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BEFORE BEGINNING INSTALLATION OR OPERATION OF THIS
MURPHY PRODUCT:
Read and follow all installation/operation instructions.
Please contact MURPHY immediately if you have any questions.
A color screen displays gauges, soft key commands, and fault messages, as well as menu
options for setup and configuration.
Soft Key Commands
Columns of vertical commands may be located to the left and/or right of the display. They will
change according to the options available for the screen being displayed.
Function Keys
The function keys correspond to the soft key commands and allow selections to be made
accordingly.
MENU Key
Pressing the MENU key at any time displays the list of menu options.
ENTER Key
Pressing the ENTER key will select the option displayed much like the ENTER key on a
keyboard. The ENTER key also brings up the soft keys. Press once to display the left and
right arrows. Press twice to display all the soft keys. Press three times to hide all the soft
keys.
Configuring your HVS780 Display for the First Time
The guidelines presented below are intended for setting up the HVS780 display for the first
time. Once the configuration is set up, there is no need to revisit or change any of the settings.
NOTE: If you require assistance during the set up process, contact Murphy
Customer Support at the office nearest to you (see the address block on the last
page).
1. At the main menu, press the soft key to the left of Utilities.
3. From the ‘Utilities’ sub-menu, select ‘System Settings’. The following screen is
displayed
.
4. With the cursor highlighting the J1939 source addresses, use the left side soft keys to
scroll through the ports and the right side soft keys to change the address. Press the
Save key to save selected changes or the Restore Defaults key to return to the default
settings.
Service Reminders
Factory defaults for Service Reminders apply automatically on first use of the HelmView
HVS780. Normally, you should not need to access the Service Reminders screen.
The HelmView display is most frequently installed with power connected to the ignition. When
the ignition is turned on, the HelmView display powers up and the engine health statistics can
be viewed via preset gauges.
To see more gauge screens, press the lower left or right Function keys.
Main Menu
The main menu is activated at any time by pressing the Menu key on the display.
The following features are accessed through the main menu:
•Gauge Display – provides a series of screens that display engine and auxiliary
information in a variety of formats.
• Engine Diagnostics – displays a list of engine fault codes and descriptions.
• User Settings – allows you to customize the display options for ambient light and
brightness, set US or metric units, language, specify the Home screen and screen setup
status.
•Utilities – allows configuration of the plug address. Also displays software version
information at the top of the page.
Gauge Display
The Gauge Display screen consists of several predefined layouts that contain combinations of
analog gauges, straight bar gauges, or digital (text) readouts. These screens are displayed
upon startup.
To scroll through the various gauge screens, press the Prev and Next soft keys. This can be
repeated until all screens have been viewed. The currently displayed screen will stay active
until another key is pressed.
Soft Key Commands
When a Gauge Display screen is active, pressing the Enter key will display soft key
commands, as shown below. Continuing to press Enter will toggle through any additional soft
keys, and will eventually remove the soft key commands from the screen.
Soft Key commands provide quick navigation and access to the following features:
• Home
• Day/Night
• Prev
• Next
• Video
Home - This one-touch navigation feature allows a pre-defined Home screen to be accessed
from the available Gauge Display screens. Once selected, the Home screen will be displayed
anytime the Home key is pressed.
NOTE: For instructions on how to setup the Home screen, refer to the “User
Settings” section of this manual.
Day/Night - Allows you to toggle the display screen between Day View and Night View.
NOTE: This feature can also be changed in the “User Settings”, see this
section of this manual.
Previous and Next
These soft keys allow you to scroll through and display the various gauge screens.
Video – When enabled, displays either full screen video or partial video within a window on the
gauge display.
NOTE: For instructions on how to enable full or partial screen video, refer to the
“User Settings” section of this manual.
The following is a list of definitions for fields on the Engine Diagnostics screen:
• Status – indicates if the fault has been corrected.
• Source – identifies the component having the fault - port or starboard engine, or
auxiliary (for example, transmission).
•SPN – (Suspect Parameter Number) an SAE identifier fault code
If the SPN is not translated into text by the HelmView 780 display, see the engine
manufacturer's literature for a definition of the SPN number.
•FMI – (Failure Mode Indicator) fault code
The FMI is defined by SAE J1939. If not translated into text, see the SAE
standard, or the engine manufacturer's literature.
• Count – The number of times the event has been flagged.
• Description – The common SPN's and FMI's have a text description stored in the
HelmView 780 display. If there is no text, then define this SPN/FMI by referring to the
engine manufacturer’s literature, or the SAE J1939 standard.
•Correction – Troubleshooting guidelines for corrective action to take in resolving the
fault. This field is only used with specific brands and models of engines.
A fault condition will trigger a popup dialog box on the screen describing the nature of the fault.
Corresponding red or amber fault lights on the corners of the unit are also activated to indicate
the severity of the fault. The following screen is an example of warning fault code popup.
WARNING
SHUTDOWN
How to Hide/Show Faults
To hide the fault code popup being displayed on the screen, press the soft key on the upper
right next to the “Hide” icon. The popup will disappear, however the “Warning” or “Stop” icon
will remain on the screen to indicate there is still a fault. Pressing “Hide” does not clear the
fault; it only hides the popup message.
