Atalla
Active Member
Is the engine responsible for sending rudder position and trim tab position to the smartcraft or vesselview consistent across boats? Will it always be port or always starboard? Do both send the data and I just flip a coin?
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It appears when reading the VesselView manual that steering position can either be sent via a Thrust Vector Module or from the PCM on one of the engines. I admit to not having any idea what a TVM is. You get to choose which PCM to read the data from and I'm unclear if that is just a random choice or if only one engine PCM is configured to transmit rudder position to the VV.In looking at the rudders on my boat there is a variable resistor on top of the one post that provides the position. Is your question if it goes directly to the SC or does it first go through a harness at the engine and then to the SC? I don't have trim position indicators.
Thanks. I knew what it stood for...just didn't know what it was.TVM is mercruisers reference to "Thrust Vector Module" for their joystick piloting systems (zeus or axius)
Thanks. I knew what it stood for...just didn't know what it was.
So I'm getting rudder position from a PCM on one of the engines. Anybody know if both engines transmit this data equally? I'm unclear why the VV is asking me to choose as it would seemingly be easy to detect. Frankly, I'm just going to go down to the boat and start playing around with settings, but I figured I'd ask as folks on the forum tend to be good at explaining the what, why and where and I find that helpful.