Patent ID: 6997764

Claim:
An outboard motor identification number setting device provided in an outboard motor connected to a network, comprising: a number setting section configured to set an identification number of the outboard motor; and a number transmitting/receiving section configured to transmit the identification number set by the number setting section and to receive an identification number of another outboard motor via the network; the number transmitting/receiving section being configured such that when the number transmitting/receiving section does not receive an identification number of another outboard motor from the network for a predetermined period of time, an initial value preset in the number setting section is set as the identification number of the outboard motor in the number setting section; and the number transmitting/receiving section also being configured such that when the number transmitting/receiving section receives an identification number of the another outboard motor from the network, an identification number different from the identification number of another outboard motor is set in the number setting section.