VesselView Mobile

Name: VesselView Mobile
Rating: 3.1 (141 reviews)
Author: Mercury Marine LLC

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Free

141 Ratings
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4+
Years
Category

Navigation
Developer

Mercury Marine LLC
Language

EN
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Size

100.2
MB

VesselView Mobile provides Mercury Marine SmartCraft® engine owners with the ability to view live engine data, monitor fuel usage, obtain detailed descriptions when a fault occurs and receive maintenance alerts when due. The full functionality of the app is available when used in conjunction with the Bluetooth Low Energy VesselView Mobile module. This app collects and shares your precise geolocation. When the app is open and connected to your vessel it requires a continuous connection and therefore may impact the battery life of your device. Without the module, users still have access to a speedometer tool, a map with POIs, the ability to capture moments with the location tagged, plus other useful features. Mercury Marine’s VesselView Mobile app also provides users with a Web-based account. Features: • View live SmartCraft® engine data : RPM, Battery Voltage, Engine Temperature, Engine Hours, Oil Temperature, Oil Pressure, Coolant Temperature, Sea Temperature and more! • Speed is determined from your device • Your Top Speed is captured so you can share with friends • Holeshot. A racing game that uses your device's GPS to see how soon you can get to 20mph or 30mph • Enter fuel on-board and the app tracks fuel usage • Average speed and fuel economy is calculated and used to estimate Distance to Empty and Time to Empty • Receive active fault alerts and corresponding descriptive fault information • Enter Maintenance records and get appropriate reminders in the future • See your location on a map with nearby Points of Interest • Capture Moments such as pictures or fish caught with a location tag • Use the timeline to review Moments or Maintenance • Weather and wind conditions updated periodically • Communicate wirelessly to your SmartCraft® engine through a Bluetooth Low Energy connection • Allows for normal phone operation – call, text, streaming music, search the web, etc. while connected to your Mercury Marine SmartCraft® engine ************ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ************************* • Mercury Marine’s VesselView Mobile app is free to install. The VesselView Mobile module can be purchased through Mercury Marine dealers or through a link inside the app. • The VesselView Mobile module works with SmartCraft® capable engines built since 2003 (40HP and up). One to four engines can be viewed simultaneously. • The VesselView Mobile module simply connects to a SmartCraft® connector located either at the helm or on the engine. • Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Ratings & Reviews

3.1

out of 5

141 Ratings

Engine Performance and Fuel
09/07/2020

PL8888
I have had this app on my 150 Fourstroke for about 2 years and in general appreciate the data. My biggest dislike of the app is the lack of info on how things are calculated such as fuel level. Does the app adjust the fuel level if you ran without the app on? Or only when you remember to connect? Also, can’t seem to get a performance report on my engine - says no data for the selected series. Would love to see these items addressed
Engine Performance and Fuel
09/07/2020

PL8888

I have had this app on my 150 Fourstroke for about 2 years and in general appreciate the data. My biggest dislike of the app is the lack of info on how things are calculated such as fuel level. Does the app adjust the fuel level if you ran without the app on? Or only when you remember to connect? Also, can’t seem to get a performance report on my engine - says no data for the selected series. Would love to see these items addressed
Add in more features Smart Craft has. Especially wake/surf/toe related
08/18/2018

Dr.How
Would like to see a complete set of features available in Vessel View for the App. Cruise control would actually work on this. Especially tow features. Accelerate curves, top speed limits (especially in tenths mph for surfing), Cruise. Hey, why not full auto pilot? And troll control. With larger iPhone, or a iPad these would work great and made to be safe. In the future, Remote Boat control! Launch control Drive it right off the trailer, park. And vice verse. For a single person launching (or recovering) boat this would be valuable (especially with other people who can tie or hold a boat, but not drive either boat or tow vehicle. In the meantime, please add all the other Smart Craft and Vessel View features.
Add in more features Smart Craft has. Especially wake/surf/toe related
08/18/2018

