Overview of NMEA 2000

To view the devices on the NMEA 2000 network you need to press menu twice

Scroll down and highlight Networking and press Enter

Press Enter on Bus Setup

Then it will list the NMEA 2000 devices on the network. In this example you will see 5 devices.

Once the device is selected it will display the following information. The EP-DDS is a special edition transducer that will transmit digital depth and temp to all displays connected to the NMEA 2000 network. Part #47-49

When an engine is connected to NMEA 2000 you will have to set the engine and tank configuration depending on how many engines and tanks are installed on the boat. Also you can set the tank size and the location

Once you select the engine it will list the device data at the bottom of the screen and the location of the engine. On a single engine setup the location is defaulted to center. You can have up to a 3 engine setup and monitor all 3 engines either the port, center or starboard.

Once you have selected Bus Setup you can right arrow over to the NMEA Diagnostics and view the Rx (receive messages) and the Tx (transmit messages) for Bus Traffic You can also select Ping All Devices at the bottom of this page to relocate any devices that have fallen off the network.

To setup your Custom Gauges you will have to press pages and left arrow over to status then press enter and highlight Custom Gauges and press enter.

Now that you are on the Custom Gauges page you will have to press menu and select Overlay Data to customize the blank page.

Highlight Press ENT to add and press Enter to open up your overlay data options.

Scroll down to NMEA 2000 and press Enter and it will open a drop down menu of all the devices on the network.

Same thing follows with the devices. Once you select a device such as the Yamaha engine in this example you can select the data you want to overlay by pressing enter and putting a check mark in front of it.

Once you select the data you want to overlay and press exit you will see this page. Overlay Data Shown You can select the data in this example Engine RPM and press enter to customize it.

This page gives you the data information for Engine Trim and the different options you can choose from.

If you want to change the size highlight overlay size and press enter and choose the appropriate size.

Highlight Overlay Style and press enter to change the gauge from digital to analog.

You can highlight Change Size and press enter and it give you the directional arrows to change the size as well.

Select Gauge Setup and press enter to view the options to customize the gauge set up.