Raytheon ST60 Wind Indicator Display Problem

[GILow]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

Yeah, I've read, and re-read the manual and still can't seem to get it. Driving everyone nuts with the beeping, decided to give the neighbors a break.

I remember it being tricky but worth persevering. I had a very similar fault with mine and the factory reset fixed it. The bad news is that the fault comes back on mine once or twice a year. I just reset it again but clearly something in the unit is kaput. I looked for, but could not find, an onboard battery of some sort because it feels like the head unit is losing its memory.

[GILow]

Originally Posted by Dockhead

Not dissing it. It's just OLD. I sold mine for surprisingly good money, to someone who was having exactly the same problem as Ken.



I had two of them -- master wind instrument, and slave close hauled wind. Got a couple hundred euros for each, when I sold them a few years ago.

Yeah, they are getting old but I'll nurse mine to the bitter end because they ain't cheap to replace.

[GILow]

Kenomac, I am going down to the boat tomorrow. I'll run the reset again to refresh my memory. I think there is an ambiguous bit in the manual. I think I made my own notes.

[senormechanico]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

The vane isn't spinning which is the strange thing. Where can I find a replacement tail for the vane if I need to change it?

About a year ago, I found a replacement tail and cups on eBay for about $40.
Nothing there now though.

[Pete7]

Ken, the the reset and the voltages all check out then this might be of interest.

Raymarine ST60+ Wind | eBay

Or

RAYMARINE WIND VANE AND CUPS | eBay

Raymarine Autohelm ST60,ST60+,ST70,ST290 Wind Vane Service Kit A28167 windvane | eBay

[Pete7]

Originally Posted by GILow

Yeah, they are getting old but I'll nurse mine to the bitter end because they ain't cheap to replace.

I have only just upgraded to ST60s

[ronbo1]

The same thing happened to me recently. Checked all of the above suggestions to no avail. The needle continually spins around and any calibration doesn’t last long.

I checked eBay where I found a couple for $300.
I found this fellow online who’ll send you a refurbished one for about $250.
It works fine now.
Dan said the chip in the display head was defective. Since your masthead unit drives the other display fine it’s likely the display.

C250@mydurango.net

Good luck,
Ronbo

[GILow]

Kenomac, it may be too late now, but here's a video of me resetting the ST60+ and a photo of the procedure I use.

FWIW, you'll notice that 12 seconds is a long time to wait for the DLR code to appear, particularly when there are a few seductive beeps before it appears that will temp you to let go.

You'll also notice that it takes me two tries to get to the UC1 screen using VMG + TACK. I seem to remember this being a consistent issue.

Please excuse the fingernails, I've been working below the waterline today, cleaning the log sender that I forgot to remove after the last sail.

https://youtu.be/s5GXuQ1_4XI