User guide

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Software setup | Zeus Installation Manual
Group source selection
B&G multifunction displays, autopilot controllers, and instruments have the ability to;
• use data sources (eg position, wind direction, etc) that all other products on the network use,
or alternatively use a data source independently from other units.
• globally change all displays over to a di erent source from any display. (This will only include
products set to Group mode.)
In order to enable group selection, the display must be set to ‘Default’ group.
Devices with Group set to None can be set to use di erent sources to those of the rest of the
network devices.
Advanced source selection
This allows the most  exible and precise manual control over which devices provide data.
Some data sources, such as those for fuel level, or engine RPM, can only be changed via the
Advanced menu. Occassionally Auto Select may not assign the desired source, which may be
corrected using the Advanced Source Selection. An example of this is where twin installations
with NMEA 2000 compliant engines are not programmed with unique instance numbers.
This means that the auto select feature can’t determine which engine is  tted on the port and
which is  tted on the starboard side.
Device list
The device list shows the physical and virtual devices that provide data. This may include a
module inside the Zeus, the NMEA 0183 port, or any external NMEA 2000 device.
Selecting a device in this list will bring up additional details and actions:
All devices allow allocation of an instance number via the Configure option. Set unique
instance numbers on any identical devices on the network. The Data option shows all data
being output by the device. Some devices will show additional option(s) speci c to the
device - the RC42 illustrated above has a Calibration option, to allow easy setup of this device
which does not have it’s own user interface.
Network Groups
It is possible to group certain settings so they are duplicated across the network on multiple
displays. Display (ie backlighting), Units (ie metric, imperial), Damping (to dynamic data), and
Alarms can be grouped either in ‘Default’ group, or groups ‘1’ through to ‘6’. If any of the
settings require discrete control, set it to ‘none’.