This past week I assisted a friend relocate his new (to him) 2016 Formula PC40. The boat is equipped with an e127, AIS700 (new, added before delivery), p70, i70, SeaTalk to STNG converter, EV-2, RS130 GPS. Radar All software is at or close to current levels.
I believe that this is a voltage issue but would appreciate your input.
During our trip, the i70 had a fast beep that we could not silence. There was no ALARM indicated. We went in and disabled all the alarms via the i70 menus, to no avail. We eventually shut it off.
When we reached our new location, shut down the engines and tried the i70. Fast beeping started immediately; shut it down. All alarms remained disabled via the i70 menu.
Next day, tried it again with slightly different results. Upon power up, fast beeping for about 4 seconds, then the system shut down by itself. I then held the power button on for approx. 5 seconds. The fast beeping started right away and white screen with "Battery" displayed in the upper left corner, "volts" in the upper right corner and 3 black rectangles displayed in the middle of the screen.
Pressed the i70 menu button and the menu came up. Went thru the screens but could not find any indication of the problem.
Went to the p70 and went thru its menus and found that it indicated a tempo of 32.91 C and Volts 10.28. Good indication of a power issue.
Went to the e127 and looked at the various network info. All devices were found, but the voltage for the e127 indicated 9.4 volts. Power is probably an issue.
So there appears to be a real issue with power. Just want to verify that it is causing the fast beeping on the i70. He is going to have the charger and batteries looked at.
As always, sorry for the book. I do have software version numbers if needed, but did not feel they added any useful info at this point.
Thanks in advance.
Steve.
I believe that this is a voltage issue but would appreciate your input.
During our trip, the i70 had a fast beep that we could not silence. There was no ALARM indicated. We went in and disabled all the alarms via the i70 menus, to no avail. We eventually shut it off.
When we reached our new location, shut down the engines and tried the i70. Fast beeping started immediately; shut it down. All alarms remained disabled via the i70 menu.
Next day, tried it again with slightly different results. Upon power up, fast beeping for about 4 seconds, then the system shut down by itself. I then held the power button on for approx. 5 seconds. The fast beeping started right away and white screen with "Battery" displayed in the upper left corner, "volts" in the upper right corner and 3 black rectangles displayed in the middle of the screen.
Pressed the i70 menu button and the menu came up. Went thru the screens but could not find any indication of the problem.
Went to the p70 and went thru its menus and found that it indicated a tempo of 32.91 C and Volts 10.28. Good indication of a power issue.
Went to the e127 and looked at the various network info. All devices were found, but the voltage for the e127 indicated 9.4 volts. Power is probably an issue.
So there appears to be a real issue with power. Just want to verify that it is causing the fast beeping on the i70. He is going to have the charger and batteries looked at.
As always, sorry for the book. I do have software version numbers if needed, but did not feel they added any useful info at this point.
Thanks in advance.
Steve.
