Can my Humminbird unit read data from my boat engine?
This depends on whether your engine outputs NMEA2000 (also known as NMEA2K or N2K) sentences that the Humminbird unit can read, the type of engine you own (Yamaha, Honda, Mercury, Evinrude, or Suzuki) and also the Humminbird model that you own. Below is a compatibility chart that also shows required cables from Humminbird, the engine manufacturer and other third-party sources.
Humminbird sells a NMEA2000 Starter Kit - Single and a NMEA2000 Starter Kit - Dual to make getting started easy.
APEX and SOLIX
| ENGINE PRODUCTS | NMEA2000 STARTER KIT | AS ETH NMEA2K GATEWAY | HUMMINBIRD ADAPTERS | ENGINE ADAPTERS |
| Yamaha Command Link | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | No | No | 6YG-8A2D0-11-00 |
| Yamaha Command Link Plus | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | No | No | 6YG-8A2D0-11-00KIT |
| Yamaha NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | No | No | No |
| Mercury Smartcraft | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | No | No | 84-8M0105243 or 8M0151748 |
| Honda NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | No | No | 06653-ZZ3-730HE* or 06653-ZZ3-760HE** |
| Evinrude NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | No | No | No |
| Suzuki NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | No | No | No |
*9.8 ft long
**19.5 ft long
HELIX 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 15 G4N
| ENGINE PRODUCTS | NMEA2000 STARTER KIT | AS ETH NMEA2K GATEWAY | HUMMINBIRD ADAPTERS | ENGINE ADAPTERS |
| Yamaha Command Link | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | No | 720114-1 | 6YG-8A2D0-11-00 |
| Yamaha Command Link Plus | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | No | 720114-1 | 6YG-8A2D0-11-00KIT |
| Yamaha NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | No | 720114-1 | No |
| Mercury Smartcraft | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | No | 720114-1 | 84-8M0105243 or 8M0151748 |
| Honda NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | No | 720114-1 | 06653-ZZ3-730HE* or 06653-ZZ3-760HE** |
| Evinrude NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | No | 720114-1 | No |
| Suzuki NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | No | 720114-1 | No |
*9.8 ft long
**19.5 ft long
HELIX 7, 9, 10, 12 G2N and HELIX 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 G3N
| ENGINE PRODUCTS | NMEA2000 STARTER KIT | AS ETH NMEA2K GATEWAY | HUMMINBIRD ADAPTERS | ENGINE ADAPTERS |
| Yamaha Command Link | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | 720074-1 | 6YG-8A2D0-11-00 |
| Yamaha Command Link Plus | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | 720074-1 | 6YG-8A2D0-11-00KIT |
| Yamaha NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | 720074-1 | No |
| Mercury Smartcraft | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | 720074-1 | 84-8M0105243 or 8M0151748 |
| Honda NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | 720074-1 | 06653-ZZ3-730HE* or 06653-ZZ3-760HE** |
| Evinrude NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | 720074-1 | No |
| Suzuki NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | 720074-1 | No |
*9.8 ft long
**19.5 ft long
8X9/ 9X9/ 11X9
| ENGINE PRODUCTS | NMEA2000 STARTER KIT | AS ETH NMEA2K GATEWAY | HUMMINBIRD ADAPTERS | ENGINE ADAPTERS |
| Yamaha Command Link | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | 720074-1 | 6YG-8A2D0-11-00 |
| Yamaha Command Link Plus | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | 720074-1 | 6YG-8A2D0-11-00KIT |
| Yamaha NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | 720074-1 | No |
| Mercury Smartcraft | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | 720074-1 | 84-8M0105243 or 8M0151748 |
| Honda NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | 720074-1 | 06653-ZZ3-730HE* or 06653-ZZ3-760HE** |
| Evinrude NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | 720074-1 | No |
| Suzuki NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | 720074-1 | No |
*9.8 ft long
**19.5 ft long
8X8/ 9X8/ 11X8
| ENGINE PRODUCTS | NMEA2000 STARTER KIT | AS ETH NMEA2K GATEWAY | HUMMINBIRD ADAPTERS | ENGINE ADAPTERS |
| Yamaha Command Link | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | No | 6YG-8A2D0-11-00 |
| Yamaha Command Link Plus | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | No | 6YG-8A2D0-11-00KIT |
| Yamaha NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | No | No |
| Mercury Smartcraft | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | No | 84-8M0105243 or 8M0151748 |
| Honda NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | No | 06653-ZZ3-730HE* or 06653-ZZ3-760HE** |
| Evinrude NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | No | No |
| Suzuki NMEA2000 | 700064-1 or 700065-1 | 408390-1 | No | No |
