Connecting my Yamaha 150 HP 4-Stroke & a Raymarine A57???

I have a 2007 Yamaha 150 HP 4-Stroke (2006 manufactured). Based on my serial number and what a Yamaha tech says, my motor is NMEA 200 capable. I am not sure however if I have command link on the motor or if I even need that to get the engine data on my Raymarine. I'm mainly looking to find out what connector(s) on the motor I will need to locate and what cables I'll need. Any help would be extremely valuable to me!

Thanks,
Dave

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Yamaha's Command Link will connect to your motor. You would need to contact Raymarine for connection information.

I heard of 2 ways to make the connection to the Yamaha.
1. come off the command link connector (which has only blue and white wires) with an adapter cable that changes to a NMEA200, then go NMEA 2000 to Seatalk.

2. Use a Seatalk cable that is a Stripped End Spur cable, which Connects products which do not have plug-in connectors (e.g. transducer pods). This cable has a blue, white, red, black, and shield. This cable would be wired into the yamaha ECM.

Do you see any issue wiring this cable (as mentioned in #2) to the ECM? This would give the easiest installation.

Thanks for the help

[boats.net]

Not sure why you have to wire into ECM.

Yeah, I don't think I need to, but was just curious if it would be easier to just wire into the ECM with a stripped end Seatalk spur cable.

[boats.net]

The Command Link gauges will give you more information as well as warning and diagnostic data.