Volvo Penta Engine Gateway J1708

For engines with a J1708 serial interface to a NMEA 2000 marine digital network.

It supports the two protocols that work over J1708: the standard J1587 used by many manufacturers and the proprietary Volvo Penta protocol used in engines with EDC I, for example KAD 44 and KAD 300.

A J1708 interface is used for connection of gauges, electronic displays, diagnostics equipment and other vehicle modules.

This interface was very popular until 2005-2007, when it began to be quickly replaced by the J1939 protocol.

The Device is equipped with a female connector compatible with Volvo Penta EDC diagnostics connectors used on EDC I and EDC II engines. For owners of other engines, use the disassembled male connector supplied with the Gateway to make an adaptor cable for your engine yourself.

The Gateway provides all engine data supported in NMEA 2000 except tilt/trim for J1587 engines and the most important data for KAD engines (see the table above). Reporting of two fuel tanks and two batteries is also supported.

The Gateway is equipped with a slot for a MicroSD card, which can be used to configure its settings (loading a text file with the settings), retrieve the current configuration, update the Device firmware and record the data from the J1708 and NMEA 2000 interfaces for configuration and diagnosis of the Device.