Switch Configuration
By default, the Garmin chartplotter software is configured so that activating a switch on the chartplotter screen
sends a latching signal a connected digital switching device. Because the Garmin Boat Switch device is
designed to provide both latching and momentary switches within the switching device, the chartplotter must be
configured so that a momentary signal is sent to the Garmin Boat Switch device instead. This allows the Garmin
Boat Switch device to activate the appropriate switch type (either latching or momentary) within the device
based upon the channel.
You must configure all of the following switches as momentary in the chartplotter software for proper operation
(
Configuring a Switch as Momentary, page 18
).
Switch Number
Switch Name/Wire Label
1
CH 1-TOGGLE 1(5A)
2
CH 2-TOGGLE 2(5A)
3
CH 3-TOGGLE 3(5A)
4
CH 4-TOGGLE 4(5A)
5
CH 5-TOGGLE 5(5A)
9
CH 9-TOGGLE 6(10A)
10
CH 10-TOGGLE 7(10A)
11
CH 11-LIVEWELL(10A)
12
CH 12-BILGE 1 MANUAL(10A)
13
CH 13-BILGE 2 MANUAL(10A)
17
CH 17-DIMMABLE 1(10A)
18
CH 18-DIMMABLE 2(10A)
19
CH 19-DIMMABLE 3(10A)
20
CH 20-DIMMABLE 4(5A)
21
CH 21-DIMMABLE 5(5A)
25
CH 25-MOMENTARY 1 (10A)
26
CH 26-MOMENTARY 2 (10A)
27
CH 27-MOMENTARY 3 (10A)
Configuring a Switch as Momentary
All latching and momentary channels on the Garmin Boat Switch device must be configured in the chartplotter
software as momentary switches for proper operation.
1 From a Garmin chartplotter connected to the same NMEA 2000 network as the Garmin Boat Switch device,
select Options > Settings > My Vessel > Switching > NMEA Standard.
2 Select the switch number.
3 Select Configuration > Momentary.
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