October 28, 2021
NMEA 2000 data on navigation software & app

Receiving NMEA 2000 on a navigation software & app

  The navigation software ScanNav released an update a few weeks ago as it now accepts raw NMEA 2000 data from our iKonvert or NavLink2. A list of PGNs (Message format and parameter group numbers) is preconfigured for commonly used instruments (GPS, COG & SOG, wind, depth, compass, loch, AIS, […]
August 23, 2017
Wireless Interfacing to PolarView

Wireless Interfacing to PolarView

Yesterday one of our US dealers contacted us asking for advice on how to make PolarView navigation software work with one of our wireless NMEA products. This short video shows exactly how to do this and should be useful for anyone wishing to send wireless NMEA data from one of […]
January 7, 2015
Using Digital Yacht Wi-Fi products with OpenCPN V3.2 or higher

Using Digital Yacht Wi-Fi products with OpenCPN V3.2 or higher

In this second post about using our products with OpenCPN, we are pleased to announce the release of a new Tech Note that provides OpenCPN (Windows/Mac/LINUX) users with a clear guide on how to configure the latest Connection Manager (in OpenCPN since V3.2) to work with our Wi-Fi products. OpenCPN […]
December 19, 2014
Using Digital Yacht USB products with OpenCPN V3.2 or higher

Using Digital Yacht USB products with OpenCPN V3.2 or higher

In the first of two posts about using our products with OpenCPN, we are pleased to announce the release of a new Tech Note that provides OpenCPN (Windows/Mac/LINUX) users with a clear guide on how to configure the latest Connection Manager (in OpenCPN since V3.2) to work with our USB […]
May 30, 2014

Using Navionics+ Charts on SmarterTrack 2014

Our latest SmarterTrack 2014 navigation software for PCs is an ideal planning and backup navigation tool for all owners of a dedicated Chart Plotter that uses Navionics charts, as you can copy the charts from your Navionics cartridge on to your PC’s hard drive and avoid having to buy additional […]
April 10, 2014

Wireless NMEA2000 on OpenCPN

Slowly but surely, NMEA2000 the latest marine electronics networking standard is making its way on to boats; old and new. With most new marine electronics equipment having an NMEA2000 interface, we are seeing more and more requests for our NavLink Wireless NMEA2000 Server, that allows you to wirelessly send NMEA2000 […]
March 28, 2014
Wireless NMEA devices with older Navigation Software

Using our Wireless NMEA devices with older Navigation Software

Our Wireless NMEA products (WLN10, NavLink, PilotLink, AIT3000 and iAIS) are proving really popular and for customers that have a suitable App or Navigation Software that can read the TCP/UDP network data, then interfacing to them is easy. Today I was contacted by a customer that had quite old navigation […]
November 1, 2013

New Series of SmarterTrack Videos

  With the release of our latest SmarterTrack 2014 navigation software for Windows PCs, we have prepared a series of short videos that take you through the most popular functions of SmarterTrack. Click on the links below to view the video on YouTube…. 1)   Getting Started 2)   Interfacing […]