When a fault code has been hidden, a “Recall” icon will remain on the right side. When this
soft key is pressed, the fault code will again be displayed. When a popup message has been
activated, a pop-up message will be displayed until the alarm is acknowledged by pressing the
“Hide” key.
The title-bar of the fault code popup may indicate multiple messages, as in ‘Diagnostic
Message 1 of 3. Press the Prev and Next keys to scroll through the different messages.
User Settings
User Settings provides options to specify viewing preferences for the HVS780 Display.
Pressing Up and Down navigates through the options. To change an option, press the
corresponding soft key next to the desired soft key command.
Ambient Light
Night and Day options are provided for ambient lighting, along with a Backlight Toggle. The
screens below illustrate these options. When the ambient lighting settings are changed in
User Settings, the power-on default is changed.
To choose either Red or Blue night viewing modes, simply highlight the Ambient Light box and
select Night Red or Night Blue.
NOTE: The ambient lighting option is also accessible through soft key
commands on the gauge display screens. When selected, the Day/Night soft key
toggles the display to the opposite mode.
The Backlight Toggle turns the backlight off to ‘Sleep’ mode. You can reach this from the
User Settings screen or from any screen if either of the top two soft keys (left and right) are
unassigned. Hold the soft key down for 5-seconds to turn OFF the backlight (This function only
turns the backlight off. The unit continues to operate as normal, but with no backlight). Press
any soft key to ‘Wake’ the backlight.
In the screen below, you can use the unassigned upper right soft key to access the Backlight
Toggle mode, and the second soft key down to switch between night and day.
Brightness
You can set the brightness control by using the soft keys to change the settings in +1% and
+5% increments until the desired brightness is achieved.
NOTE: Brightness level will change with ambient light setting. Two
brightness levels are saved; one for day and one for night.
Units
Select how units are displayed by using the soft keys to select from the following:
• USA Standard
• Metric Bar
• Metric kPa
• British Standard
Language
This option allows you to select the language that will be displayed on the HelmView HVS780.
Available languages include English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Chinese.
Languages are selected from the soft keys. Press More to view additional languages.
NOTE:
English is the standard language for
this configuration. Additions to this
feature will be provided in future
software updates or posted on the
forum at:
Initially Gauge Screens are listed in default order. You scroll through them using the Previous
and Next soft keys.
The Screen Setup allows you to turn specific screens ON or OFF depending on what you
want to monitor.
To turn screens on/off highlight the Screen Setup portion of the screen with the yellow box.
Once highlighted, use the grey up and down arrows to select specific screens and the On/Off
button to turn screens on or off.
To select a Home screen to display every time the unit is powered up, select the Home check
box for only one screen.
Video Mode
Change accordingly to match video input – either NTSC (National Television Standards
Committee, used primarily in North and South America), or PAL (Phase Alternating Line, used
in Europe and Asia). Degradation of picture quality and resolution can occur if the incorrect
Video Mode is selected.
NOTE: The HelmView HVS780 reboots when you change the video input
mode.
Time Zone Offset
Time is provided via GPS signal through your GPS receiver. Most GPS devices convert GPS
time to UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). Time Zones are normally offset from UTC by a
whole number of hours (UTC−12 to UTC+14).
Use the Up and Down Arrows to scroll to your time offset. The range offered is -12 to +13.
To Enable Daylight Savings Time, ensure the Enable DST box is checked, and press the soft
key for DST ON. To turn DST OFF, press the soft key for DST Off.
Save
Once all changes have been made, press Save and follow the on-screen instructions. The
following confirmation screen is displayed.
Press the Enter soft key to Save, or press the Menu soft key to Cancel.
The Utilities menu allows you to reset external gauges and configure communication settings.
It is typically only accessed when the unit is first installed in order to configure the unit. The
following sub-menu is displayed when Utilities is selected.
System Settings
The System Settings screen displays the current software version loaded on the HVS780
display. You can set individual settings for the available options and “Save”, or choose to
select “Restore Defaults” for the factory settings.
The yellow Up and Down keys on the left allow you to move the cursor through ‘J1939 Source
Addresses’ fields. While the cursor is highlighting a field, the gray Up and Down keys scroll
through available options. Once all the options have been selected, press Save.
Press the Start soft key to begin recording. Press the Stop soft key to stop recording. To
download the recording to a UBS device, press the soft key for the USB icon (second button
down on the left).
Trip Parameters
Trip Parameter calculates or uses J1939 to determine fuel usage.
Press the adjacent soft key to select J1939 and use SPN 182 (Engine Trip Fuel) to display fuel
used during all or part of a voyage.
Press the adjacent soft key to select Calc. The HelmView 780 will use all engine-trip fuel-data
to calculate a fuel usage number.
The Trip Fuel gallons/liters display on the GPS gauge screen. To clear a trip, press the soft
key adjacent to the Reset Trip icon. The following warning displays.
Press the Enter key to continue or press the Menu key to Cancel the action.