual, if you don't have that, then pm me and I will email you a pdf file copy on the ap12 manual. I ran an AP12 for 10+ years and just replacedit with an AP2401VRF.
PS if the rudder limits can not be set after fiddling with it, there are some voltage measurements that can be taken of the signal from the feedback unit. From memory, I think it was about 0.1 volt hard over one way and about 0.5 the other way, or it could have been 1v and 5v? but that's in the manual I think, but I have that info somewhere if needed.
PS if the rudder limits can not be set after fiddling with it, there are some voltage measurements that can be taken of the signal from the feedback unit. From memory, I think it was about 0.1 volt hard over one way and about 0.5 the other way, or it could have been 1v and 5v? but that's in the manual I think, but I have that info somewhere if needed.