Not starting an N2K vs. NMEA 0183 debate here but 0183 provides a lot of capabilities, much more than my minimalist handheld GPS and VHF 10-year-old setup
When I decided to get some electronics recently, I started with a high-end VHF with built-in GPS and AIS. (S-H VX2200, $260 USD after $40 mail-in rebate) After experimenting some more on the boat yesterday, I was able to get the GPS data from it to my freebie, ~12 year-old S-H CP150C plotter via the DSC wires in the main cable. (I was unable to do this earlier at home.) The CP150C is unable to ingest the 38,400 bps AIS stream but I will be able to send that to a Raspberry Pi 2 (RPi2) coupled with a Tontec 7" display (both for <$100 USD) that will be at the nav station below. So, I'll be able to see and act on AIS info at the RAM mic in the cockpit, at the radio down below or, if I need more than the S-H VX2200 minimalist displays, on the RPi2 running OpenCPN at the nav station. I'll also have an old laptop with OpenCPN and a GPS puck. As for my ailing depthsounder, seeing as I'll have no N2K capability, I bought a Norcross Hawkeye D10D transducer and display (~$100 USD). The Hawkeye might work with my existing Kenyon thru-hull transducer provided my depthsounder problem is with the display and that my transducer operates at 200 kHz. The wind is free and so is my chartplotter. :-) --Bob M Ox 33-1 Jax, FL On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Frederick G Street via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > That Raymarine converter is pretty limited in the data it can convert; and > it will only do 4800 baud, so if Steve ever wanted to add AIS, he’s need to > throw that away and start over. And if there’s a reasonably-priced way to > get to NMEA2000 (which I’ve suggested to Steve already), I’d definitely go > that route, as NMEA0183 is kind of the stone knife of marine data… :^) > > — Fred > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > > >
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