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Tank Adapter
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YDTA-01R, YDTA-01N
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1.08
2024

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  • Page 1 User Manual Tank Adapter also covers models YDTA-01R, YDTA-01N Firmware version 1.08 2024...
  • Page 2 © 2019–2024 Yacht Devices Ltd. Document YDTA01-010. May 16 2024. Web: http://www.yachtd.com Yacht Devices Tank Adapter YDTA-01 is certified by the National Marine Electronics Association. NMEA 2000® is a registered trademark of the National Marine Electronics Association. SeaTalk NG is a registered trademark of Raymarine UK Limited.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction Warranty and Technical Support I. Product Specification II. MicroSD Slot and Card Compatibility III. Device Installation and Connection IV. LED Signals V. Device Configuration and Settings VI. Device Configuration with a MicroSD Card VII. Device Configuration with an Installation Description Field VIII.

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Introduction The NMEA 2000 Tank Adapter YDTA-01 (hereinafter Adapter or Device) allows you to connect an existing resisitive, current or or voltage-output type fluid level sensors installed on a tank and display the fluid level on NMEA 2000 devices, including chart plotters and instrumental displays. The Adapter can be configured to report one of the 15 fluid types defined in the NMEA 2000 standard, including Diesel Fuel, Gasoline Fuel, Oil, Fresh Water, Waste Water, Black Water (Sewage), or Live Well.

  • Page 5: Warranty And Technical Support

    Warranty and Technical Support The Device warranty is valid for two years from the date of purchase. If a Device was purchased in a retail store, the sale receipt may be requested when applying for a warranty claim. The Device warranty is terminated in case of violation of the instructions in this Manual, case integrity breach, or repair or modification of the Device without the manufacturer’s written permission.

  • Page 6: Product Specification

    Blue or Blue/White — Sensor + Black or Black/Brown — Sensor – (ground) Figure 1. Drawing of YDTA-01R and YDTA-01N models of the Adapter Our Devices are supplied with different types of NMEA 2000 connectors. Models containing R in the suffix of model name are equipped with NMEA 2000 connectors and are compatible with Raymarine SeaTalk NG.
  • Page 7 Operating temperature range −20..55 °С Yacht Devices Ltd declares that this product is compliant with the essential requirements of EMC directive 2004/108/EC. Dispose of this product in compliance with the WEEE Directive or local regulations. Do not dispose of it with household or industrial waste.

  • Page 8: Microsd Slot And Card Compatibility

    II. MicroSD Slot and Card Compatibility The Device has a slot for a MicroSD card that allows you to configure the Device (refer to Section VI), update the firmware (refer to Section IX) and log the tank level usage in a file (refer to Section VIII). If the MicroSD card is not permanently installed for logging, we recommend sealing the card slot with a sticker that is supplied with the Device or with a piece of tape to prevent water from entering the Device through the slot.

