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Old 11 March 2011, 19:06   #1
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So, new smartcraft tacho & speedo come with engine, then see a smartcraft system monitor on ebay with £10 starting price and no reserve, I get it for the tenner and lo and behold it works, bargain!
cut all 3 into console, looks good, go to make connections, canbus from engine to 4 way junction box, tacho to junction box, speedo to junction box, system monitor to junction box, all fine except for the terminal resistor still sat in its packet with nowhere for it to be plugged in!
I assume I must still use that resistor even if all sockets are in use on the junction box? If so is there a way of combining either the tacho & speedo or tacho & system monitor? Or am i going shopping for a 6 way junction box?
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Old 11 March 2011, 20:48   #2
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So, new smartcraft tacho & speedo come with engine, then see a smartcraft system monitor on ebay with £10 starting price and no reserve, I get it for the tenner and lo and behold it works, bargain!
cut all 3 into console, looks good, go to make connections, canbus from engine to 4 way junction box, tacho to junction box, speedo to junction box, system monitor to junction box, all fine except for the terminal resistor still sat in its packet with nowhere for it to be plugged in!
I assume I must still use that resistor even if all sockets are in use on the junction box? If so is there a way of combining either the tacho & speedo or tacho & system monitor? Or am i going shopping for a 6 way junction box?
6 way junction box!
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6 way junction box!
Ah, will add that to my shopping list then, I'll probably add 2 new smartcraft gauge looms too in view of your advice!
Haven't been to Looe for years, seems I'll be a regular visitor now
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Or you could get another main trunk canbus with a resistor built in.

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I have a few Smartcraft related leftovers if you need stuff
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Or you could get another main trunk canbus with a resistor built in.

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Cheaper for a new junction box!
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Fitted my new N2K smartcraft gauge at the weekend, I'll let you know what happens when I power it up!
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Does your existing blue canbus cable have a resisttor on each end?
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If you're fitting a system monitor then you could've done away with the other two gauges but since the jigsaw's been out to play already then a six way box is the next cheapest option as TD says. I think they're quite cheap come to think of it. I've just checked my spares and I've got two boxes but they're both four way.

But as DHD is suggesting, worth having a quick check to make sure you haven't got a resistor in both ends of the main trunk. It should have at least one at the engine end.
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Thanks guys, so here I am sat on the boat and with my new iPhone app running :-)
Hopefully I've just attached a pic showing the junction box end of the blue canbus wire clearly marked 'termination resistor this end', does that mean it needs one or it's got one?
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The app works then
That smiley actually comes up as a real smiley on the app as well!
Next question, coming out of that canbus are 2 wires, a purple one and a brown and blue one , I'm guessing these are for the alarm and trim perhaps? I've got everything else working but no alarm beep when I switch on the ignition (assume that happens) and no response to trim/tilt switch on the throttle but working on the engine.
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Well done!
The yellow band means you do have a resistor so no need to put one in the junction box

Worth checking you have got one at the other end though.

Tan/blue and purple are for the warning horn. You've probably got a few of these, they're usually found at the end of each drop cable to your gauges as well as on the main ignition harness. You only need one horn, attached to any pair of tan/blue purples, the rest can just be taped up.
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