Raymarine eci-100, Installation Instructions Manual

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3.7 Tools required
Product installation requires the following tools:
Item Description Quantity
Power drill 1
Pozidrive screwdriver 1
Drill bit of appropriate size* 1
Note: * The appropriate drill bit size is dependent
on the thickness and material of the mounting
surface.
3.8 Typical systems
Important:
• The ECI-100 should NOT be connected to
the same engine CAN bus as other 3 rd party
gateway products. The ECI-100 should be used
to replace existing gateway products in your
system.
• Do NOT connect 2 or more ECI–100 units to the
same engine CAN bus.
Example: basic system — engine interface only
In the example below the unit is used as an engine
interface only, the unit will interface with all engines
on the same CAN bus. In this configuration the unit
cannot control the vessel’s steering system.
12 V dc
SeaTalk
ng
D12969-1
5
3
2
1
4
Note: The illustration above shows the various
products that can be connected in a typical system.
For information on how to connect the products,
refer to the
Chapter 4 Cables and connections
section. For information on available cables and
accessories, refer to the
Chapter 10 Spares and
accessories section.
Item Description
1 Multifunction display
2 Vessel engine(s) (Connection to engine’s CAN
bus)
3
Engine-specific adaptor cable
4 ECI unit
5 SeaTalk ng 5–way block
Example: Independent engine CAN bus networks
Unless instructed otherwise, generally on a
multi-engine vessel that has a dedicated CAN bus
network for each engine, 1
ECI-100 per network is
required.
Planning the installation
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