DSM 300 software update with A98 MFD

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

Welcome to the Raymarine Forum Peter,

Please click here to view a FAQ addressing this subject. Should the DSM be suffering communications related failure, then it may not be possible to update the DSM's software. You may want to consider sending the DSM to Raymarine’s Product Repair Center to be bench checked / software updated / serviced. The DSM may be replaced with a CP370 fishfinder sounder module to permit an operational transducer which had been used with a DSM to continue to be used with an a/c/e/eS/gS-Series MFD. Raymarine offers the A80160 SeaTalkHS (F) to RayNet (F) Adapter Cable to permit the currently installed SeaTalkHS cable to be adapted to mate to the CP370's Network socket.

Raymarine does not currently offer an in-Hull transducer which would be compatible with the CHIRP/DownVision fishfinder circuitry of an ax8 MFD, eSx8 MFD, or CP100 CHIRP/DownVision Fishfinder Sounder Module. Due to the relatively low power output of the fishfinder circuitry of an ax8 MFD, eSx8 MFD, or CP100 CHIRP/DownVision Fishfinder Sounder Module and the amount of energy dissipated through a hull, it is unlikely that Raymarine will offer in-hull transducers for the ax8 MFDs, eSx8 MFDs, or CP100 CHIRP/DownVision Fishfinder Sounder Module.