Mercury Mercruiser 454 - Engine data interface to NEMA2000

[kgarguilo]

I have a 99 Carver with twin Mercruiser 7.4L MPI MIE V-8 gasoline naturally aspirated engine - 330hp SN- 0L303934 / 31 and a Garmin 8612xsv on board with a NEMA 20000 Network. I would like to see what pieces and parts I need to allow my Garmin to display information about the engines. I was told by bammarine.com that this is not possible using:

8M0165589 NMEA 2000 CAN-P SmartCraft Gateway 1-4 Engines
84-892323T01 SmartCraft Dual Engine Instrument Adapter
84-891957K01 CAN P Link Harness Assembly Dual

Question, is there another way to accomplish this task, another interface? I know when my boat was surveyed the guy hooked up a computer to get the hours, compression and a host of other information. I have looked through all the posts and also the Mercury website with no luck. Guess it could be under an obscure topic but, I hope someone else has done this and has the info I need.

Thanks. Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

[bud37]

Kevin , when I did this years back I used all Garmin bits, backbone, connectors, sensors etc, Maybe contact Rinda, they make systems for diagnostics for these engines, that may have been what your guy had....perhaps they may have a suggestion for an interface.......you can get their computer system but it will be separate windows based.

Trouble with a lot of this tech is they ( the manufacturers equip ) for the most part don't talk to each other without some serious electronic experience.

Good luck and keep us informed if you find a resolution....

[km1125]

I don't think those engines are Smartcraft-enabled, are they?

If they're not then you'll need a more custom solution, like Bud37 says.

[pepmyster]

Did this with our boat, 2004 VP 8.1. Contact Yacht Devices. They will steer you in the right direction. Believe me. They helped me right down to programming the sd cards in them!
Check this thread....
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6023&hilit=yacht+devices

[kgarguilo]

Thanks, that thread looks good. I will start reading. Whichever way I go, I will update the group.

[km1125]

The Fox Marine suggestions in that other thread would probably be the best bet. They make monitoring hardware that works on the MEFI systems so they'd definitely have that side of the connection nailed down.