Hi Grant,
I tried to reconfigure the total fuel used data point on my HDS yesterday only to find that it doesn't appear in my data source list under any of the data source groups. It wasn't under engine or vessel which both had Fuel Rate and Fuel Econ GPS. I could do an auto configure on each of these individual data sources but not a data source group (didn't bother as I didn't think it would do anything). I could also to a complete auto configure on the entire network but the warning message scared me off.
I have a fuel tank configured in the Fuel section of the Setup menu, that is for volume, but none of the other data points have anything stored like fuel used for trip, season, etc.
I'm going to contact Lowrance support this morning to confirm that this is correct. I'll let you know what they have to say.
This is what Suzuki Australia said:
"Total fuel used is not a NMEA (PGN identified) data point that is output by the Suzuki MFG, at this stage there is no plan to output the Fuel Used figure on the NMEA as it is not a standard data set."
"The only Fuel Level data output by the Suzuki MFG is the gauge level as a % - this is output on PGN 127505. "
Since I don't have an in-tank sender I can't configure the Suzuki gauge to transmit the tank level % either. I would love to see a software update that allows the tank to be configured without a level sender...
Regards
Flip
I tried to reconfigure the total fuel used data point on my HDS yesterday only to find that it doesn't appear in my data source list under any of the data source groups. It wasn't under engine or vessel which both had Fuel Rate and Fuel Econ GPS. I could do an auto configure on each of these individual data sources but not a data source group (didn't bother as I didn't think it would do anything). I could also to a complete auto configure on the entire network but the warning message scared me off.
I have a fuel tank configured in the Fuel section of the Setup menu, that is for volume, but none of the other data points have anything stored like fuel used for trip, season, etc.
I'm going to contact Lowrance support this morning to confirm that this is correct. I'll let you know what they have to say.
This is what Suzuki Australia said:
"Total fuel used is not a NMEA (PGN identified) data point that is output by the Suzuki MFG, at this stage there is no plan to output the Fuel Used figure on the NMEA as it is not a standard data set."
"The only Fuel Level data output by the Suzuki MFG is the gauge level as a % - this is output on PGN 127505. "
Since I don't have an in-tank sender I can't configure the Suzuki gauge to transmit the tank level % either. I would love to see a software update that allows the tank to be configured without a level sender...
Regards
Flip
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