David2452
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Anybody know if the Volvo EDC display is the same as EVC with just different loom & connectors or a completely different display head as well?
EDC -V- EVC Dispaly
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Nick_H
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The guy next to me has volvo D9's with EVC and says they are completely different to EDC, and very few VP engineers in the UK even know all of the functionality, but i'm not exactly sure what you mean by "display head". Apparently the EVC processor can send all sorts of engine info to your plotter display in glorious technicolour, if I understood him correctly.
David2452
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Thanks for the info, I'll take that as a no then.
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spannerman
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They are completely different, thet EVC uses multiplex technology with all the new style instruments daisy chained together, it really is plug and play.Installation is very easy. The advantage is that you can display various engine parameters, which then gives you fuel consumption live and average, range, trip,etc, but you have to have all of the sensors in the game, i.e. tank senders, speed log, and spend some time programming in your fuel tank capacity etc. The gear shift depends on whether you have drives, mechanical or hydraulic gearboxes.
EVC has a black box connected to the engine for fly by wire throttle and a big black box behind the dash to process all of the data and control gearshifting etc.
EDC used black boxes mounted on the engine for throttle and a black box to memorise gear shift settings and displayed the data via the old style instruments. Then of course everything is replicated if you have two engines, and there are extra boxes if you have dual stations.
EVC has a black box connected to the engine for fly by wire throttle and a big black box behind the dash to process all of the data and control gearshifting etc.
EDC used black boxes mounted on the engine for throttle and a black box to memorise gear shift settings and displayed the data via the old style instruments. Then of course everything is replicated if you have two engines, and there are extra boxes if you have dual stations.
jfm
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As others have said, different.
BTW, if you want mpg etc from the EVC display you need to buy an extra £300 black box that takes the NMEA SOG data from your GPS and converts it to Volvo bus format, so the EVC instrument can read it
BTW, if you want mpg etc from the EVC display you need to buy an extra £300 black box that takes the NMEA SOG data from your GPS and converts it to Volvo bus format, so the EVC instrument can read it
David2452
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Thanks for the advice, so still a no then, I only asked because the EDC display instrument looks exactly the same as the EVC instrument and gives the same info including fuel flow, MPG etc with te NMEA input from GPS. I guess they just talk different languages.
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