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Just a quick comment to say how impressed I am by what you've done. I love the work you've done and the resulting dashboard. Your level of persistence...

I'd definitely concur with Ben and Donald's advice. I believe that Burr Yacht Sales has standardized on Furuno for the boats they deliver. That sai...

Hi Anonymous, We're a marine technology blog, we review products and report news on the industry. We don't have products to offer. But, there ar...

Ed, I think it's been touched on before but I don't know that we've discussed it head-on. You're right that there are concerns about the prolife...

Michael, Did the Cummins tech confirm that J1939 data is definitely present in the diagnostic connector and which pins? There's not too big of a dif...

@wkearney99 You're absolutely right that the less you assume, the less frustration involved. There's little consistency in any of this even with the s...

Garmin supports more than one engine on their J1939 interface as long as they are both on the same physical J1939 network and addressed appropriately....

It's quite likely that your engines' J1939 networks are linked. If they're linked, the standard convention is for the port engine to be set to engine ...

@captmike2 I don't know of any off-the-shelf cables for the Garmin J1939 connector, so to use that you will have to make your own. In most instances...

What year and model of QSC engines do you have? Have you been able to confirm they have J1939 available? Garmin has equipped their current GPSMap l...

Ted, You're certainly right that the single largest difference between the two units is touch screen versus hard buttons for control of the unit...

Hi Jon, I have another concern before you even get to the compatibility of Calypso's gateway. Are you sure that the Sailtimer app will accept da...

Nope, it's still available. -Ben S.

Bill hit the nail on the head with his mention of power isolators. You have options like Ancor's power isolator ( or Maretron's power tap, which is se...