February 21, 2014
Raymarine a, c and e Series Plotters with AIS over NMEA2000

Integrating our products with latest Raymarine a/c/e Series

With the latest Raymarine a/c/e Series multi-function displays (MFDs) now having built-in Wi-Fi adaptors, we are often asked how our wireless products can be used with them. My immediate response is to ask the customer what do they want or expect the system to do ? As we are seeing […]
February 20, 2014

Sailing Club Talk on 21st Century Marine Electronics proves popular

Over 50 members of the Castle Cove Sailing Club and the Weymouth and Portland Cruising Association attended a talk on 21st Century Marine Electronics, last night, presented by our CTO Paul Sumpner. The talk which showed how marine electronics has changed in the past 30-40 years, highlighted the most significant […]
February 3, 2014

Best Marine Navigation Apps for Apple iOS Devices

WE HAVE UPDATED THIS LIST. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE LATEST LIST OF THE BEST APPS FOR IOS. It is just over 6 years since the first App was sold on the Apple App Store and now with over 60 Billion apps downloaded, apps have become part of normal […]
December 20, 2013

How to configure our Wireless NMEA Products for Wi-Fi and 4G connections

  Recently we have received a couple of reports that when customers are connected to one of our wireless NMEA products, that they can no longer access the internet via 3G on their iPhone/iPad. This is due to the device thinking that it has a good wireless internet connection and so […]
September 26, 2013

A Very Concise Visit

On a rather grey and damp afternoon, Paul Sumpner visited Class 40 race boat “Concise 8” which was being commissioned at Port Hamble. On board was Mark Wylie of Eastern Electronics who specialises in the supply and fit of marine electronics for high performance racing yachts. WIth NKE instruments, Adrena […]
May 2, 2013
Wireless NMEA devices with older Navigation Software

Updating our WLN10 or WLN10HS

It is almost 2 years since we released our popular WLN10 and WLN10HS wireless NMEA servers and in that time the number of mobile wireless devices has sky rocketed. Originally most customers used these products with iPhones and iPads but with Android devices now outselling Apple products, we get more […]
April 30, 2013

New PilotLink to debut at Seawork 2013

Our new wireless interface PilotLink will have its worldwide launch at this year’s Seawork exhibition in Southampton in June. Our UK distributor, CA Clase will be demonstrating it along with our CLA1000 Class A Transponder on stand A143. SeaWork International is  is the largest and fastest growing commercial marine and workboat […]
April 29, 2013

Connecting a Garmin 400 or 500 Series Plotter to iAIS

The Garmin 400 and 500 series plotters are some of the most popular small boat chart plotters on the market and it is not surprising that we get many enquiries about how to connect our products to them. Normally customers just want to add an AIS receiver or transponder to […]