December 4, 2012

Help ! I Cannot Access My WL510

Our popular WL510 Long Range Wi-Fi adaptor is pre-configured with an optimised set of default settings that for the majority of customers will work perfectly. However, there are many settings and different modes that the WL510 can be changed to and every now and again we will get an email […]
December 4, 2012

More information on using our AIT2000 transponder with OpenCPN on Mac and LINUX PCs

Following on from our previous post on using our AIS products with the popular open source navigation software OpenCPN,  Digital Yacht have released a new Tech Note that explains how to get our latest AIT2000 Class B Transponder working with OpenCPN on a Mac or LINUX PC. Under Windows, there […]
November 28, 2012

TENDER TRACKING USING CLASS B AIS

We’re increasingly seeing AIS being used as a system for tender or jetski tracking.  This document helps see how Digital Yacht can offer a complete solution Download the pdf from here SUGGESTED SYSTEMS – TENDER TRACKING USING AIS  
November 7, 2012

Aqua 50 – Introduces Linux To marine PCs

We’re getting ready for some new product introductions at METS next week and here’s a new idea… Digital Yacht have introduced a new, ultra compact, marine PC which uses Linux as an operating system and comes preinstalled with some interesting software applications including Open CPN, a full function electronic chart […]
October 24, 2012

iNAVHub – See What it Can Do…

iNAVHub is one of our most exciting new products so check this out to see what it can offer.  The “walk on board and connect” solution that’s easy to deploy and makes NMEA and Internet data available through ONE password protected wifi point- and at an affordable price. This is […]
September 20, 2012

New Firmware Update for AIT2000 + CLB2000

Today we have just finished testing and approving a new software update for our popular AIT2000 and CLB2000 Class B Transponders. This is the first update for these products and includes a number of small tweaks to the Alarms, to stop the occasional false alarm that one or two customers have reported. […]
September 11, 2012

Class B Static Data on NMEA2000

Occasionally technological progress can create unforeseen incompatibilities and unfortunately this has recently proved to be the case with some NMEA2000 chart plotters displaying AIS data.  A recent “name and shame” article on Panbo, the leading Marine Electronics Blog, highlighted a very important issue with some popular chart plotters from major manufacturers […]
September 11, 2012

Re-Configuring an HSC100

Our popular HSC100 compass sensor comes in two versions; the original HSC100 and the newer HSC100T which outputs HDT and ROT for Class A Transponders. In some installations, it is necessary to re-configure the HSC100 to output a different format of compass heading sentence or to change the damping on […]