2.2Productoverview
TheunitconnectstoaSeaTalk
ng®
backboneand
toanengine’scontrollerareanetwork(CANbus).
SupportedJ1939andNMEA2000engineand
transmissiondataandsteeringcontrolmessagesare
convertedandthentransmittedontotheSeaTalk
ng®
backbone;Enablingenginedatatransmissionand
steeringcontrol.
TheECI–100canbeusedasanengineinterface
andasteeringcontrolinterface.
Theproductincludesthefollowingfeatures:
Engineinterface
•Attachesdirectlytosupportedengines’CANbus.
•Receivesengineandtransmissiondata,warnings,
faultsandalarmsfromtheengine’sCANbusand
transmitsthemonSeaTalk
ng®
Steeringcontrol
•Attachesdirectlytosupported‘drive-by-wire’
steeringcontrolsystems.
•Receivessteeringmessagesfromaconnected
EV2Evolution
TM
autopilotandtransmitsonthe
thirdpartysteeringcontrolsystem.
•Receivesfeedbackfromthesteeringcontrol
systemandtransmitsonSeaTalk
ng®
.
TheECI–100provideselectricalIsolationbetween
thethirdpartyCANbusandSeaTalk
ng®
.
Supportedengines/steeringsystems
Theunitcanbeusedtoconnectdirectlyintoa
compatibleengine’sCANbus,whichusetheJ1939
and/orNMEA2000standardanddrive-by-wire
steeringcontrolsystems,usedbymanymarine
enginemanufacturersincluding:
Supportedenginesystems
•VolvoPentaElectronicVesselControl(EVC)
systems
•YamahaMarineCommandLink
•YamahaMarineCommandLinkPlus
•Yanmarenginesystems
•Hondaengines
•Caterpillerenginesystems(mustincludeMPD,
MPDcolororminiMPD)
•Otherinboard,outboardandsterndrivepropulsion
systemswhichusestandardJ1939orNMEA
2000protocols
Supporteddrive-by-wiresteeringsystems
•VolvoPentaIPS
•VolvoPentaAquamaticjoystickcontrol
•YamahaHelmMaster
Note:Forthelatestenginecompatibility
informationpleasevisittheRaymarinewebsite
www.raymarine.com.
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