Hi Jeff, pictured below is my helm. My gauges are like me...the non smart version. There is a screen on the chartplotter to show engine data, but non of it registers, it doesn't appear to be connected to the outboard.
I may be wrong and it just needs to be configured correctly, but my guess is I don't have the NMEA 2000 network connected between the plotter and the outboard.
If that proves to be the case (and I'm sure it is) I am assuming to connect the 2, I would need a NMEA 2000 wiring and t's (a starter kit?), plus an interface of some kind to connect the merc fourstroke to the wiring.
Any thoughts.
Nice gauges but a shame you dont have the smartcraft ones ... I am definitely not smart enough to know anything about NMEA 2000 but many on here are. Hope you sort it
OK, I took the boat out this week and found that it tops out at a shade over 5,000 rpms. It doesn't have any NMEA network at all...so I guess I will have to start from scratch.
OK, I took the boat out this week and found that it tops out at a shade over 5,000 rpms. It doesn't have any NMEA network at all...so I guess I will have to start from scratch.
I have all the bits & bobs lying around to build a starter NMEA 2000 network, if you can wait a couple of weeks, I can get it all together & give you a price.
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I have all the bits & bobs lying around to build a starter NMEA 2000 network, if you can wait a couple of weeks, I can get it all together & give you a price.
... I am definitely not smart enough to know anything about NMEA 2000 but many on here are. 
Hope you sort it 
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