Howdy folks. Joined the forum to ask for some assistance, hopefully. I recently purchased a new engine for my 16 foot jon boat. The engine is a 40 HP 4 stroke, s/n1C602395. I also got a 881170a13 control box. The control box has a 10 pin connector coming out of it along with the cable for the 14 pin connector that runs to the engine. The dealer installed the remote shifter and engine so that's taken care of. I previously had installed a NMEA 2000 system to control my Motorcraft Xi5 trolling motor and also have a Lowrance Elite Ti7 I use in conjunction with it.
Here's the kicker. I got this brilliant idea that I want electronic gages that would show up on the Lowrance unit. The reason for this is I don't want to cut any holes in my console and I'd like to be able to move the whole system over to another boat when I can afford it. I decided that I want to use a Vessel View Link instead of the mobile version so I don't have to fool with bluetooth. I contacted Lowrance and they say that my Elite Ti7 can act as a display. That is one of the main reasons I'm wanting to go this route instead of using the Vessel View mobile. I've purchased the Vessel View Link 8M0110639 kit for a single engine, a junction box 878492K14 and a 84-879982T20 harness assembly. I've read that this harness has a termination resistor on each end of it.
Will I still need to take the termination resistor that I remove from the engine and install it at the junction box?
Does the engine have to be running or the key turned on in order to see the gages when they are downloaded? Or does just having the Lowrance turned on enough to see the engine gages? I'm assuming there will be a new overlay for them. Can anyone tell me if all this stuff is compatible? I've tried hooking up everything and I've yet to get a new Mercury tile on the home page of my fish finder. Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks!
Here's the kicker. I got this brilliant idea that I want electronic gages that would show up on the Lowrance unit. The reason for this is I don't want to cut any holes in my console and I'd like to be able to move the whole system over to another boat when I can afford it. I decided that I want to use a Vessel View Link instead of the mobile version so I don't have to fool with bluetooth. I contacted Lowrance and they say that my Elite Ti7 can act as a display. That is one of the main reasons I'm wanting to go this route instead of using the Vessel View mobile. I've purchased the Vessel View Link 8M0110639 kit for a single engine, a junction box 878492K14 and a 84-879982T20 harness assembly. I've read that this harness has a termination resistor on each end of it.
Will I still need to take the termination resistor that I remove from the engine and install it at the junction box?
Does the engine have to be running or the key turned on in order to see the gages when they are downloaded? Or does just having the Lowrance turned on enough to see the engine gages? I'm assuming there will be a new overlay for them. Can anyone tell me if all this stuff is compatible? I've tried hooking up everything and I've yet to get a new Mercury tile on the home page of my fish finder. Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks!