24218278 Assisted Docking with Thruster Integration Software, D8-IPS, EVC-E | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta software licence 24218278. It combines two Electronic Vessel Control functions in one licence: Assisted Docking, which holds the boat against wind and current while the helmsman places it with the joystick, and thruster integration, which brings the bow thruster into that same joystick so steering, gear and thruster are all worked from the one control. It is the D8-IPS version on the EVC-E generation of Electronic Vessel Control, the last of the lettered generations, and it is ordered one licence per driveline, so a twin installation takes two. It is ordered instead of the separate Assisted Docking (24218276) and Thruster integration (24237339) numbers. The licence is matched to the engine family, the control-system generation and the number of drivelines, so order against the number given for your own installation. Loading the software and configuring the system for it is dealer work.

⚙️ Key Features

• Marked EVC-E, the last of the lettered Electronic Vessel Control generations
• Ignition and control system group
• The only generation-marked kit of the four in the 24218 block
• Combined Assisted Docking and thruster integration software for D8-IPS on EVC-E
• Ordered one per driveline: a twin installation needs two
• Ordered instead of the separate Assisted Docking (24218276) and Thruster integration (24237339) numbers
• Requires the joystick version carrying the thruster button
• EVC generation: EVC-E
• Installation: one kit per driveline
• Engine and drive: D8-IPS

🔌 Function

Packages under one ordering number the parts belonging to a particular Electronic Vessel Control accessory or upgrade on an EVC-E system, so the set is fitted matched rather than made up from loose numbers.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Assisted Docking option missing or greyed out on the joystick/docking display
• The thruster not responding as part of the docking-assist function, since this one licence has to cover both the docking and thruster-integration sides
• Docking assist working on one engine of a twin D8 installation but not the other, since a software kit is needed per driveline
• The function not returning after the Steering and Thruster Control Module or joystick is replaced

🛠️ Service Notes

• Volvo Penta's EVC installation instructions state that the EVC cable harnesses must never be cut or modified, and that the Volvo Penta accessory relay is the sanctioned way to take an extra power supply
• EVC feature upgrades are dealer work: the hardware is only half of the job, and the system generally has to be told the new equipment is present before it will do anything
• Fitting instructions are supplied with most EVC kits, and the sheet in the box takes precedence over a generic wiring parts list for your engine
• Order one software kit per driveline: a twin installation needs two
• Retrofit prerequisite: Dynamic Positioning System (DPS) software is required in addition to this kit
• Retrofit prerequisite: the thruster side on EVC-E needs the Steering and Thruster Control Module 22685460 with S-link adapter cable 22673876, a thruster interface from Volvo Penta and a proportional bow thruster from Sleipner
• Upper gear IPS1-A to IPS1-C has to be upgraded to IPS1-D to F before Assisted Docking and the Dynamic Positioning System will function

🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

OEM / Related Numbers

• Assisted docking only: 24218276
• Thruster integration only: 24237339

📦 Condition

• Genuine Volvo Penta part
• Brand new
• Supplied in original or equivalent packaging