After market NMEA 2000 Mercury cable

[Master nut job]

Anyone have experience with connecting your mercury outboard with the NMEA 2000 network? Would like to know if anyone has found a cable to fit the outboard to the network? Let’s be honest, the US$700 OEM cable is not rational for inland fisheries.

[RandyLinden]

Hi

From your post, I'm not sure which Mercury outboard engine you are trying to connect to a NMEA 2000 network. Most Mercury engines require a NMEA 2000 Gateway interface. This interface converts Mercury engine and systems data to the NMEA 2000 standard. This is not just a NMEA 2000 cable and that's why it's more expensive than just a cable. I have not heard of an aftermarket or less expensive option and I doubt that we will ever see one.