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    • SMX Digital 6CTA external alarm

      This topic has 6 replies, has 3 voices, and was last updated byCorey Schmidt 6 years ago

      March 14, 2018 at 4:32 pm I want to hook up an external alarm to the SMX Digital View display for my Cummins 6CTA 8.3. From the webpage it looks like the alarm lead closes to ground when there is an alarm. Can I hook that lead (pin3) up to an external buzzer ground and run a fused positive lead to the positive end of the buzzer? Thanks

      Started by: Bryan in: Instrumentation & Electronics

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      March 17, 2018 at 9:31 am I see, yes you are correct that the panel set points for the ED-1/ED-X display on a 480CE cannot be changed because that set-point number is determined by the engine ECM controller… not the display. Think of your display as a “monitor” and nothing else. The displays we use (SMX DigitalView) to indicate instrumentation on mechanical engines uses software that Seaboard developed in-house and therefore we have much more flexibilit…

      Last Post by: Corey Schmidt posted: 6 years ago

    • 6CTA Tach Signal

      This topic has 1 reply, has 2 voices, and was last updated byTony Athens 6 years ago

      January 18, 2018 at 3:59 pm I’m looking at adding an additional tachometer to my 6CTA. Can i just tap into the signal wire off the magnetic pickup or is it more complicated? Thanks.

      Started by: Bryan in: Cummins Marine Engines

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      January 19, 2018 at 5:44 am Normally the factory pickup can drive two tachs by just “tapping is as you said. There are wiring diagrams on this web site Tony

      Last Post by: Tony Athens posted: 6 years ago

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