- Sep 20, 2020
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- Boat Info
- 2001 310 Sundancer
- Engines
- Twin Horizon 357 Inboards (repowered in 2017)
Bobeast, were those gauges as easy to program as the manufacturer claims?
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If you have tapped your credit card at a checkout line, you can do this. Just tap the phone against the gage you want to program, and it will read the current state. Then dial in what you want the gage to display, along with alarm thresholds, and tap the gage again to update its programming.Bobeast, were those gauges as easy to program as the manufacturer claims?
If you have tapped your credit card at a checkout line, you can do this. Just tap the phone against the gage you want to program, and it will read the current state. Then dial in what you want the gage to display, along with alarm thresholds, and tap the gage again to update its programming.
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Just looked at Fox Marine's website and I'm very impressed. Was thinking about getting Flow Scan fuel flow transducers and I'm wondering how accurate the ECM fuel consumption data compares. For the price of two Flow Scan transducers I could have full engine data in addition to fuel consumption. Please let us know how well they work and if you find them to be accurate in terms of fuel consumption. I reached out to Fox Marine today to see if they have any success stories with Simrad chart plotters (website only shows Raymarine and Garmin).I’m installing fox-marine engine gateways and want to power them via an ignition switched source. I’m planning to power the ER section of N2K, which will only have the pair of engine gateways, with it. I’m using a power isolator to separate the two sections of N2K drops. Any suggestions on the best place to source this power in the ER?
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Just looked at Fox Marine's website and I'm very impressed. Was thinking about getting Flow Scan fuel flow transducers and I'm wondering how accurate the ECM fuel consumption data compares. For the price of two Flow Scan transducers I could have full engine data in addition to fuel consumption. Please let us know how well they work and if you find them to be accurate in terms of fuel consumption. I reached out to Fox Marine today to see if they have any success stories with Simrad chart plotters (website only shows Raymarine and Garmin).
That’s definitely an obvious choice and completely doable. The install guide suggested using an ignition source to avoid communications issues. Apparently if the gateway powers up too much before the ECU then it or the ECU misses a signal.Isn't that where your batteries are? Why not source it from...well....the source?
I have extended my backbone into the bilge, over the top of the starboard tank, and terminated it near the batteries.
Thanks bobeast. I mistaken logged in with my first Club Sea Ray account. Didn't realize when I signed up my name would become the user name. Changed it to Motorvader for privacy concerns - so much for that! (technical sales of micro electric motors and I'm a big Stars Wars fan). Did you need the VesselView display unit to view the data from the Smartcraft gateway or can you display it on your Garmin as well?I'm setup with Garmin, but those are standard NMEA sentences, so I'd imagine your Simrad should read it fine. I tried the Garmin fuel sensors for a while, but had an issue with them getting clogged and affecting my engines. Ultimately I put in a SmartCraft gateway from YachtDevices, and just read the fuel flow output by the ECM. Seems as accurate (if not more so) as the old external sensors. Of course how would I know?? They could both be lying.
Thanks bobeast. I mistaken logged in with my first Club Sea Ray account. Didn't realize when I signed up my name would become the user name. Changed it to Motorvader for privacy concerns - so much for that! (technical sales of micro electric motors and I'm a big Stars Wars fan). Did you need the VesselView display unit to view the data from the Smartcraft gateway or can you display it on your Garmin as well?
That’s definitely an obvious choice and completely doable. The install guide suggested using an ignition source to avoid communications issues. Apparently if the gateway powers up too much before the ECU then it or the ECU misses a signal.
Everything shows up on my Garmin. My boat came "SmartCraft ready", meaning there was no VesselView, SmartCraft gages, or JBox, so I had to add the wiring, terminators and JBox so I could use the gateway,. The gateway just converts the SC data to NMEA 2000 which should be readable by any modern chart plotter with NMEA 2000.
Were there specific reasons you chose Fox Marine's solution over Smartcraft? I'm considering which way I want to go as part of a complete electronics update on our boat.I’m installing fox-marine engine gateways and want to power them via an ignition switched source. I’m planning to power the ER section of N2K, which will only have the pair of engine gateways, with it. I’m using a power isolator to separate the two sections of N2K drops. Any suggestions on the best place to source this power in the ER?
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Smartcraft is designed and manufactured by Mercury Marine so this seems like the way to go for any Mercury/Mercruiser powered boat. As an electrical engineer I respect the effort Fox Marine made to develop their solution to fill a need in the market but unless I'm missing something I can't see any advantage it has over Smartcraft - at least for Mercury and Mercruiser engines.
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Thanks bobeast. I ended up running a wire to the ignition switch on the dash as I had just finished running my NMEA 2k backbone and had the path down. Everything fired up perfectly and appears in working order. I purchased the extra oil pressure gauge but haven't installed yet. I may end up moving my ignition source to one you suggested just to minimize length but it's working, so who knows.I had misread your question, and have edited my original response.
Were there specific reasons you chose Fox Marine's solution over Smartcraft? I'm considering which way I want to go as part of a complete electronics update on our boat.