all fired up 6 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I learned about this the other day (See info pasted below). Has anyone in the forum used one of these gadgets? and what sort of results are they getting? The website is http://vyacht.net WiFi NMEA2000/0183/Seatalk RouterIt sends your boat's NMEA 0183, NMEA 2000 and Seatalk and Seatalk NG data to your iPad, Android, smartphone or laptop/PC. The router features a NMEA 0183 output and NMEA 2000 / Seatalk NG as well as up to four NMEA 0183 inputs and and an optional Seatalk 1 input. Wireless network and optional ethernet LAN and WAN ports allow connecting with mostly any end user device. All incoming data is multiplexed. By default data is translated to NMEA 0183 and send to the NMEA 0183 output and via wifi/ethernet. Other data formats are SignalK or raw data format. This is the 3rd generation of the popular open source device. The router brings marine instrument data to iPad, tablet and on-board computer. It creates a wireless network via a shared access point to distribute your GPS position, AIS and any other information available on the boat network. Multiple clients can connect to the same wireless network. It got me all fired up - I have visions of picking up data from my B&G kit and doing fancy things with it in my iPad using Regatta from http://www.zifigo.com a.f.u Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,239 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Yes. Which B&G instruments? Do you have a B&G plotter? If so, then simply add a B&G "Go Free" to the system, and it does everything you have asked - a GoFree is about $300, and has the apps etc you need for Apple or Andriod. If you don't have a B&G plotter/MFD, then there are several ways to do this - for under $100 on a laptop, to a Vesper Marine AIS unit with Wifi, for around $1K, and others in between. Send me a PM or give me a call if you'd like to discuss your system, and what best might suit. Cheers Matt 0221539176 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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