  • Page 9: Device Installation And Connection

    III. Device Installation and Connection All connections should be made when the NMEA 2000 and/or analog gauge power is completely cut OFF at the circuit breaker. This will protect against accidental short circuits during installation. Connect the Device to the tank level sensor before making the connection to the NMEA 2000 network.
  • Page 10 have installed the sensor yourself), you should connect only two wires of the Adapter: the Device's «Sensor +» wire to sensor «Signal» or «+» wire and Device's «Sensor –» wire to sensor «Ground» or «−» wire. Device's «Vref» wire should be left unconnected and its terminal should be insulated. Set CONNECTION setting to RESISTIVE .
  • Page 11 1.3 Connection in parallel with an existing analog gauge An analog gauge connected to your tank level sensor can be of several different types: with one measuring coil, with two measuring coils, with full-bridge (modern «Smart» gauges like KUS/WEMA with 5-pin header connector) or motorized «Smart»...
  • Page 12 Red or Red/Green Red or Red/Green Blue or Blue/White Blue or Blue/White Black or Black/Brown Black or Black/Brown (1) — YDTA, (2) — Gauge, (3) — Fuel Sensor, (4) — Optional Button, (5) and (6) — Parallel Sensors (optional) Figure 4. Connection in parallel with an existing 1-coil analog gauge —...
  • Page 13 1.3.2 Connection to a 2-coil gauge One-coiled gauges have a drawback, their reading depends on (scales linearly) with applied voltage. In most setups gauges power positive terminal is directly connected to DC bus with not stabilized voltage, and to circumvent the input voltage instability the 2-coil gauges were developed, they have coils winded in opposite directions, thus readings depend much less on the power input voltage fluctuations.
  • Page 14 Red or Red/Green Red or Red/Green Blue or Blue/White Blue or Blue/White Black or Black/Brown Black or Black/Brown (1) — YDTA, (2) — Gauge, (3) — Fuel Sensor, (4) — Optional Button, (5) and (6) — Parallel Sensors (optional) Figure 5. Connection in parallel with an existing 2-coil analog gauge To make an accurate measurement, you will need to warm up your gauge: turn it on and let it operate for approx.
  • Page 15 1.3.3 Connection to a «Smart» high-impedance gauge witn internal reference voltage Most popular nowadays are «Smart» gauges with internal microprocessor measurement and control circuitry. One of such gauges family is a motorized gauge with internal reference voltage source connected to a resistor in series. Note that when gauge is not powered, its «Sensor»...
  • Page 16 «Sensor +» wire to the gauge’s «Signal» input, and «Sensor −» wire to the gauge’s «−» terminal (Figure 5, left). Set CONNECTION=1COIL, set OHMS_COIL_1 with calculated R_INT value, set 1COIL_REF with measured V_INT_REF value. You also need to measure sensor's resistances on full and empty tank and set those values into OHMS_EMPTY and OHMS_FULL settings (refer to Section VI).
  • Page 17 1.4 Connection to a voltage-output sensor Check your voltage-output sensor specifications, it should support output of an analog voltage signal in the range from 0..16 Volts. Configure the sensor to activate this output mode if necessary. Connect Device's «Sensor +» wire to the «Voltage» output of the sensor and Device's «Sensor −» wire to «Ground»...
  • Page 18 with R_INT close to zero). In that case Connect Device's «Sensor +» wire to the «Current sink» input of the sensor and Device's «Sensor −» wire to current source and sensor's common «Ground». Set CONNECTION setting to HYBRID. When current source is ON, Device will automatically switch to VOLTAGE mode and when current source is OFF, the Device will switch back to RESISTIVE mode.
  • Page 19 The Device is powered from the NMEA 2000 network and has an LED which flashes red or green. After the NMEA 2000 network power is turned on, the Device LED should produce one long and three short green flashes. If this does not happen, refer to Appendix A. You can also check the NMEA 2000 connection and firmware version from a chart plotter.

  • Page 20: Led Signals

    IV. LED Signals The Device is equipped with a two-color red/green LED that indicates the Device’s state. 1. Signals during power-up The Device produces one long (half second) GREEN flash after powering on indicating that the Device is successfully initialized. After initialization, the Device produces three short (quarter of second) LED flashes indicating that is has successfully connected to the NMEA 2000 network.
  • Page 21 MicroSD card, the file with the last available filename is full or there is card file system error). Check the card file system, delete old logs if necessary. 3. Three flashes, one time after inserting the MicroSD card into the Device After the MicroSD card is inserted, the Device LED emits three flashes: •...

  • Page 22: Device Configuration And Settings

    V. Device Configuration and Settings Configuration of the Device should not be performed at sea. The Device can be configured by two different methods: 1. With the configuration file on a MicroSD card. 2. With a special set of «YD commands» entered into the Device's NMEA 2000 «Installation Description, Field 2»...
  • Page 23 Table 2. Applicability of the configuration methods Method Number Setting or action Reset Device settings to a factory defaults NMEA 2000 device instance NMEA 2000 system instance NMEA 2000 data instance (tank number or pressure instance) NMEA 2000 fluid type (or pressure type, refer to Section VI.19) Transmission interval for PGN 127505 and 130314 Select preset for standard sensors (European, USA, Japanese) Note 1...
  • Page 24 Note 1: Selects standard resistance range values for most commonly used resistive type sensors (European: 10 Ohms empty, 180 full; USA: 240 Ohms empty, 33 full; Japan: 0 Ohms empty, 310 full), i.e. sets (8) and (9) in one go. NMEA 2000 device (2) and system (3) instances should not be modified by the user, these fields are used by installers in complex NMEA 2000 networks.

