I have replaced my Yanmar 4Jh-hte with the new Yanmar 4jh57. After 8,800 engine hours the old power plant didn't seem ready to match the vitality of the boat. One of the nice things about the new engines is the electronic data available of the panel. The engine control unit (ECU) allows for access to alot more information, including engine operation and oil and water temperatures and current fuel consumption (fuel rate), throttle positions, load percentage, etc.
My only complaint now is the expense to be able to see the panel data on the Raymarine chartplotter. It seems that would be quite simple. The whole idea of NMEA 2000 was to make data flow easier between systems. The industry seems to have used it to make things more difficult.
To use and view the engine data within the chartplotter we would have to buy converters of Yanmar's CAN bus to NMEA 2000 to be able to feed the data to our Raymarine chartplotter's SeaTalkng backbone. I thought it would be a simple plug and play, but it requires an ECI 100 CAN converter ($569.80), an ECI 100 harness ($984), a CAN converter harness ($245.77). All of this just to be able to see the data that's already being monitored and displayed on the C-Panel. The C-Panel display is small and requires a scroll through of data. Not the safest way to maintain situational awareness.
This should be simpler and cheaper than it appears to be. Has anyone else been through this? Any suggestions?
My only complaint now is the expense to be able to see the panel data on the Raymarine chartplotter. It seems that would be quite simple. The whole idea of NMEA 2000 was to make data flow easier between systems. The industry seems to have used it to make things more difficult.
To use and view the engine data within the chartplotter we would have to buy converters of Yanmar's CAN bus to NMEA 2000 to be able to feed the data to our Raymarine chartplotter's SeaTalkng backbone. I thought it would be a simple plug and play, but it requires an ECI 100 CAN converter ($569.80), an ECI 100 harness ($984), a CAN converter harness ($245.77). All of this just to be able to see the data that's already being monitored and displayed on the C-Panel. The C-Panel display is small and requires a scroll through of data. Not the safest way to maintain situational awareness.
This should be simpler and cheaper than it appears to be. Has anyone else been through this? Any suggestions?