MercMonitor SmartCraft question(s)
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InterMechanico
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salmonkiller01
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I reset mine every fill up. It does keep track total fuel to date used.
I find it easy to guess on litres it will take. Multiply by 4. Not exact but if I fish all day on kicker and run main x hours it is really close
Does not keep track of kicker fuel used but my math works. I only hold 40 imperial gallons so west coast fishing is a daily fill
20 gal - 80 litres
Aquaholic
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Thanks. Tough to find decent video's (or any) on tips n tricks for playing with all the settings.
Any other suggestions for this device will be welcome.
salmonkiller01
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Just go thru the manual to get what info you want. Can have fuel, volts, rpm, tanks…
Never really spent time setting mine up. Kind of happy with factory settings. Troll control is great
Aquaholic
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I'm a video guy, have gone thru the manual a few times. I know there are some features you need to get extra connectors for but would probably never use those features. Would like to see engine trim angle.
Troll control is amazing, small increments to get the speed exact, great when in high current areas where the cable angle changes frequently.
salmonkiller01
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Trim should show automatically
salmonkiller01
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Aquaholic
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Correct
ryanb
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The trim issue is that the engine comes stock with an analog trim sender on the motor. If you have a digital gauge you need to replace the physical trim sender on the engine with a digital sender. They aren't overly expensive, don't remember exactly how much but remember thinking it was worth it to show trim on my vessel view/plotter. Easy, couple of screws and plug and play.
Silvercreek
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On my 115 the gauge doesn't show the trim or much else really but on the 200 I put on a boat it did. The smaller motors have an analog trim sender I guess, but the bigger ones must be all digital. I'm not sure at what hp it changes but I think maybe it's 150+ are all digital senders. I don't even think the digital gauge shows engine temp on my 115, so it's kind of useless for this motor, although the troll mode is nice for sure
Silvercreek
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Same as mine. I also just put an analog trim gauge on a boat with a 90. I think like ryanb said you probably have to change the sender out for a digital one
ryanb
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He's wrong, the digital sender must be added afterwards to the 90/115. They come with an analog sender from the factory. Not that much $ for the sender, it's solid state (non mechanical), unlike the Yamaha ones that are mechanical and crap out after a couple years.
the fog ducker
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same , but if ya want it exact , its 20gal x 3.785 =75.7 liters , use it all the time when down south, cheers
Aquaholic
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it is already Smartcraft able,. For the trim gauge to read (if that is important to you) you will have to upgrade that sender cable, as it is an analog vs digital thing. The digital trim cable is around $200 taxes in.
Marley
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Where did you pick up the gage or did it come with the motor install? A quick search online shows they are around $500. I have been debating spending the money to hook my motor up to my HDS Live but it is expensive and all I really want is the troll control.
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