Cummins Marine Diesel Repower Specialists Forums Instrumentation & Electronics Analog to NMEA 2000 converter/network

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    Mike
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    I will be upgrading my electronics to Simrad Evo3s, and want to display engine information on them. I have 4BTAs with VDO OceanLine gauges that work great and I want to keep them. I assume I will be setting up a small NMEA 200 Network. I am looking at the following converters, VDO Aqualink, Noland RS11, AlbaCombi, Actisense EMU-1. Does anyone have any experience in this type of an install or have used any of the units I mentioned. I’m doing winter service so now it a good time while the HX, AC, FC, OC are all soon to be off the motors.

    Thanks in advance,
    Mike

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    Jerome Billett
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    Vessel Name: Sweet Escape
    Engines: Cummins 6CTA M3
    Location: Fort Myers, FL
    Country: USA

    Noland is Great

    I installed a Noland MD33 for dual engine analog (directly from the analog gauges) to NMEA 2000 conversion on my mains and a Noland RS-11 in the engine room to send gauge data from my generator and turbo boost sender to the NMEA 2000. Works great. It requires some fiddling around to calibrate but once you get the hang of it it works very well.

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    Corey Schmidt
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    Vessel Name: Rebel Belle
    Engines: Cummins
    Location: Oxnard, CA
    Country: USA

    We pretty much exclusively use the SMX digital displays which have a built-in NMEA gateway so not a lot of hands on experience with the units you mentioned…

    However, I have heard a few good things about the Actisense system but have never installed one myself… would be interested to see if anyone else has experience as well!

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