Section 5 - Warning Alarms
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Warnings—Faults and Alarms
All Mercury warnings—faults and alarms will be shown regardless of what screen is displayed at the time of the alarm. When
an alarm is activated, the system status field will display the alarm text and icon. Faults, along with their descriptive short text,
long text, and action text, will be displayed full screen.
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When a fault occurs:
a. The system status field will turn red and show the warning icon and text.
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b. Fuel and depth faults will have additional options and will be described in
Fuel Critical Alarm
and
Depth Alarm
.
c. A level 3 fault—trim, navigation, ECO, fuel, can be turned off or on by the operator in the Settings menu. By default it
is turned on. If the fault is turned off in the Settings menu, the faults will only show in the system status field.
d. All level 4—Guardian faults, will always be displayed regardless of what is selected in the Settings menu.
e. If the fault is related to emissions control, the engine icon will be displayed in the system status field.
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When the operator selects a fault in the user‑selected data area:
a. The fault title with the warning icon will be displayed at the top.
b. Short text fault description and the fault location—engine, will be displayed below the title.
c. When more than one fault exists, press the PAGES button to access the faults. Use the arrow keys to navigate to
each fault.
a -
Fault title with warning icon
b -
Short text or legacy text
c -
Engine fault location
d -
Action text
e -
Number of faults
Fuel Critical Alarm
The fuel alarm is managed by VesselView, through the Settings>Alarms>AlarmSettings>, not by the engine ECM/PCM.
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Notification properties and fuel level alarms can be set in the Settings menu.
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If the operator has fuel selected as a constant data field in location #2—refer to
Screen Display Locations and
Descriptions
, then the fuel data field will show the warning.
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The warning icon will replace the fuel icon and the data field will remain red.
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If the operator does not have fuel displayed as a constant data field in location #2, but it is active as a warning fault, then
the system status field will display a red field and show FUEL.
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The operator can also select the fuel warning as a user‑selected data area pop‑up in the Settings menu. Selecting the X
will minimize the fuel level alarm. The fault will still be displayed in one of two locations, depending on the screen set‑up.
Depth Alarm
The depth alarm is managed by VesselView, through the Settings>Alarms>AlarmSettings>, not by the engine ECM/PCM.
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Notification properties and depth warning levels can be set in the Settings menu.
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If the operator has depth displayed as a constant data field in location #1—refer to
Screen Display Locations and
Descriptions
, then the depth data field will show the warning.
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