Where To Mount I Pilot Heading Sensor

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Where to mount i pilot heading sensor. I pilot accessories bluetooth heading sensor bluetooth this bluetooth enabled heading sensor contains a compass that detects your boat s heading and communicates it to your trolling motor to enable the spot lock jog feature which lets you move your spot lock 5 ft. The heading sensor is calibrated once the unit and the motor have been installed on the boat and paired via a bluetooth connection. Minn kota trolling motor with i pilot link and built in mega imaging 1 bow mounted humminbird unit and 1 console mounted humminbird unit. Now there s an offset that might help and i haven t played with that yet.

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. Starting with the 2017 model year most minn kota i pilot and i pilot link trolling motors will feature a new and separate hardware device called a heading sensor. When i first tested the new i pilot link on my lund i did it with no heading sensor. They hooked up my heading sensor to directly to my bilge pump wiring to save some time.

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. Just using the humminbird heading sensor. Since i mounted these i think the accuracy has done down vs. This heading sensor comes standard with ultrex ulterra terrova riptide ulterra and riptide terrova trolling motors that come pre installed with bluetooth i pilot and i pilot link systems.

Instr sheet ulterra ipilot install heading sensor bluetooth. It was connected at the bottom right by the bilge pump next to the batteries. Model year 2017 and after.