NMEA 2000 (¹) is a standard for electronic communication network specifically designed for pleasure boats, according to an industry standard published by the National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA). It aNMEAto meet many needs, arising from the considerable increase of electronic devices onboard, the spread of computers and MFDs (²) with control and navigation application more sophisticated. He [...]
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Miniplex-2Wi, the new WiFi multiplexer for iPad and iPhone
The company has just introduced ShipModul on its website its new wireless multiplexer, the Miniplex-2Wi. This device comes in direct competition to the IMUX Brookhouse, on which I wrote several posts on this blog, but penalized since early 2011 by delivery prohibitive for France.
The Miniples-2Wi only regards boats owners with NMEA 0183 and/or RAYMARINE SeaTalk instruments. For boats with a network [...]
Seasmart WiFi connects the NMEA 2000 on your iPhone
Le SeaSmart WiFi, iPadNav.fr presented by the Paris Boat Show last week, allows a WiFi connection to iPad , iPhone or any other computer via WiFi to a NMEA 2000.
Designed by Chetco Digital Instruments, Brookings, Oregon (USA), SeaSmart is a wireless transmitter NMEA2000 and NMEA0183 compatible consists of an USB/serial gateway, WiFi transmitter 802.11 b/g and an embedded CGI/AJAX web server. Compatible with browsers [...]
Control a Mac or PC with TeamViewer HD on iPad
I use TeamViewer on my Mac for a long time to be able to do remote support on Mac / OSX as PC / Windows. This German company has had the excellent idea of developing two applications for iPhone and TeamViewer TeamViewer HD iPad. Both applications are just as free as the Mac/PC versions, for private use. They are translated into multiple languages, including French, and the company claims 100 [...]
Installing an iMux aboard "Lady Jane"
My Fischer 37 "Lady Jane" is equipped at the base of a conventional antenna Raymarine GPS, the trio wind, depth, speed instruments, and a multi chartplotter / Radar C70 :
In November 2010, reading this blog I have a strong incentive to get a multiplexer. Control its navigation and see instruments displayed with iPhone is really a challenging project. The navigation software is very iNavX [...]
Connect instrument to an iPad with SEAMate 1A Lite WiFi
In the spring 2008, Mølgaard Marine House Company has designed one of the first multiplexers WiFi for connecting the pleasure of navigation instruments and an AIS to an embedded computer. If this product is still available today, however, it is surpassed by several recent products, already mentioned in this blog (¹), more efficient and cheaper.
Nevertheless, for holders of this unit, it is possible to configure [...]
Use your iPhone as a MacENC GPS
We knew how to send NMEA data from MacENC to iNavX on iPhone or iPad (¹), and so to use the instruments on board connected to the Mac to provide position for iNavX.
The reverse is now possible. L'application GPS 2 IP, Capsicum developed by Dreams, can use the GPS with an iPhone 3G or iPad for the position in MacENC. Translated into French, very easy to use, GPS 2 [...]
Receive NMEA 2000 data with iNavX
It is now possible to connect a N2K system (¹) to iNavX, on iPhone or iPad.
Actually, Actisense company, well known for its NMEA interfaces (multiplexers and gateways), designed the NGW-1 ISO, NMEA 2000 converter to NMEA 0183 and vice versa. Connected to one of Brookhouse IMUX or DigitalYacht of IAIS, the converted data will be sent via WiFi to iNavX.
Controlling a Windows PC from an iPad
Dear friends macusers, the approach of Christmas, we need to be charitable, particularly to users of Windows PCs. Actually, before the influx of requests on how to control a Windows application from an iPad, have provided explanations (*) for Mac users, I feel indebted to a small tutorial for windowsusers.
For your iPad can control the screen of a PC, [...]
iMux, a multiplexer WiFi for iPad
More and more great ! After Wi-SP Digi Connect, l’iAIS de Digital Yacht, here's IMUX of Brookhouse.
The iMux is a multiplexer (*) NMEA 0183 able to transmit in WiFi data from the instruments connected to it (GPS, Navigation, AIS) to an iPad, iPhone, or any computer featured with a built-in WiFi receiver. All navigation applications receiving NMEA data 0183 through a serial port, USB or Bluetooth [...]
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