Anyone else having Zero-off issues?

[MarkM]

For 3 weeks in a row my 196 nautique zero off is not keeping times, or losing speed mid course. If I disconnect the battery it fixes it temporarily until the next weekend. Anyone else experiencing similar issues? Yesterday, the tournament boat was having similar issues. Is this widespread?

[ski6jones]

All good here in TX. Skiing about 4x per week for the last month. No issues.

[Ed_Johnson]

@MarkM...Check your diagnostics page, which will give you a History of any issues, and Current Issues. I was having similar issues and it told me one of my GPS Antennas was dead. Switched to the single puck with Rev. S, best move I ever made.

 

 

[MarkM]

@Ed_Johnson

Thanks. I don’t have any codes.

How much is the single puck upgrade?

[eleeski]

One of my pucks is failing. It's intermittent. ZO with bad data really feels horrible. Next time I get to the lake, I will try by backup puck. If that doesn't work, I'm following @Ed_Johnson and going rev S and single antenna.

 

Darn Russians messing with the GPS.

 

Eric

[thager]

I have had similar occasional bouts with my ZO since 2010. Battery reset always fixed the problem. Never changed anything. Last issue was over a year ago. Just may be the Russians!

[aussiemc]

The other thing to check is make sure you only have one of your course mapped. Sometimes a duplicate course causes issues.

[Ed_Johnson]

@MarkM.....The Single Puck is $450 plus $50 for the Rev. S software. You will need the right Cable to download it. There is a thread on here all about it. I was lucky that the Nautique Dealer is 3 miles from my house and they had the cable.

 

 

[MarkM]

@Ed_Johnson

Thanks. I actually own one of those cables. So I can do the Rev S upgrade myself.

Why was the upgrade the best move you ever made? Was it due to the single puck, or the ability to use the new plus mode?

[Ed_Johnson]

@MarkM..... Actually both...My understanding is the single puck tracts more satellites at one time and therefore reacts faster. Also, the new plus system is a plus for us 200lb Guys, in that it picks you up smoother, accelerates you faster, and lets go of you smoother as well. Today I had a one ball where I came off the apex with a lot of angle and within a milli-second was across the wakes, and a mile away from 2 ball. I felt like a deer in the headlights. I am still trying to get use to it, and adapt a style to take advantage of it. I noticed some of the Pro Skiers looking smoother off the apex this year with the new system, ie: Will Asher, T-Gas, and Freddie, just to name a few. It fells SIGNIFICANTLY better. No longer being yanked up out of position on my onside turns.

 

 

[BraceMaker]

Leaving here @5 so 530ish

[braindamage]

Resurrecting an older thread.

 

My ZO is having difficulty finding and maintaining speed. At holeshot It overshoots +3-4mph and then goes down -3-4mph then oscillates like it’s searching for the right speed, slowing and surging, over and over, etc.

 

I am running Rev Q. I did get 2-errors listed in the history, but today it occurred and there are no errors listed.

 

errors: GPS1_fail and GPS_BadPos

 

i did battery “hard” reset a couple days ago, and it worked a couple times then it came back again. It’s intermittent, sometimes working, sometimes never finding speed, sometimes settling in after a few extra seconds.

 

I’ve sent 2-web support requests and 2-support phone messages and no response from Enovation. maybe they aren’t open?

 

Before I spend the $500 and try to find a cable for the rev S upgrade I want to make sure my issue isn’t something else.

[customski]

@braindamage

Those are all the issues that most Zero off Boats in Western Australia had over our summer.

And pretty much everyone did the single puck and rev s upgrade.

[DavidN]

Yup - upgrade to the single puck version.

(See my answer over at the bu-crew.)

[Chad_Scott]

if you have the two puck system go into the practice mode and find date and time my guess is that you have reverted back to the year 2000 so probably out of date with locating current satellite time for an upgrade to the one puck

[braindamage]

It sounds like the upgrade is my option. Does anyone in SE Wisconsin have a cable I can borrow?

Edit: I found a cable. Thanks everyone!