We recently visited a client with twin Volvo Penta KAMD300 engines in his Riviera 3000 to confirm that we could successfully display data from the engines onto his Raymarine Axiom chart plotter. Armed with our portable NMEA2000 test kit and a pair of Yacht Devices YDES-04 – J1708 Engine gateways we were able to quickly … Read more
If you have twin Volvo Penta EVC engines there is a quick way to check if you have a “sync” cable already installed and therefore only need a single YDEG-04 Engine Gateway for your boat. The basic test is to switch the cables of the EVC tachometers. If the port tachometer shows data of the … Read more
Volvo Penta MDI engine support is built into the Yacht Devices YDEG-04 Engine gateway without the need for any additional adaptor cables. Customers with a Volvo Penta engine which includes the MDI (Mechanical Diesel Interface) box can connect the Yacht Devices YDEG-04 gateway to the rear of their tachometer and connect to the 6 pin … Read more
Traditionally selected Yanmar 4JH series diesel engines have been compatible with the Yacht Devices YDEG-04 Engine Gateway. This remains for Yanmar 4JH series (selected models) and recently Yacht Devices have added further engine series to the compatible engines list. If your engine includes either a B25 or C35 control panel than it is compatible with … Read more
When we sell a Yacht Devices YDEG-04 Engine Gateway we always like to do our homework before the sale is completed to ensure the gateway will work with your engine. While not an exhaustive list we have put together a selection of some of the engines we have supplied the YDEG-04 for and if any … Read more
Connecting the NMEA 2000 USB Gateway from Yacht Devices is really simple. You do not even need to install drivers for this to function. Simply connect the NMEA 2000 USB Gateway (YDNU-02) to a USB port of your Raspberry Pi. To show the detection of the gateway type: dmesg | tail from a terminal window. … Read more
Are you confused by all the Raymarine Seatalk protocols you see labelled all over devices these days? This brief article breaks down the main differences and support for each Seatalk protocol. Seatalk 1 This is the original Raymarine networking protocol and consists of 3 wires, red, black and yellow. A Seatalk 1 network consists of … Read more
To connect NMEA 2000 to a chart plotter you are required to have a basic NMEA 2000 network first, this requires a backbone (1), power source injector (5) and termination resistors (3) as a minimum. You then connect your Yacht Device or other NMEA 2000 hardware to a T-piece directly or via a drop cable … Read more