VP D4 Engine Monitoring interface

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Hi all

I'm continuing my instrumentation refresh and now I'm looking at possibly adding the Raymarine ECI-100 interface that will allow me to display Engine data and, hopefully, Fuel Rate info on to my Raymarine MFD.

However I'm still not fully convinced of the additional value that getting info on the MFD will bring over the standard EVC based instruments.

So the question is: Have you got VP D-series Engine Data on your MFD; do you find it useful? And is it worth me spending another £350 to get that info?
 
kennyh said:
Hi all

I'm continuing my instrumentation refresh and now I'm looking at possibly adding the Raymarine ECI-100 interface that will allow me to display Engine data and, hopefully, Fuel Rate info on to my Raymarine MFD.

However I'm still not fully convinced of the additional value that getting info on the MFD will bring over the standard EVC based instruments.

So the question is: Have you got VP D-series Engine Data on your MFD; do you find it useful? And is it worth me spending another £350 to get that info?
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Make sure you already have the "trip computer" option installed on your engines - it's not cheap. Few hundred per side?
And if the "trip computer" wasn't installed, then you are probably also missing "speed data in" to EVC via the NMEA bridge. And guess what, that's not cheap either.
The standard tachos will display fuel burn if you have the "trip computer" installed.
If you don't have it installed, no manner of displays will show the data, because the engines aren't sending it.

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Thanks Flowerpower.

I was working on the assumption that I'd at least get flow rate from the EVC and thus would be of some use.

I think I'll need to have a more detailed conversation with Raymarine and Volvo to see exactly what I will get, but I'm now swaying to keeping my hand in my pocket on this one.
 
kennyh said:
Thanks Flowerpower.
I was working on the assumption that I'd at least get flow rate from the EVC and thus would be of some use.
I think I'll need to have a more detailed conversation with Raymarine and Volvo to see exactly what I will get, but I'm now swaying to keeping my hand in my pocket on this one.
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I'd be v.interested to get more details on what they say the options are.
Especially any option that doesn't involve spending a four figure number :)
 
Interestingly I spotted an alternative that may save a few £, at the cost of being a little more tricky to install / configure.

Have a look here - https://www.prscomms.co.uk/webshop/....html?search_query=YACHT+DEVICES+YD&results=6

It's a device from Yachtd that provides a gateway from engine network to NMEA2000.

For the Raymarine solution I would need to buy the ECI-100 plus two cable adaptors (a multilink Y cable and a multilink to ECI connector) - that would cost around £400.

The Yachtd solution comes in at £186 and should do the same thing; so might be worth a go and worst case it will give general engine data even if it doesn't give fuel flow.
 
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