Raymarine i70 - Fuel Manager Setup and Operation

8.
1Fuelmanageroverview
Thefuelmanagerfeaturedisplaysessentialdataaboutthefuelofyourvessel.
Fuelmanagerestimatestheamountoffuelonboard,basedonyouloggingeachtimeyoufillup,
thetotalfuelcapacity,andhowmuchfuelisburnedbytheengine(s).Thisdataisusedtoestimate
thedistanceandtimeuntilfueldepletion.Additionally,fuelmanagercandisplayenginefuelflow
rateandeconomy.
Important:
•T
oensureaccuratecalculationsyoumustrecordallfuelyouaddtoyourfueltanksusingeither
the Setalltanksfullor Addpartialfillsettings.
•Thissystemisnotasubstituteforotherfuelcalculations.YoushouldnotrelyontheFuel
managercalculationsforaccuratevoyageplanningorinemergencyandsafetycriticalsituations.
•Fuelestimatesarespecifictoeachdisplay.
TheFuelmanagerrequiresthefollowingNMEA2000PGNstobeavailableonyoursystem:
•FuelUsed(PGN127497),or
•Fuelflowrate(PGN127489).
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Detectfuelmessages
Fuelmanagergeneratesfuelestimatesbasedon FuelUsed(Trip)or FuelFlowRatemessages.
Y oucanseewhichofthesemessagesareavailableonyoursystemfromtheFuelManager’s Set-up
menu(Menu>Fuelmanager>Set-up):
1.Startyourvessel’sengines.
2.Select
Detectfuelmessages.
Thescreenwillupdatetoidentifywhichmessagesaredetected.
Note:
A fter15secondsifnomessageisdetectedthenthestatuswilldisplay“ Notfound”.
8.2Fuelmanagermenu
TheFuelmanagermenuallowsyoutosetupandusetheFuelmanager .
•Setalltank sfull—SetsalltankstothemaximumvaluespecifiedintheTotalfuelcapacitysetting.
•Addpartialfill—Allowsyoutoaddaspecificvolumeoffuelthatyouhaveadded.
•FuelManager:—Enablesanddisabledthefuelmanagercalculations.
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Set-up—Set-upinformationfortheFuelmanager .
–AboutFuelManager—ViewinformationabouttheFuelmanager
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