Hi,
I have a question about the setup with a Raymarine SeaTalk newtork and the NMEA 2000 connection to the 2007 F250.
I started connecting the NMEA 2000 plug from the F250 and ran the blue and white cable into my SeaTalk network. I sliced in the two cables and got engine data in my Raymarine display. The issue is that when doing it this way you get about 8 warnings per display everytime you start or restart the displays. Raymarine tech support mentioned that I need the ECI 100 gateway (which acts like a firewall) and I wont have any error messages when starting the displays. So I bought the $300 ECI 100 unit sliced the NMEA 2000 blue and white cable into the Device net port of the ECI 100, added power and ground to, and connected the other end/port of the ECI 100 to the SeaTalk network. When powering on I get a green solid light on the SEALtalk side port of the ECI 100 and a 7 times red blinking light on the device net port side of the ECI 100. (7 times red blinking means by the RM trouble shooting guide that there is not data coming in for longer than 5 secs).
I checked the firmware on the ECI 100 and it is 1.2 which is the newest, also my RM displays have the most recent version on it.
My question is:
Why do I get engine data displayed in the RM units with out the ECI 100 and when I add the ECI 100 between the engine and the seatalk I do not get anything displayed and the light says no data stream. Any advice highly appreciated. Am I missing anything in this setup? Thank you.
I have a question about the setup with a Raymarine SeaTalk newtork and the NMEA 2000 connection to the 2007 F250.
I started connecting the NMEA 2000 plug from the F250 and ran the blue and white cable into my SeaTalk network. I sliced in the two cables and got engine data in my Raymarine display. The issue is that when doing it this way you get about 8 warnings per display everytime you start or restart the displays. Raymarine tech support mentioned that I need the ECI 100 gateway (which acts like a firewall) and I wont have any error messages when starting the displays. So I bought the $300 ECI 100 unit sliced the NMEA 2000 blue and white cable into the Device net port of the ECI 100, added power and ground to, and connected the other end/port of the ECI 100 to the SeaTalk network. When powering on I get a green solid light on the SEALtalk side port of the ECI 100 and a 7 times red blinking light on the device net port side of the ECI 100. (7 times red blinking means by the RM trouble shooting guide that there is not data coming in for longer than 5 secs).
I checked the firmware on the ECI 100 and it is 1.2 which is the newest, also my RM displays have the most recent version on it.
My question is:
Why do I get engine data displayed in the RM units with out the ECI 100 and when I add the ECI 100 between the engine and the seatalk I do not get anything displayed and the light says no data stream. Any advice highly appreciated. Am I missing anything in this setup? Thank you.