I 'm wondering if any of you smart guys can help me? I would like to connect the smartcraft system to my raymarine E120's so as to get engine data displayed. Now I understand that the E120 likes NMEA2000 and the smartcraft works on J1939, so I've found a NMEA2000/j1939 Conversion box from Maretron and wondering how to get an output from the smartcraft into this box and then do I need one from each engine.? Also what happens if I put one into each screen if they are networked together through HSB2 - will it screw it up? I'd appreciate any thoughts or directions to take or am I just trying to hard and it's not possibe? Thankyou in advance.
e120 Raymarine monitoring engines
- Thread starter doubleg
- Start date
- Mar 10, 2004
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Engine data will not go through Raymarines network, so you should have no issue hooking up to each screen. The engine gauges on the screen, while cool to look at once, is a pretty useless feature as the gauges take up a whole page on the screen, it would be much better if you could overlay certain engine data on regular pages. I have never known anybody to successfully hook up smartcraft to anything but a Northstar system. While Maretron does make a converter, I'm not sure that Mercruiser has put out the documentation for their data. So you might be able to see the data, but won't be able to interpret it. If I am wrong somebody PLEASE correct me.
wkearney99
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- Feb 23, 2006
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- Boat Info
- 47'
- Engines
- Twin Caterpillar C-12, Twin Disc straight shaft inboards.
Networked screens won't pass NMEA2000 (seatalk2) data through the ethernet port? Hmmm, good to know. So you'd just pass the seatalk2 (nmea2k) to both of them.
I agree regarding wasted space showing engine data. Raymarine's choice of text and data box layouts wastes too much space. It's almost impossible to show engine data in enough detail to make it worthwhile. Or fuel data for that matter. You're better off using other multifunction digital gauges instead. Ones that'll let you toggle what values are show.
For stuff like engine RPM, oil and water temp and fuel you want to SEE them pretty much the entire time you're operating the boat. Trying to cram them onto the chartplotter's display just doesn't make them easier enough to read. Even if you used side-by-side E-series units it's still not very readable.
I agree regarding wasted space showing engine data. Raymarine's choice of text and data box layouts wastes too much space. It's almost impossible to show engine data in enough detail to make it worthwhile. Or fuel data for that matter. You're better off using other multifunction digital gauges instead. Ones that'll let you toggle what values are show.
For stuff like engine RPM, oil and water temp and fuel you want to SEE them pretty much the entire time you're operating the boat. Trying to cram them onto the chartplotter's display just doesn't make them easier enough to read. Even if you used side-by-side E-series units it's still not very readable.
Thanks Jim
I guess your right , perhaps I'm just over training a bit
There's enough going on with the screens without having to put
gauges on them as well. I'll stick to looking at the smartcraft + normal analogue gauges for engine info
Regards
Luke
I guess your right , perhaps I'm just over training a bit
There's enough going on with the screens without having to put
gauges on them as well. I'll stick to looking at the smartcraft + normal analogue gauges for engine info
Regards
Luke
RayMarine MFDs can display graphical engine data, not just text boxes.
I am monitoring both of my fuel tanks via Lowrance tank monitors and I am displaying them on both C-Series display and Lowrance LMF-200.
The LMF-200 only shows tank percentage, but RayMarine display not only shows percentage, and it can even add the gallons of gas in each tank and display a total of fuel in gallons on board.
That is a "value added" reading.
I am monitoring both of my fuel tanks via Lowrance tank monitors and I am displaying them on both C-Series display and Lowrance LMF-200.
The LMF-200 only shows tank percentage, but RayMarine display not only shows percentage, and it can even add the gallons of gas in each tank and display a total of fuel in gallons on board.
That is a "value added" reading.
