Richard Ray a annoncé sur le forum macsailing.net forum that great progress had been made on adding support NMEA 2000 in MacENC. MacENC 8 now use the Actisense NGT-1 USB gateway pour connecter le Mac à un réseau N2K (¹).
Category : Material
iPhone 4 : location componants
With the iPhone 4, Apple Delivers Significantly Improved Device for Using Marine or Land Navigation Apps, as iNavX.
Our friends iFixit dissected as usual the first device in their hands. Here are the results of their investigations. Read more …
Bad news from Apple !
In an October post 2009, I headlined “Good news from Apple” mentioning the price drop of the Mac Mini which had just been renewed. This time it’s quite the opposite. !
In the media frenzy surrounding the arrival of the iPad, iPhone 4 and iOS4, the presentation of the Mac Mini unibody 2010 seems to be (nearly) unnoticed… except for the purse. Read more …
iPad , a Chartplotter Killer ?
With iPad 3G finally in hands, featured iNavX and the (beta) version AyeTides XL in testing, I'm going to give you my first impression, previously to perform an extended test at sea.
Regardless of the fact that the iPad can be used for many other things than shipping, I am now totally convinced of its utility on board, Here are the reasons. Read more …
iPad 3G : Initial information about built-in GPS
Since my post 20 2013, We were impatiently waiting for the dismantling of the’iPad 3G to discover its communication components (3G, GPS). From the first delivery, Our friends at iFixit rushed to the "beast" for total dissection. Read more …
The question of choice
A reoccurring question comes regularly by email from my visitors : which computer equipment to choose for yachting ? It is a fact that, faced with the spectacular growth in equipment available to recreational sailors, it becomes very difficult to form an opinion. By giving partial answers to one and the other, and often unsatisfactory, I ended up realizing the facts. Actually, the choice of a navigation system is essentially based on the answer to a question : for what need ?
I therefore tried to define these needs and put an appropriate solution in front of each person.. This may seem a little simplistic, but above all it has the merit of simplifying things. I took the opportunity to calculate the current budget for each of the solutions in order to highlight a criterion that seems fundamental to me : the Need/Coast ratio. Let's go… Read more …
Connect a Furuno GP32 to your Mac
To connect a GP32 (31 or 30) with a Mac or PC, you must first strip the free end of the connector cable to 6 pin contains the data wires, in addition to positive and negative power wires. The diagram below shows you the principles of wiring.iPad : new support for iNavX ?
Can not join the chorus of comments about’iPad qu’Apple a présenté hier. As far as we are concerned, for us yachtsmen, this new touch pad does not seem to represent anything other than an iPod Touch bigger screen, et c’est pourtant là tout son intérêt !
The model we are interested with, équipé du WiFi and the 3G, et doté d’un Integrated GPS, devrait être disponible en France au mois de Juin. However, il faudra attendre cette époque pour connaître les offres des opérateurs, sachant que la connexion 3G illimitée est incluse dans certains forfaits pour iPhone, mais pas dans tous, quel sera son coût ? Read more …
iPhone built-in GPS : some details
A la suite de mon article from 8 November 2009 the accuracy of couple iNavX / iPhone, I tried to explore the subject, and I deliver to you the fruit of my investigations. Be careful it might be long !
The built-in GPS chipset in the iPhone is an A-GPS specially designed for mobile phones. Cela nécessite quelques explications et un peu de technique. Read more …
Install the GPS BU-353 with GPSNavX/MacENC
The BU-353 GPS connected to the MacBook via USB
You have to follow the steps below, in order :
1) Quit GPSNavX or MacENC before proceed.
2) Install the Prolific PL2303 driver.
http://www.francis-fustier.fr/media/Telecharge/PL2303_1.2.1.sit
3) Connect the BU-353 USB GPS antenna to a USB port on your Mac.
4) Launch GPSNavX or MacENC, select the menu "GPS > Connect ". Open the "Settings" drawer, then select :
– Type : "SiRF USB"
– Port : "usbserial"
– Rate : " 4800 ”