May 23, 2012

AIS BASE STATION

Monitoring vessel movements from the shore is useful not just for friends and family but also for security and planning apps – we even keep an eye on our  supplies coming via container ships!  To make fitting and setting up an AIS Base Station easy, we’ve developed AISNET – a […]
May 23, 2012

Class A AIS Package For Workboats and Other Commercial Vessels

Class A AIS transponders are frequently being installed on smaller vessels who want the security and performance of a Class A transponder.  Digital Deep Sea have created a Class A package which includes all the antennas and a heading sensor and pilot plug cable.  The HSC100 compass sensor is custom […]
May 14, 2012

AIS Man Over Board Systems

In 2010, the IMO approved the use of AIS SARTs as an alternative to the traditional Radar SARTS. An AIS SART consists of a GPS receiver and an AIS Transponder that when activated, quickly gets a position fix and then transmits a special combination of AIS Messages 1 and 14 that […]
May 12, 2012

Using Digital Yacht AIS units with OpenCPN

We get a lot of questions from users of OpenCPN, the popular Open Source navigation software, on how to get their AIS units and/or GPS units to work. The good news is that all Digital Yacht AIS and GPS units work with OpenCPN and we have now created two articles […]
May 10, 2012

Using a PC at Night – Screen Dimmer

For yachtsmen who have struggled to use a PC at the chart table on a night time passage, with the glare of the screen ruining your night vision, then this simple and free piece of software is what you need. Called Pango Bright, it allows additional dimming of the main and secondary […]
May 10, 2012
Testing NMEA0183

NMEA 0183 Display Program

NMEA 0183 has become the most widely adopted standard for data communication in the Marine industry. Based on the old RS232 Serial Interface used on computer terminals data is transmitted as a series of high and low voltages between two pieces of wire. Although fairly simple in principle, NMEA 0183 […]
May 10, 2012

Good AIS Etiquette – Fitting a Silence Switch

As the number of vessels with an AIS Transponder increases, yachtsmen should seriously consider fitting their Class B AIS Transponder with a Silent Switch. In popular areas, the amount of AIS traffic can cause excessive clutter on people’s plotters and fitting a simple switch that stops your Class B Transponder […]
May 10, 2012

CLB2000 Class B For The Commercial Market

We just launched a new commercial grade, Class B AIS transponder.  Called the CLB2000, it has been specifically designed for installation on work boats, ferries and other commercial craft that want to add the functionality of AIS, but are not required to carry a more expensive, mandatory fit, class A […]