Ipilot Heading Sensor Installation

They hooked up my heading sensor to directly to my bilge pump wiring to save some time.

Ipilot heading sensor installation. Increments in any direction. Test that the power cable that powers the heading sensor is long enough to reach the power source from the intended mounting location. Model year 2017 and after. If the cable does not reach the battery or intended power source select a location closer to the source.

It follows the contour lines on the lakemaster map. So now the only way my trolling motor puck comes on is if i turn on the power switch and then turn on the bilge pump switch too. This heading sensor comes standard with new ultrex ulterra terrova riptide ulterra and riptide terrova trolling motors that come pre installed with bluetooth i pilot and i pilot link systems. It was connected at the bottom right by the bilge pump next to the batteries.

Follow the contour does not use the heading sensor. 2017 and later i pilot link owner s manual english manual 2397102 download pdf 102 mb i pilot link owner s manual french. I talked to minnkota this morning and the girl i spoke to told me i didn t need an in line fuse. Heading sensor installation and calibration instructions download pdf.

This in turn enables the new jog feature or the ability for the motor to jog your boat five feet at a time in any direction you choose. The heading sensor shaped like a small smoke detector is in fact a digital compass that communicates with the trolling motor via bluetooth and enables the motor to keep track of its actual heading. The heading sensor is calibrated once the unit and the motor have been installed on the boat and paired via a bluetooth connection. What minn kota states is the minn kota heading sensor is for the jog function.

Some think the heading sensor also is part of the reason the spot lock is better but minn kota never said it was.