Diacom Software Problems need Help ASAP
05-08-2009, 11:31 PM
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This is referring to the CDS System. The Diacom System is very nice but does not have the robust capability of the CDS and only costs around $579 and up depending on which $40 adapter you buy. You get a choice of one with it. The most expensive is the CAN adapter at $249.
The CDS is pretty *bit_chin' and nearly impossible for the individual or aftermarket guy to get. Once he gets it, it's even harder to activate... You must have a dealer number thru Merc. You have to use their key to turn it on. You then have to contact SPX/OTC to cross-reference the turn on key and get assigned a new key. Then, the newly assigned password and key are sent back to Merc for relation to the phone number listed for the said Merc Dealer.
From here, they will do extreme diligence to verify that you are in fact using it as a Mercury Certified Repair Facility and if they find out anything in the middle that doesn't line up, you'd be out the expense of the third party software.
This is assuming you bought the "basic kit" which does not include the pre-installed laptop and everything else. You would have to jump through every hoop before you could get them to send you the whole system..
The CDS is pretty *bit_chin' and nearly impossible for the individual or aftermarket guy to get. Once he gets it, it's even harder to activate... You must have a dealer number thru Merc. You have to use their key to turn it on. You then have to contact SPX/OTC to cross-reference the turn on key and get assigned a new key. Then, the newly assigned password and key are sent back to Merc for relation to the phone number listed for the said Merc Dealer.
From here, they will do extreme diligence to verify that you are in fact using it as a Mercury Certified Repair Facility and if they find out anything in the middle that doesn't line up, you'd be out the expense of the third party software.
This is assuming you bought the "basic kit" which does not include the pre-installed laptop and everything else. You would have to jump through every hoop before you could get them to send you the whole system..
05-09-2009, 12:14 AM
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05-09-2009, 12:21 AM
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Sux. Good luck with injury. I've actually invisioned falling off my boat on the ramp with no one around. Scares me. Pretty easy to die that way.
05-11-2009, 11:46 AM
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i've fallen out of a 24' bayliner doin a motor swop i grabbed the wrong chain an just started free spoolin backwards an bit it hard. lol i felt like an idiot when i finally got up an waited a min
05-11-2009, 12:03 PM
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lol no, shortly after i finally switched to non-slip shoes. it was pretty hilarious though if you had seen it cuz i fell straight back and landed flat on my back
