Not sure if i want mercmonitor, vesselview link or this. Help!
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Not sure if i want mercmonitor, vesselview link or this. Help!
See Rhonda's post (pinned at the top of the forum)- if you send her an email, she will be happy to assist you with information that will likely help in the decision. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Deerchaser
On another front: An email response from Mercury stated that there is no plan to do anything beyond the mobile version. WTH? The description specifically talks about a website and dealer connectivity. I hope the person responding was just uninformed.
That is PART OF the Mobile App. Should already be available to you. :wink:
I'm referring to the "companion website" they refer to in the linked video.Quote:
Originally Posted by EuropeanAM
I have called mercury customer service several times asking about the companion website for the vessel view mobile system. As of today, the answer was "we have not been given a date when the website will be up and running, I'm sorry I don't have an answer for you".
Other than the slow rollout of the website, I think the vessel view mobile setup is fantastic.
I ordered the vvm
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Real-time temperature (and real-time engine data parameters).[/QUOTE]
so what all is engine data parameters? Throttle %? Temp? Faults? Air fuel ratio? Gallons per hour?
No "throttle%"
No "air fuel ratio"
The following link depicts the data available (standard) for various engines:
Engine Features & Data
Mr. Weed, (or if Savage knows) I bought one of these from you guys and I have 2 quick questions please. You said the phone needed to have active service, is that just for the companion website or is it required to work? (I have an old phone that I no longer use and am wondering if it'll work "good enough").
Is there a way to pull up the hours ran at rpm's on this or is that just on the dealerships computers?
Thank you and just in case (1B119184 opti pro xs 225)
The Old Phone Service would need to be ACTIVE for the system to work.
I don't think you will see hours at each RPM window, Like the Dealer can.
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Originally Posted by Savage
:thumb up2: thanks for the confirmation.
Thank you to Rhonda. Mine arrived Tuesday and I finally had the time to install last night. I have zero mechanical abilities and only took me about 10 minutes, of which 4 was watching the installation video twice. Hardest part is finding a place to zip tie the thing. Finally found a piece of plastic tubing that was already zip tied up, had enough room to clear the cowling, and was wide enough to fit the module. Connected right up to the app first time. Input the motor serial number and I'm in business.
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Originally Posted by Savage
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Originally Posted by grout-scout
I think the phone does NOT need an active mobile service plan on it for it to work with the Vesselview Mobile module. All the phone should need is to have a wifi connection so it can connect to google play store to get the app.
Of course it has to have a working BT module which most all not-too-ancient phone will have.
It should not need an active Mobile Data plan for it to work because not all fishing location ( I wish) will have mobile network coverage making mobile data irrelevant.
Most likely the store data will be synced/upload to the mobile website (coming soon I hope) when a data connection is available, wifi or otherwise.
If you guys have hard facts otherwise please share.
Thanks
I'm thinking maybe Savage is right with the needed service. Sometimes if I'm in a subpar area and try to open the merc app, it struggles to open up. Once I get it to open, it will connect, just getting it open can be the issue.
My thoughts on it after using it a few times... I was trying to save money and thought this was it, not so much. I'll be selling mine and buying the link package because every time you turn the motor off it disconnects and then you have to reconnect it upon every startup. For some reason that never crossed my mind that it would do that, makes sense now to me though. I'm not that tech savvy and didn't realize that it'd disconnect.
[QUOTE=grout-scout;8220086]Mr. Weed, (or if Savage knows) I bought one of these from you guys and I have 2 quick questions please. You said the phone needed to have active service, is that just for the companion website or is it required to work? (I have an old phone that I no longer use and am wondering if it'll work "good enough").]
Has anyone been able to verify this? About to order one from Don this week.
I too have an old i5 phone that is not active that i thought about using for this. Or, when I lose cell signal with my active phone 20+ miles offshore I would have lost connectivity as well?
Like to know this before i pull the trigger or need to upgrade to the next level to overlay on my Simrad GO7. The VVM just seems so simple to install and have.
I tried just that before I posted my original reply.Quote:
Originally Posted by grout-scout
I disabled both wifi and mobile data on my phone and the app started up normally, did not take more time or exhibit any abnormal behavior.
I can't imagine Mercury or anyone for that matter will create an app like this and require a mobile data plan for it to operate.
I know! That would eliminate anyone with a non-cellular iPad (which I've considered as well) or iPod that would be interested in the vvm! Doesn't make good business sense to me, unless they are trying to toss you to the next level! It would make sense to me that the 2 devices being used would communicate with one another as long as they were in range with each other. I could be wrong!
Good deal, glad to hear it works then. If the app will open on a non service device then the only part that wouldn't work would be the companion website (when it's built and online).Quote:
Originally Posted by gigahertz