tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post3418291656351828092..comments2023-09-20T06:10:29.485-04:00Comments on The Marine Installer's Rant: Engine NMEA 2000 crapBill Bishop - Parmainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554223870035485145noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-85583927257541714422018-02-05T14:44:37.843-05:002018-02-05T14:44:37.843-05:00I'm just an installer. It's like being a b...I'm just an installer. It's like being a brain surgeon who has to operate in a hot nasty sewer.Bill Bishop - Parmainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11554223870035485145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-68438919947476668232018-02-01T23:19:09.230-05:002018-02-01T23:19:09.230-05:00Who are you? You write what the rest of us won'...Who are you? You write what the rest of us won't say to customers. Hard ass job doing marine electronics and being a perfectionist. Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08685510178992927923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-9006963926384246342017-11-20T22:02:07.465-05:002017-11-20T22:02:07.465-05:00I'm ready to buy the lowrance elite ti 12 but ...I'm ready to buy the lowrance elite ti 12 but they only carry Yamaha and get this evinrude cables. No honda or any others, are you kidding me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-17068074610378049572017-05-19T10:19:56.089-04:002017-05-19T10:19:56.089-04:00Just started in with NMEA 2000 stuff. This Rant i...Just started in with NMEA 2000 stuff. This Rant is 100% accurate. I just spent 50.00 on a bag of plastic end connectors and "thought" I was saving money! Just realized I haven't bought the cables yet. Taking it to the "trained" repair experts is another joke. They don't know any more than anyone else, they just get to charge $$ for their dumbness. Just called the Big outfitter and NMEA experts on east coast. Tech couldn't answer anything and directed me to The Hull Truth Website. If I had already been on their site, I wouldn't have known what he was talking about. Please, RANT ON !! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07576277326226688028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-45657487221220414482017-04-17T12:50:36.768-04:002017-04-17T12:50:36.768-04:00It's called price fixing, and there's no r...It's called price fixing, and there's no reason for an 802.11 b . Standard for nmea other than to make you buy there products at what ever they want to charge . Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13137486172384856969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-72331240568444269132017-02-17T14:07:35.806-05:002017-02-17T14:07:35.806-05:00Always Amused by the level of rant..You don't ...Always Amused by the level of rant..You don't want to pay someone to figure it out for you, you don't like the price of the parts needed..Yet you have an expensive boat...You realize there are people who are trained to do this, yet you would rather try and get that info for free...This is exactly what is wrong with the word today..You want expensive, but you want it for free...So we sell out to the offshore Mcdonalds drive thru mentality while all the local support companies dry up one by one...Good going sir mission accomplished.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-6328780717453562422013-11-02T13:56:44.097-04:002013-11-02T13:56:44.097-04:00I have installed marine electronics for 12 years. ...I have installed marine electronics for 12 years. Have customer that wants NMEA 2000 off his Crusader 5.7MPI's. Started research today and again there is no simple "plug and play" procedure. A whole new learning process with somethings that is supposed to be simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-82102419152353996952013-05-15T16:08:05.009-04:002013-05-15T16:08:05.009-04:00What ever happened to the K.I.S.S. method. I just ...What ever happened to the K.I.S.S. method. I just repowered with a new 150 Yamaha. So far I have spent about a month waiting on these stupid cables and every time 1 comes in I get another call from the mechanic telling me "by the way, you need this other POS to make the 1st thing work. And it is ba kordered" no wonder there are so many black anchors mounted on new boats now<br /><br />dan508https://www.blogger.com/profile/05624066550894842542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-4039467107337179572012-04-19T12:00:43.670-04:002012-04-19T12:00:43.670-04:00If it is a Cummins engine with a smartcraft system...If it is a Cummins engine with a smartcraft system. The J1939 data can be found on pins g(data high) and H (data low) on the rectangular purple faced plugs on the smart craft harness "HUB". Oh yeah get out your magnifying glass to find the g and h on the connector. If you connect these to the J1939 side of a gateway (we use the maretron J2K-100) you will get engine data on your N2K network. we figured this out a couple of years ago and now I periodically get calls from people who say that the local cummins dealer referred them to us because they don't know how to do it. The best part is that they are the ones who told me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-82610906990706205412012-04-15T18:22:27.247-04:002012-04-15T18:22:27.247-04:00No tin foil hat needed. Despite trumpeting the ben...No tin foil hat needed. Despite trumpeting the benefits of "NMEA 2000" the electronics makers are being dragged kicking and screaming into the standard. Especially the hardware standard.<br /><br />"Brand X: Yeah we are N2K compliant. Standard connectors? Um. No. You will need to buy an adapter to interface with Brand Y." <br /><br />Standard my ass. Anything to lock you into their brand. Otherwise you must pay an installer to buy an overpriced adaptor and install it with minimal support resources in order to get what you want. Once they have your money for the main units, they don't care to make it easier for the user (or installer for that matter).<br /><br />$.02builderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06759116925176542804noreply@blogger.com