  • Page 25: Device Configuration With A Microsd Card

    VI. Device Configuration with a MicroSD Card To configure the Device, a configuration text file YDTA.TXT should be created in the root folder of the MicroSD card. Factory default configuration is given in Appendix D. The file contents must conform to these rules: •...
  • Page 26 2. TANK=x x — integer from 0 to 15, NMEA 2000 Data Instance (tank number of pressure sensor number) Factory setting: 0 Sets output PGN 127505 data field «Fluid Instance», also known as «tank number» or output PGN 130314 data field «Pressure Instance», also known as «pressure sensor number». If multiple Devices are used in the same network, set different and unique combination of «Fluid Instance»...
  • Page 27 Note: starting from firmware version 1.03, the CONNECTION setting replaces the old PARALLEL setting and the RESISTIVE value replaces the old NO value. 5. OHMS_EMPTY=x x — number from 0.00 to 400.00 Factory setting: 240.0 Sensor resistance in Ohms measured when the tank is empty. It is highly recommended to measure the actual sensor resistance on empty tank to account for variations between sensors specimens and for mechanical offset introduced when the sensor is installed.
  • Page 28 8. VOLTS_FULL=x x — number from 0.00 to 16.00 Factory setting: 5.0 Voltage-output type sensor output voltage when tank is full. It is highly recommended to measure the actual sensor output voltage on empty tank to account for variations between sensors specimens and for mechanical offset introduced when the sensor is installed.
  • Page 29 11. OHMS_COIL_2=x x — number from 0.00 to 10000.00 Factory setting: 200.0 Use in 2COIL or 2COIL_VCC mode and set measured COIL 2 resistance value. Refer to Section III.1.3. 12. OHMS_RES=x x — number from 0.00 to 10000.00 Factory setting: 0.0 Use in 2COIL_VCC mode with KUS/WEMA gauge, set calculated gauge R_RES resistance value in Ohms (refer to Section III.1.3.4).
  • Page 30 15. CAPACITY=x|UNKNOWN x — integer from 0 to 99 999 Factory setting: UNKNOWN Tank capacity (volume) in liters. Set to 0 or UNKNOWN to force the Device to send output PGN 127505 data field «Tank Capacity» with «Not Available» value. 16.
  • Page 31 Pressure, 9..15 are reserved and have no definition in NMEA 2000. Pressure sensors can be used with the engine gateways of Yacht Devices to substitute actual engine data or add data types not supported by the engine. To configure the Tank Adapter as a pressure sensor, we recommend initially configuring and calibrating it in usual way, and switching to the pressure sensor mode in the last step.
  • Page 32 20. DAMPING=x x – integer from 1 to 1200, fluid level damping time constant, in seconds Factory setting: 3 Fluid level values, measured by the fluid level sender, can be unstable in rough sea conditions. You can increase the damping time constant if you find that the fluid level data reported by the Device is too sensitive to the boat attitude.
  • Page 33 Examples: SW1_ON=<20 15 1 28 Adds ON rule #1 to switch the NMEA 2000 digital switching equipment bank 1, channel 28 ON when the tank level drops below 20% for 15 seconds. SW1_OFF=>20 3 1 28 Adds OFF rule #1 to switch the NMEA 2000 digital switching equipment bank 1, channel 28 OFF when the tank level is more than 20% for 3 seconds.

  • Page 34: Device Configuration With An Installation Description Field

    VII. Device Configuration with an Installation Description Field NMEA 2000 «Installation Description» data fields are stored in the Device’s memory and are usually written by installers to specify the device location or to leave notes or contact information. They can be set with a PC software and a hardware gateway to the NMEA 2000 network.
  • Page 35 Device and click «Properties» button). You can download this program (runs on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux) at http://www.yachtd.com/downloads/. Yacht Devices NMEA 2000 Wi-Fi Gateway or Yacht Devices NMEA 2000 USB Gateway is required to connect the PC to the NMEA 2000 network.
  • Page 36 Table 3 continued YD:TYPE <number> YD:TYPE 4 Sets «Fluid Type» or «Pressure Source». Refer to Sections VI.3 and VI.19 (Note 1). YD:TANK <number> YD:TANK 15 Sets «Fluid Instance» or «Pressure Instance» (0–15). Refer to Sections VI.2 and VI.19. (Note 1) YD:PGN <pgn>...
  • Page 37 Table 3 continued YD:VOLTS_EMPTY <number> YD:VOLTS_EMPTY 0.0 Sets voltage for an empty tank (or zero pressure) in Volts (0—16). Refer to Sections VI.7 and VI.19. (Note 1) YD:VOLTS_FULL <number> YD:VOLTS_FULL 5.0 Same as above, but for full tank (or maximal pressure). YD:CONNECTION <type>...
  • Page 38 Table 3 continued YD:WIRES <number> YD:WIRES 0.48 Sets sensor wires parasitic resistance in Ohms (0.00–100.00). Refer to Section VI.14. (Note 1) YD:PRESSURE <number> YD:PRESSURE 10000 Converts the Tank Adapter to a Pressure Sensor. Refer to Section VI.19. Range: −30000 to 30000, 0 – OFF.

