2006 20i Marine power cruise control

[anthony.maddick]

Hi Everyone,
I have a 2006 marine power 340HP dual batter 20i, and typical my cruise control **** itself. i could not get my hands on a new panel for they was thought to be the problem with it(but not sure). My speedo was also not working due to a faulty paddle wheel. so i opted for a nauticslogics GPS receiver and got my std gauge working spot on. next i looked high and low for a replacement cruise option. here is what i found. (im pretty good with electronics)
As im in australia i found AusCruise which do a programable cruise option.
Found all my TBW voltages and that the speed signal was square. he supplied me a kit which i installed and i used the factory cruise keypad just removed all the back of it and put momentary switches into it. created a switch so when the throttle was reduced it would disable the cruise and a half an hour programming and wala i have cruise.
all up cost was around $450.00 which sure beats the price of $1600 for a new Pad which still dont know if it would have fixed it.
After i was told it could never be done, it only got me more interested. Some company should create an aftermarket plug in option!!
Cheers

[skippabcool]

Very cool to see that you over came that. Do you have any pics of what you did?

[anthony.maddick]

i could prob take some pictures however most is wiring lol Im wrapped now.

[chpthril]

So you found a viable substitution for the Tige Accu-Set/Speed-Set used on the MP TBW engine? You need to share more info as this is a topic that pops up monthly. Its good as gold if it works.

[anthony.maddick]

Hi Chpthril,
As the throttle system uses a simple voltage and CAN, i sourced a local company in Australia and they have a custom kit where everything is fully adjustable. i mean everything. it wired in line with the hand throtle, it picks its speed from my digital GPS speed sensor however i feel it would be better with a paddlewheel as the flow of my river makes it hard!!.
As its designed for a car there was nothing stopping the drier from putting the boat into neutral and the cruise not cutting off so i installed a (break light system so when the throt pos get to say 20% a light would come on and cancel the cruise. took a couple hours to tune and needed a full boat load of people.
not going to bullshit but it ended up costing more that i would have like and was around AUD$550.
As its ran via GPS it hunts for speed a bit so im thinking i might get a new paddle wheel sensor (i have GPS as the paddlewheel failed)
if you have any questions please do not hesitate to msg

[anthony.maddick]

It was a little tricky too as the throttle uses to variable voltages one is a backup for the primary however the 2nd voltage is needed and if interrupted will cause limp mode or no throttle issues. The kit i brought handles the two voltages!.