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Old 11-07-2020 | 03:45 PM
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I've been looking at the Actisense to convert analog to digital. Anyone have experience with it?
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Will the digital data from fuel help the readings be more steady? Analog guage bounces around a lot.

What gauges should I keep on the dash if any?

What display monitor is best that works with guages and maps split screen?

Appreciate any insight on this. Thanks

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Old 11-07-2020 | 07:14 PM
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Would not mind hearing about it but I don't know of anyone which makes a A to D converter for old Merc analog to digital. There are NEMA to Vessel View, and the other way. Even Actisense doesn't list anything light "I think" your asking about
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Old 11-07-2020 | 07:32 PM
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Actisense emu-1 will definitely convert analog to nema2k. Just want to k ow thoughts from people who have done it.
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Old 11-23-2020 | 09:49 AM
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This is Cheaper and better. Just connect wires from your Gauges to it and it spits out NMEA 2000 . Then most new MFD or chart plotters can read it and display it on the screen.

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/NMEA-gatewa...-/283712571144

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Old 11-25-2020 | 01:13 PM
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Got a black Friday deal on Garmin Echomap 93sv UHD. Apparently it is MNEA 2000 ready and I want to do the same with my 1998 MEFI 1 and a Supercharged 454MPI. I would like to add some gauges including water pressure, boost/vac, fuel pressure, oil temp, and maybe others. Just started looking into this as I never thought about doing digital and was trying to figure out multi gauges or where to add them. I found a few different companies that make converters. The Actisense and the Albacombi both seem to allow you to hook up a computer for customizing the gauges. There is also the Noland and a chinese product out there that does two engines but not sure if it is customizable at all or will just list the NMEA outputs as engine 2 water temp if I wanted to use it for engine 1 oil temp. I am probably not gonna mold in the new unit to my dash so will have some extra gauge holes to fill and may just use analog gauges for the extras I want in those spots. Anyone out there have any ideas on the best setup for this. Not trying to hijack the thread.
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