Mercruiser 4.3 MPI
Submitted by mrwinta on Sat, 2012-03-24 15:15
can anyone shed some light on how to get a mercruiser talking to a HDS or just compatible with NMEA 2000? I have been looking at the smartcraft guages and I can't tell if I have to install a $600 guage or not just so I can have a NMEA output....
Primarily I would like to be able to see how much fuel I am using but it would also be nice to utilise the functions on the HDS info page too...
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snappermiles
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smart gauges
if you put the smart gauges on your mercruiser it will tell you all that! so i dont no why you would need to connect it to your hds!
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mrwinta
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yea but those guages are 600
yea but those guages are 600 bucks or so.... I was trying to avoid buying the guage and find a cheaper way to connect it to the HDS that should tell me all that info anyway... or that was what I was hoping.....
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Muppet
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I think what you
need is a gateway.
Your merc already speaks smartcraft, but if you want it to speak to you lowrance then i think you need to get a gateway. Like an adaptor that your merc wiring harness plugs into and then talks to your hds.
Something to check up on. Google is a wealth of knowledge.
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snappermiles
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ah fair enough
im going to see a merc mechanic next week who deals in lowrance so i will hit him up and let you no
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mrwinta
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Yea mate that would be
Yea mate that would be great.... I have the Gateway cable as I had a Navman in the boat already (I have a spare too if anyone needs one send me a message)
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snappermiles
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check out this site for info
http://www.bbcboards.net/zerothread?id=619794
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