connecting a78 to NMEA network

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

Allen,

Unfortunately, not. Per the prior response, Raymarine only supports installations which feature an engine gateway which has been installed between the engine system backbone and the SeaTalkng/NMEA 2000 backbone. Unfortunately, the ECI-100 should only be used with the engines listed (Evinrude engines not supported at the time of this response) on the ECI-100's web pages. While some customers have linked "NMEA 2000 certified" engines to a marine electronics backbone via an unpowered (lacking power leads) spur cable which has either been offered by the engine manufacturer or has been custom fabricated, such applications would typically be limited to single engine applications because Raymarine's a/c/e/eS/gS-Series MFDs are not designed to configure engine instancing.