July 12, 2019

Navionics Boating App now supports Wireless AIS data

AIS Targets on Navionics By far the biggest news this month, is that the hugely popular Navionics Boating App now supports live AIS data over Wi-Fi. This means, that any of Digital Yacht’s wireless AIS units will now provide live AIS data for the app to overlay on the Navionics […]
October 23, 2018

Digital Yacht nominated for two DAME awards at METS 2018

Digital Yacht have been nominated for two DAME Awards at this years 2018 METS marine equipment show. 4G Connect with its Amazon Alexa integration appealed to the judges.  It’s a 4G web/internet access solution for boats offering ranges up to 20NM offshore.  Insert you choice of SIM card and it […]
July 27, 2018

Background Apps Stopping Wireless NMEA Transmission

When Digital Yacht released their first wireless NMEA product, the award winning iAIS back in 2011, there were very few marine apps and most customers used either our free iAIS app or the more powerful iNavX paid app. Now there are far more marine apps in the Apple Store and […]
February 14, 2018

Digital Yacht at Miami Boatshow February, 15-19 2018

The Miami boat show starts this week (Feb15-19) and there are exciting new product introductions from the team at Digital Yacht We’ll will be exhibiting on Booth C645 and we will display new products including: 4G Connect Internet Access Solution – fast 4G internet connectivity afloat SeaTalk to NMEA Gateway […]
November 20, 2017
iAIS Gets A Navionics Upgrade

iAIS Gets A Navionics Upgrade

A new version of Digital Yacht’s iAIS app is now available that supports a background layer of charting utilising the popular and detailed Navionic’s charts. What’s more, there’s no requirement to re-purchase charts so long as you have a current Navionic’s subscription and app on the iOS device.  The Navionic’s […]
December 5, 2016
TCP Connection Problems

TCP Connection Problems on Apple iOS 10

Since Apple’s release of iOS 10 for iPhones and iPads, we have been getting a number of calls and emails saying that various navigational Apps that read wireless NMEA data from our products have stopped working, including our free iAIS app. There are two modes/protocols that our wireless NMEA products […]
April 29, 2015
Wi-Fi Congestion

Wi-Fi Congestion

The range of 2.4GHz frequencies reserved for Wi-Fi is fairly limited and with so many Wi-Fi devices and networks these days, it is not unusual for wireless networks in the same location to share the same frequencies and this results in lower connection speeds and even connection drop outs in […]
January 21, 2015
Testing Wireless NMEA Data

Testing Wireless NMEA Data

  With more and more wireless NMEA systems being installed on-board boats, it is very useful for dealers, installers and enthusiastic end users to have simple tools to “view” this wireless NMEA data. Traditionally, wired NMEA0183 data was viewed using an NMEA to USB cable connected to a PC and […]