Garmin 7612 and Smartcraft
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Garmin 7612 and Smartcraft
So I had a Garmin 7612 & 7610 added to my new dash this winter. I ordered a garmin gateway to connect one of them to the 2000 backbone to read my Smartcraft guages but the connections on the Garmin and the gateway don't match. What do I need.
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Not sure what you mean saying you bought a Garmin Gateway? The Garmin units use NMEA2000 to connect to the Mercury Smartcraft using Mercury's gateway. You will need to build a backbone for the NMEA 2000 with 3ea drops. Then you will need 2ea cables for the Garmin units and the Mercury Gateway should plug into the other one. The other end of the Mercury gateway will plug into the smartcraft buss. Hopefully you have a spare port. If not will need to change the connecting block.
If you cant find the parts send me a pm with your number and I can call you Monday to help.
If you cant find the parts send me a pm with your number and I can call you Monday to help.
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Double rigged, seems like you have a lot of knowledge on this stuff, we are getting ready to add Garmin 7608's to our race boats, are these one's you would recommend? My number is 702 228-2628 if you have a few minutes to discuss sometime.
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Not sure what you mean saying you bought a Garmin Gateway? The Garmin units use NMEA2000 to connect to the Mercury Smartcraft using Mercury's gateway. You will need to build a backbone for the NMEA 2000 with 3ea drops. Then you will need 2ea cables for the Garmin units and the Mercury Gateway should plug into the other one. The other end of the Mercury gateway will plug into the smartcraft buss. Hopefully you have a spare port. If not will need to change the connecting block.
If you cant find the parts send me a pm with your number and I can call you Monday to help.
If you cant find the parts send me a pm with your number and I can call you Monday to help.
Thanks again
Michael.
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Ron AKA Double rigged setup and configured my 7610 and VV7s with CZone digital switching and a Fusion BB300 Black Box Head unit. I can control everything with any display and see all engine data on the Garmin 7610. It even has an App that allow wifi connection and control of everything with my iPad. I stream music via Bluetooth to the Fusion.
Ron set it up and it was a plug and play install. So yes he is the man on this stuff.
Ron AKA Double rigged setup and configured my 7610 and VV7s with CZone digital switching and a Fusion BB300 Black Box Head unit. I can control everything with any display and see all engine data on the Garmin 7610. It even has an App that allow wifi connection and control of everything with my iPad. I stream music via Bluetooth to the Fusion.
Ron set it up and it was a plug and play install. So yes he is the man on this stuff.
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