Engineinstancingandsetup—legacyMFDsandInstrumentDisplays
BeforeyoucandisplayenginedataonyourlegacyMFDoracompatibleInstrumentDisplay,yourengine(s)
mayrequire"instancing"(assignedauniqueID/address)byanenginerepresentative/dealer.
Singleengineinstallations
EngineinstancingisNOTrequiredforsingleengine
vessels.
Multipleengineinstallations
LegacyMFDsandInstrumentDisplaysincludehavelimitedsupportformultipleengineinstallations.
Thefollowingtabledetailsthedifferenttypesofenginesupported,andtheinstancingrequirementsforeach.
EngineCANbus
protocol
Numberof
engines
EngineCANbus
conguration
NumberofECI
units
StartupEngines
insequence?
Instancingby
Enginedealer
required?
NMEA20001
SingleCANbus
1
Only1engine
tostartup—
sequencenot
applicable.
Notrequired.
NMEA20002+
SinglesharedCAN
bus
1
Startandstop
eachenginein
sequence,from
portthroughto
starboard.
Instancingmaybe
required.Contact
yourEnginedealer.
NMEA20002+
SeparateCANbus
foreachengine
ThisenginecongurationisNOTcurrentlysupportedor
recommended.AcurrentgenerationLightHouse
TM
MFDis
required.
J19391
SingleCANbus
1
Only1engine
tostartup—
sequencenot
applicable.
Notrequired.
J19392+
SinglesharedCAN
bus
1
Startandstop
eachenginein
sequence,from
portthroughto
starboard.
Notrequired.
J19392+
SeparateCANbus
foreachengine
ThisenginecongurationisNOTcurrentlysupportedor
recommended.AcurrentgenerationLightHouse
TM
MFDis
required.
38ECI–100