April 25, 2023

Testing NMEA 2000 Networks

At this time of the year, with people getting their boats ready for the season, adding new bits of kit and powering things up after a long winter layup, we get lots of enquiries about NMEA 2000 installations and accessories. One particular customer, had a serious NMEA 2000 network cabling […]
October 6, 2022

Expedition now Supports Digital Yacht Gateways

Offshore yacht racing is the ultimate test of equipment, software and functionality. When milliseconds can be the difference between winning or losing, the top helmsmen and navigators really rely on their instrumentation and software to make those critical decisions. Industry leading sensors, instruments and software combine to monitor, calculate and […]
July 6, 2022

New “Furuno Compatible” GPS160F Positioning Sensor

Furuno are one of the most successful marine electronic manufacturers in the world and their products can be found on thousands of vessels, from the smallest yacht to the largest super-tanker. Renowned for their reliability, there are many older Furuno systems, still giving good service, that were developed before the […]
May 16, 2022

Configuring our 4G Products

Since COVID forced many of us to start working remotely, we are seeing an ever increasing demand for our 4G Products. Once installed and working, these products are extremely reliable, but with so many mobile network operators around the world, initial setup can be confusing. To help our customers get […]
March 4, 2022

Important Update for our 4G Products

AT&T, the large US mobile network operator, recently announced that they would be switching off their 3G service, so that they could improve and focus ongoing investment on their 4G and 5G networks. This has had an impact on many AT&T users, some of whom have had to upgrade to […]
January 7, 2022

Simple NMEA 2000 Networking Guide Released

  To coincide with the expansion of our NMEA 2000 Network Cabling range, Digital Yacht are pleased to publish an online guide to creating and installing an NMEA 2000 network. There are many good online guides, but they are mainly aimed at professional Dealers and Installers and go in to […]
July 27, 2021

Overriding 4GXtream Auto-APN Settings

Our latest 4GXtream router has a new “Auto-APN” feature that reads the SIM details and selects the correct APN settings for the SIM’s mobile network. APN stands for Access Point Name and are the settings your 4GXtream needs to pass to the network carrier; AT&T, Vodafone, T-Mobile, etc. in order […]
February 23, 2021

Signal K + OpenCPN + Digital Yacht

The following article explains how to use Signal K on a Windows PC to interface Digital Yacht’s iKonvert (wired) or NavLink2 (wireless) NMEA 2000 gateways to the popular OpenCPN navigation software. Both gateways are NMEA 2000 certified, galvanically isolated and support full Signal K functionality. Until recently, Signal K had […]