Dave — Ray Control will ONLY work through a WiFi-enbled Raymarine MFD. And no, currently the WiFi implementation of the WiFi on the MFDs cannot be used to serve out NMEA2k data via WiFi; for that, you’d want something like the Digital Yacht box:
http://www.digitalyachtamerica.com/index.php/en/products/interfacing/nmea-to-wifi-adaptors/product/52-navlink-wireless-nmea2000-server <http://www.digitalyachtamerica.com/index.php/en/products/interfacing/nmea-to-wifi-adaptors/product/52-navlink-wireless-nmea2000-server> — Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI > On Sep 1, 2016, at 10:19 AM, Dave S via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks gentlemen! my P70 is mounted in a pod, on an arm, and can be turned. > I don't much like the idea of twisting it 'round but I can. > > Fred, great info, thanks. I don't really want to implement an nmea0183 > wireless remote, so for me its a cost benefit question of MFD vs p70. (or > nothing) Stupidly I bought an actisense USB n2k gateway, when maybe I should > have considered a more expensive wireless gateway, including, possibly, the > raymarine mfd. Truth is, the idea of locking into an instantly obsolete > proprietary mfd bugs me when tablets are cheap, versatile, and adaptable, and > n2k exists as a supposed standard.) > > Am I correct in assuming that raycontrol will only work with a raymarine MFD, > and not with a generic N2k wireless gateway? > > Conversely, could the Raymarine MFD's wireless capability feed n2k sentences > to another chartplotter app? (or have they locked that down as well) This > would allow not only raycontrol on the ipad, but a redundant tablet-based > chartplotter. in addition to my wind, weather, and AIS apps, all on one > device. I could then use a bigger portable and more versatile tablet(s), > with a more compact mfd, located anywhere. > > (FYI I have a garmin GLO Bluetooth GPS antenna, plus a garmin n2k antenna on > the network, plus the onboard ipad GPS antenna... lotsa redundancy.) > > Dave
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