Integrate Bennett Tabs into Mercury Vessel View ?? How

Pgh330

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May 23, 2010
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Pittsburgh
Boat Info
350 Coupe - 2020, 8.2 v8 Bravo III , Inland Lakes and Rivers
Engines
Mercruiser Sea Core 8.2 Liter, v8, Sea-Core Bravo III and Axius
We Have a 330 DA (Sundancer w/ Axius, Bennett Tabs, and Vessel View (Mercury))

How would I integrate the existing trim tabas (which do not have any indicator installed that I am aware of) into the Mercury Vessel view (which appears to be able to show the tabs as it has a calibration settings for them)

Do I need to make any purchase of equipment / senors, etc. And if so , What ??

:smt100 Also Where or how do I plug into the vessel view. The only communication network on the vessel view is it's propritary CAN network and NEMA 0183 connections (Old and archaic if you ask me -- why they do not have NEMA 2000 connections is beyond me at this date an age.

I do have a Garmin 5208 Chartplotter with a NEMA 2000 Network , along with its propriatary Garmin Network (RJ45) ---- which I did integrate into vessel view / Axius for Waypoint , Dept, Temp, settings (This was accomplished using the NEMA 0183 connections) :smt024

I would appreciate all assistance -- Not an urgency though-- but you would of Thought Sea Ray would already did this.:smt021
 
I integrated Bennett tab position sensors onto a Garmin 720 chartplotter display over NMEA2000. In theory, the postion data will also be available to the MercMonitor I just had installed via the NMEA2000 gateway, but I have yet to actually try this out. To get the trim tab position onto the Garmin/NMEA2000, I used the following (my tabs had no position sensors):

Bennett Actuator Uppper Hinge with Coil - Port (CC3003P)
Bennett Actuator Uppper Hinge with Coil - Starboard (CC3003S)
Garmin GBT10

Check with Bennett to double check the sensor part numbers for your particular trim tabs. Note the Bennett NMEA kit apparently doesn't work with Garmin (NMEA1 is the p/n, I think).

The Garmin chartplotter is used to calibrate the GBT10 interface and then the trim tab position is available on the NMEA2000 bus.

Not sure if this helps you with vessel view or not...
 
The Sensor Part Numbers above are for "standard" actuators (rams) and will fit most SeaRays. There are a few applications where a slightly shorter actuator is used and will require different sensors. If you are unsure, contact us before the isnatallation and we will be delighted to help.

Tom McGow
Bennett Marine
 

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