Dr.How

Would like to see a complete set of features available in Vessel View for the App. Cruise control would actually work on this. Especially tow features. Accelerate curves, top speed limits (especially in tenths mph for surfing), Cruise. Hey, why not full auto pilot? And troll control. With larger iPhone, or a iPad these would work great and made to be safe. In the future, Remote Boat control! Launch control Drive it right off the trailer, park. And vice verse. For a single person launching (or recovering) boat this would be valuable (especially with other people who can tie or hold a boat, but not drive either boat or tow vehicle. In the meantime, please add all the other Smart Craft and Vessel View features.
Still some stuff I would like to see, but ver 1.9 is great!
07/15/2019

Johnsterman
I would still like to see any data parameter selectable for the main screen. Some of the parameters such as mpg are a couple of layers deep.Now to some compliments. Version 1.9 was a big update. To heck with using this on my iPhone, this is now really cool on an iPad. I use an iPad mini.You can use the built in iOS map app on one side and Vessel View on the other using split screen. Both apps have to support split screen for this to work. Other apps such as Navionics Boating do not support split screen, but you can use iOS slide over to put show Vessel View on about a third of the screen over such an app as Boating. You can do a search to find out the difference between slide over and split screen and how to use them.If you try this on an iPad, consider the following: The cellular iPads have GPS already built in and are ideal. However, you can get a Bluetooth GPS such as the Garmin GLO or Bad Elf to give a non-cellular iPad GPS capability.

Developer Response
Thank you for the feedback. We have made landscape orientation and split-screen available with the latest release (Version 1.9.0). Please give it a try.
Still some stuff I would like to see, but ver 1.9 is great!
07/15/2019

Johnsterman

I would still like to see any data parameter selectable for the main screen. Some of the parameters such as mpg are a couple of layers deep.Now to some compliments. Version 1.9 was a big update. To heck with using this on my iPhone, this is now really cool on an iPad. I use an iPad mini.You can use the built in iOS map app on one side and Vessel View on the other using split screen. Both apps have to support split screen for this to work. Other apps such as Navionics Boating do not support split screen, but you can use iOS slide over to put show Vessel View on about a third of the screen over such an app as Boating. You can do a search to find out the difference between slide over and split screen and how to use them.If you try this on an iPad, consider the following: The cellular iPads have GPS already built in and are ideal. However, you can get a Bluetooth GPS such as the Garmin GLO or Bad Elf to give a non-cellular iPad GPS capability.
Developer Response 07/08/2019
Thank you for the feedback. We have made landscape orientation and split-screen available with the latest release (Version 1.9.0). Please give it a try.
Why won’t my iPhone XR connect after the last update???
07/14/2019

Junk_stuff
Generally has been a good product. But the latest update won’t connect to my iPhone XR. My other blue tooth devices work fine.It will connect to my daughters iPhone 8.Added 14 July: followed the developers advice, and received this back“Sometimes during application updates iPhones can corrupt the information stored in them for the device they are trying to connect to. I have found luck in downloading a free app called LightBlue. It is in the app store. Once you download this app, turn the key on so the module powers up. Go into LightBlue and locate the module in there, and connect to it. Once LightBlue has established a connection close out of this app. Now try it with VVM. I have found that by interrogating the device with an outside Bluetooth scanner app like LightBlue it fixes the information between the two.”I followed these directions and it worked like a champ. Completely solved my problem. Thanks!

Developer Response
Sorry to see that you are having an issue connecting. Please contact customer support at support.vvm@mercmarine.com and we can assist you with getting everything working.
Why won’t my iPhone XR connect after the last update???
07/14/2019

Junk_stuff

Generally has been a good product. But the latest update won’t connect to my iPhone XR. My other blue tooth devices work fine.It will connect to my daughters iPhone 8.Added 14 July: followed the developers advice, and received this back“Sometimes during application updates iPhones can corrupt the information stored in them for the device they are trying to connect to. I have found luck in downloading a free app called LightBlue. It is in the app store. Once you download this app, turn the key on so the module powers up. Go into LightBlue and locate the module in there, and connect to it. Once LightBlue has established a connection close out of this app. Now try it with VVM. I have found that by interrogating the device with an outside Bluetooth scanner app like LightBlue it fixes the information between the two.”I followed these directions and it worked like a champ. Completely solved my problem. Thanks!
Developer Response 07/12/2019
Sorry to see that you are having an issue connecting. Please contact customer support at support.vvm@mercmarine.com and we can assist you with getting everything working.

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