Joe, Look for yourself on Marine Traffic. Or let me know when the unit has been on for a while.
Please let me know how the NMEA WiFi bridge works. Could be much simpler than what I am trying to do with Signal K and a router. Joel On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I have the AIS unit now. I wish I hadn’t been so quick to ship the old > one, I would like to see it work and apparently I have no shore station in > reach of my location at the dock. All the lights are good, the diagnostics > are all good, and it says it is transmitting. I guess I have to get out > from behind the buildings and out in the Bay to actually see myself online. > > Another question has come up. I just got an old Gen 2 IPad I am going to > try along with my other toys. It is the Wi-Fi version, no GPS built in. So > I ordered a NMEA>WIFI bridge from FleaBay that should allow this, and my > phone, to get the GPS and AIS data. Two questions: > > 1. Has anyone used the Navionics app with Wi-Fi data like this? The > app itself isn’t real helpful, it basically says connect your device and it > will work. Well thanks for that tip! > > 2. Anyone have Navionics on more than one device? When I got the > IPad on my account I have every single app ready to port over that I have > on the phone including Navionics Hiking, but NOT the Navionics marine > navigation app? Is this some Apple malfunction or is Navionics trying to > get paid twice? If I have to buy it again, I can get INAV-X for about half > the price. > > > > Thanks > > Joe > > Coquina > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *ALAN > BERGEN via CnC-List > *Sent:* Monday, October 30, 2017 12:13 PM > *To:* C&C <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Cc:* ALAN BERGEN <trya...@alumni.usc.edu> > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List AIS improvement + general rewiring > > > > Joe: > > I have an AIT2000 and Raymarine C80 MFD. The AIS out goes to the C80 NMEA > 0183 in and the AIS in goes to the C80 out. Since I have a separate GPS, > that connects to my VHF for the DSC connection. I use a separate VHF > antenna for the AIS, and it can be used as a VHF antenna in case I ever > lose my mast. I had difficulty connecting the AIS to my laptop (something > to do with the software I'm using), so I connected my GPS to the laptop as > well as to the VHF/DSC connections. > > > > Alan Bergen > > 35 Mk III Thirsty > > Rose City YC > > Portland, OR > > > > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 8:03 AM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > The old AIS was tested on my Sunday afternoon sail and got about 15 > targets. It is now off the boat to be shipped to its new owner. The new one > is on the way, a Digital Yacht AIT1500. So now I need to redo the various > NMEA connections and the first thing I am trying to figure is the DSC-in > signals. The VHF has a DSC-out and apparently the new AIS does too, but it > does not seem to be documented. The manual mentions once receiver switches > back and forth between DSC and AIS, but does not mention what sentences it > sends out or on what outputs. My initial plan is to have the VHF DSC out go > to the AIS NMEA in and then it can combine DSC messages it hears with > whatever the AIS picks up. I am planning for now for the AIS to provide > data for the nav computer and VHF, the cockpit plotter will get the AIS > info from the AIS and GPS data either from its own receiver or the AIS > unit, and the APRS will have its own low power GPS so I can turn everything > off but APRS when I am not on the boat. More to follow, but that is plan so > far. One frustration is for some reason the CP180 plotter will NOT take a > GPS fix on any input but 4800 baud port 3, so even though the AIS will send > all the GPS data along with AIS on 38K baud, the plotter won’t read the GPS > sentences at that speed on ports 1 or 2. OpenCPN has no such restriction, > so one connection will do for that. > > > > Joe > > Coquina > > C&C 35 MK I > > > _______________________________________________ > > The bills have started coming in for the year 2018 and have gone up > again. October will be our fund raising month. Please consider sending a > small contribution to help keep this list running. Use PayPal to send > contribution -- https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https- > 3A__www.paypal.me_stumurray&d=DwICAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN > 0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=9w3G7Cf8YfQnrjmtuNxwDJYr3JMv9f1pAfgAJ9xXYQQ&m=_ > ks7dn24N4wltJrr3KP19ThiaomyTIiYJ-Xlnjx2sAU&s= > eTGJizMookQglg7Hs2N6HVp6Li6O3CWDVddmt4ZQrrs&e= > > All contributions are greatly appreciated! > > > > > -- > > Alan Bergen > > 35 Mk III Thirsty > > Rose City YC > > Portland, OR > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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