overview of nmea 2000. to view the devices on the nmea 2000 network you need to press menu twice
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Overview of NMEA 2000
• To view the devices on the NMEA 2000 network you need to press menu twice
• Scroll down and highlight Networking and press Enter
• Press Enter on Bus Setup
• Then it will list the NMEA 2000 devices on the network.
• In this example you will see 5 devices.
• Once the device is selected it will display the following information.
• The EP-DDS is a special edition transducer that will transmit digital depth and temp to all displays connected to the NMEA 2000 network.
• Part #47-49
• When an engine is connected to NMEA 2000 you will have to set the engine and tank configuration depending on how many engines and tanks are installed on the boat.
• Also you can set the tank size and the location
• Once you select the engine it will list the device data at the bottom of the screen and the location of the engine.
• On a single engine setup the location is defaulted to center.
• You can have up to a 3 engine setup and monitor all 3 engines either the port, center or starboard.
• Once you have selected Bus Setup you can right arrow over to the NMEA Diagnostics and view the Rx (receive messages) and the Tx (transmit messages) for Bus Traffic
• You can also select Ping All Devices at the bottom of this page to relocate any devices that have fallen off the network.
• To setup your Custom Gauges you will have to press pages and left arrow over to status then press enter and highlight Custom Gauges and press enter.
• Now that you are on the Custom Gauges page you will have to press menu and select Overlay Data to customize the blank page.
• Highlight Press ENT to add and press Enter to open up your overlay data options.
• Scroll down to NMEA 2000 and press Enter and it will open a drop down menu of all the devices on the network.
• Same thing follows with the devices.
• Once you select a device such as the Yamaha engine in this example you can select the data you want to overlay by pressing enter and putting a check mark in front of it.
• Once you select the data you want to overlay and press exit you will see this page. Overlay Data Shown
• You can select the data in this example Engine RPM and press enter to customize it.
• This page gives you the data information for Engine Trim and the different options you can choose from.
• If you want to change the size highlight overlay size and press enter and choose the appropriate size.
• Highlight Overlay Style and press enter to change the gauge from digital to analog.
• You can highlight Change Size and press enter and it give you the directional arrows to change the size as well.
• Select Gauge Setup and press enter to view the options to customize the gauge set up.
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