News overview
NMEA 2000 & Display integration guide
December 5th, 2016

In this newsletter we inform you how our products can be connected to Raymarine, Maretron and Empirbus, using the NMEA 2000 Marine network. We also tell you more about the release of CCGX v1.74. Plus don't forget our weekly update of documentation, events and training courses for you detailed on Victron Professional.

New: NMEA 2000 & MFD integration guide
The NMEA 2000 protocol is a plug-and-play communications standard used for connecting marine sensors and display units within ships and boats. Most Victron products can be integrated into an NMEA 2000 network. An example is shown in this diagram below, where the Raymarine MFD can show all details on the on board power system:
While this has been technically possible for a long time already, few knew how to do it. The missing piece of the puzzle is a document, an 'Integration guide'. Which is now available in the link below.
 
Can you help us?
In case you have information that should be added, for example on how to achieve the same in Simrad, B&G, Garmin or other display manufacturers, please contact us, or put in a comment in the Disqus section below the guide.

 

Color Control GX v1.74
Color Control GX firmware version v1.74 has been released. It contains several fixes, no new features. See the v1.74 blog post for more information.
 

Updated documentation In our weekly update you will find the following documents:

Take a look on our website for all of our documentation.   

 

Exhibitions The last exhibition this year where you can meet us:

  • December 3rd – December 11th: Salon Nautique de Paris in France

If you want to know where the events are next year, just click here.  

 

Victron training days: Make sure to sign up for training if you want to learn more about our products.   In November and December: 

  • November 30th: Installer/Fitter Training in Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
  • November 30th: Allgemeine Produktschulung Q4-2016 in Schweinfurt, Germany
  • December 8th: Victron Energy Academy (in English) in Almere, The Netherlands
  • December 9th: Victron Energy Academy (in Dutch) in Almere, The Netherlands

For more information about our training events and courses go to https://professional.victronenergy.com