Mercury smartcraft installation lowrance

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you might be able to make out the data numbers. ItвЂ™s a poor quality image unfortunately because I had to reduce the file size to post. That was zooming out the heads with good fish marked on the bottom. So from memory the data fields show I was burning 55 litres an hour at a speed of 67klm/hour. Last photo shows the fuel data field removed. data communicated to the helm via - Mercury SmartCraft information pathway. It's been accurate for at least 8 top ups of fuel at about 40-50 litres in a 150 litre tank. re Powerful Diesel 1mmins MerCruiser Diesel (CMD) been fine-tuning its new. These I believe are all arbitrary except for the fuel remaining figure. From memory the fuel data fields I have displayed are: The top photo shows the 2 tabs down the left side and the fuel data fields out on the left of the screen. This was also taken before I installed the nmea backbone - so no extra data fields possible. One photo the middle one - shows the screens early morning the illumination shows better on this shot. Unsure what order and orientation they will be loaded up but here goes. But now I have it linked up to the Simrad all the data and screens are accessible on the Simrad anyway so I use that all the time now. It doesnвЂ™t take up much room either which suits my boats helm. leaders in providing factory-installed electronics in their powerboats, while Mercury's SmartCraft technology is proving to be a popular platform for a. I find the VV display is small but itвЂ™s fine for me, I can read the screen and switch screens fine. I guess what IвЂ™m trying to say is have a think about if you might want to add other feedback and how you will do it at this stage of deciding what method you use to link your motor data to your Lowrance display.

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So I have installed a fuel flow meter - that was the main reason I wanted to install the backbone so I could get an accurate indication of the fuel used and fuel remaining. The advantage of this setup is now I can (have done) add extra data gathering inputs onto the backbone. But I linked them with a nmea backbone and it displays all the engine data on the Simrad.ДЄs you might know, Lowrance and Simrad are same parent company so compatible in communication so it works fine.

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The VV came as a package with the motor, donвЂ™t know if it was thrown in free or not. If itвЂ™s any help, IвЂ™ve got a Merc with a VV 4 and a Simrad Evo.