Manual

USER INTERFACE OVERVIEW
BOLDtextdesignatesabutton.
ItalicizedtextdesignatestextontheVSM422screen.
Theuserinterfaceiscontrolledbythefourbuttonslocatedbelowthe
display.Eachoneofthebuttonscorrespondstothetextatthebottomof
thescreen.
Systeminformationisdisplayedwitheightscreens:SYSTEM SUMMARY,
GRAPHICS SUMMARY,DC POWER,STATE OF CHARGE,AC POWER,
BILGE STATUS,TANK STATUS,andLARGE DISPLAY.
SomescreenssuchasSTATE OF CHARGE and LARGE DISPLAYhavea
MOREbutton;thiscanbeusedtocyclethroughtheinformationthatisnot
visibleononescreen.Insomesetupscreens<- and ->arrowswillbeshown.
Theseindicatethattheselectionoptionscontinueonascreenthatis
displayedwhentheuserhasscrolledpastthetoporbottomofthescreen.
Thedataeldsforbothsummaryscreenscanbecustomizedthrough
displaysetup.
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Specicationssubjecttochange.Seewww.bluesea.comforcurrentinformation.
SENSORS (continued)
Temperature Sensor
ThebatterytemperaturesensorshouldbelocatedneartheStateofCharge
battery.Itcanbemountedtoabatteryboxusingthehole,orcable-tiedto
thenegativebatteryterminal.IMPORTANT! Do not fasten the Temperature
Sensor directly to the battery in any way that may puncture or damage
the battery.
Tank Sender
TheVSM422iscompatiblewiththreesenderprotocols.
Resistive 2 Wire Senders: (see page 94 for Installation Diagram)
10–180Ω VDO—TypicalofEurope
240–33ΩTeleex—NorthAmerica
Ultrasonic 3 Wire Senders: (see page 94 for Installation Diagram)
BlueSeaSystemsPN1810andPN1811.
BlueSeaSystemsultrasonicsenderPN1810isusedforwater,waste,and
dieselfueltanksupto32"(812mm)indepth.BlueSeaSystemsultrasonic
senderPN1811isusedforgasolinetanksupto24"(609mm)indepth.
Whenconnectingthetanksendertogrounditisimportanttoconnectthem
asdirectlyaspossibletothemainnegativebustopreventhighloadssuch
asbatterychargersfromaffectingthetankreadings.
TheVSM422willnotproduceaccuratereadingsifasecondgaugeis
connectedtothesametanksender.Installasenderforeachgaugeifyou
wishtoreadatanklevelfrommorethanonelocation.
TheBlueSeaSystemsultrasonicsenderrequiresanexternalpowersource.
Whenpowertothesenderislost,theVSM422willreadthetankasfull,and
maytriggerthetank’shighlevelalarm.
Foreachtankthesendermustbespecied,andtheshapeofthetank
setasrectangularorauto-calibratedbeforeaccuratereadingsaredisplayed.
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Specicationssubjecttochange.Seewww.bluesea.comforcurrentinformation.