  • Page 39: Recording A Log File

    VIII. Recording a Log File The Device allows recording measured sensor data values to the MicroSD card at regular intervals. This log files can be used as an archive of voyage fluid levels historical data. To enable log recording, put the following settings into YDTA.TXT file: LOG=ON INTERVAL=5 where 5 is a time interval between the log records in minutes.
  • Page 40 1. 10.05.2016 — local date in DD.MM.YYYY format. 2. 05:43:23 — local time in hh:mm:ss format. 3. OK — status code. Can be one of the following: OK — no error NA — Device could not get NMEA 2000 address. This can happen if there are more than 252 NMEA devices in the NMEA 2000 network.

  • Page 41: Firmware Updates

    IX. Firmware Updates Download an actual version of the firmware file from our site: http://www.yachtd.com/downloads/ Extract the TUPDATE.BIN file from the archive. Prepare a MicroSD card with FAT or FAT32 file system, and copy TUPDATE.BIN file to the root folder. Power down the Device, insert card and power up the Device with card inserted.
  • Page 42 Figure 7. Raymarine c125 MFD «Device List» showing YDTA-01 unit. — 42 —...

  • Page 43: Appendix А. Troubleshooting

    Appendix А. Troubleshooting Situation Possible cause and required actions 1. No power supply on the bus. Check if the bus power is supplied No LED indication after the NMEA 2000 network is (NMEA 2000 network requires a separate power connection and cannot powered on be powered by a chart plotter or another device connected to the network).
  • Page 44 Table continued Situation Possible cause and required actions 1. Incompatible equipment. Make sure that your NMEA 2000 display The Device is displayed in the list of devices on the device supports reception of the «Fluid Level» 127505 PGN. Update the chart plotter, but fluid level firmware of your display if necessary.

  • Page 45: Appendix B. Device Connectors

    Appendix B. Device Connectors Figure 1. NMEA 2000 connectors of the YDTA-01R (left), and connectors of the YDTA-01N (right) — 45 —...
  • Page 46 models Red or Red/Green — Vref Blue or Blue/White — Sensor + Black or Black/Brown — Sensor – (ground Figure 2. Device wire colors — 46 —...

  • Page 47: Appendix C. Nmea 2000 Messages Supported By Device

    Appendix C. NMEA 2000 Messages Supported by Device Message Receive Transmit ISO Acknowledgment, PGN 59392 (0xE800) ISO Request, PGN 59904 (0xEA00) ISO Transport Protocol (DT), PGN 60160 (0xEB00) ISO Transport Protocol (CM), PGN 60416 (0xEC00) ISO Address Claim, PGN 60928 (0xEE00) ISO Commanded Address, PGN 65240 (0xFED8) NMEA Group Function, PGN 126208 (0x1ED00) PGN List Group Function, PGN 126464 (0x1EE00)
  • Page 48 Note 2: NMEA 2000 Device Instance, System Instance, Installation Description Field 1 and Installation Description Field 2 can be changed with PGN 126208 (professional NMEA 2000 installer software and hardware may be required). — 48 —...

  • Page 49: Appendix D. Example Of Configuration File

    Appendix D. Example of Configuration File Contents listed below corresponds to the factory settings. # Current configuration of Yacht Devices Tank Adapter # Firmware version: 1.08 09/04/2024 # NMEA 2000 SETTINGS TANK=0 FLUID=DIESEL DAMPING=3 # CONNECTION AND SENSOR TYPE CONNECTION=RESISTIVE # RESISTIVE SENSOR SETTINGS (EUROPE: 10..180, USA: 240..33, JAPAN: 0..310)
  • Page 50 # TANK SIZE AND SHAPE CAPACITY=UNKNOWN CALIBRATION=OFF # DIGITAL SWITCHING RULES SW1_ON=NEVER SW1_OFF=NEVER SW2_ON=NEVER SW2_OFF=NEVER SW3_ON=NEVER SW3_OFF=NEVER SW4_ON=NEVER SW4_OFF=NEVER # SENSOR DATA RECORDING LOG=OFF INTERVAL=10 # SWITCH THE ADAPTER TO PRESSURE SENSOR PRESSURE_SENSOR_PA=OFF # End of file — 50 —...
  • Page 51 NOTES...

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