June 22, 2023

NMEA 2000 Alerts

In the summer of 2012, the NMEA Organisation published a set of new NMEA 2000 PGNs that added powerful and important Alert/Alarm functionality to the NMEA 2000 standard.  Until that point individual PGNs had handled specific alarm conditions by having a custom, “hard coded” alarm enumeration field, where a list […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
April 22, 2021
how to install and configure the AIT5000

How to install the AIT5000 Class B+ AIS Transponder

This video will show you how to install our AIT5000 Class B+ AIS Transponder for NMEA 0183 & NMEA 2000 based systems. To configure the AIT5000, you can read this article which explain how to configure the AIT5000 with its built-in web interface.  
February 3, 2021
NMEA 2000 Troubleshooting & Diagnostic with NavDoctor

NMEA 2000 Troubleshooting, Diagnostics & Monitoring – Easy with NAVDoctor

NMEA 2000 has become the defacto standard for marine electronic interfacing on board boats.  Based on CanBus technology, it’s robust and relies on a backbone with spurred connections to each individual device.  In theory, it makes interfacing between brands, for instance a Raymarine plotter connected to a Digital Yacht AIS […]
January 28, 2021
update of navlink2

NavLink2 Software Update

NavLink2 is an easy to fit NMEA 2000 to Wifi server designed so that NMEA 2000 navigation data can be made available for apps on smartphones, tablets, iPads and PCs. Installation takes seconds as a result of direct connection to the NMEA 2000 back bone and being self-powered from the […]