Volvo Helm View

[toofast]

Morning...just curious if anyone has any familiarity with the Volvo Helm View (Diesels D6) system.

I seem to have trouble communicating to the ECU, but then again I am not sure.

Below are 4 screen shots that show the progression....it eventually times out.

For the most part I have no issues (other than Low Coolant FALSE WARNING) on PORT ENGINE.

Any ideas what these screen shots mean ?

 

[Evermore]

i'm not specifically familiar with the volvo helm view per say, but all the new systems use can bus to communicate. With correct programming they translate to J1587 or J1939 communication and only use a couple of wires to accomplish this. (also becomes NMEA 2000 communication). Wiring will be +, -, can high, and can low. Usually there's only three wires and the - is used as a common for communication as well. Check for corrosion or poor connections at the plugs. Be sure to look very carefully as any increase in resistance at all will interfere with communications. if you have a modern chartplotter connected with engine data available connect the display to see if the engine ECM is outputting data.

 

[toofast]

I'm not sure my Raymarine is connected to the Volvo systems but I'll certainly take a closer look this weekend thanks for the tip

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[Botjem]

Evermore, next season when I take my first long trip to visit my Sister and Brother in laws in the South River by Boat i am definitely going to look you up so you can translate all that talk about J1587 or J1939 and NMEA 2000. Also by the way contacted Actisense and they answered me with the same talk as you LOL. I hope they are at the Fort Lauderale Show and someone there speaks New York English that I can understand LOL.

i'm not specifically familiar with the volvo helm view per say, but all the new systems use can bus to communicate. With correct programming they translate to J1587 or J1939 communication and only use a couple of wires to accomplish this. (also becomes NMEA 2000 communication). Wiring will be +, -, can high, and can low. Usually there's only three wires and the - is used as a common for communication as well. Check for corrosion or poor connections at the plugs. Be sure to look very carefully as any increase in resistance at all will interfere with communications. if you have a modern chartplotter connected with engine data available connect the display to see if the engine ECM is outputting data.