Label : iNavX

iNavX and the "Man Overboard"

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For a while Rich Ray was asked to add a feature button "Man overboard" in its applications. Recently, following a new topic on the website macsailing.net forum, he motivated his refusal for the following reasons :

  1. Such a button would take up limited/valuable screen real-estate on every screen..
  2. Such a button , with expected behavior, come in violation of " Developer Program License Agreement " :
  • 3.3.8 For Applications that use location-based APIs, such Applications may not be designed or marketed for automatic or autonmous control of vehicles, aircraft, or other mechanical devices; dispatch or fleet management; or emergency or life saving purposes. Translation : Concernant les applications utilisant les API basées sur la localisation, ces applications ne doivent pas être conçues ou commercialisées pour le contrôle automatique ou autonome des véhicules, avions, ou tout autre appareil mécanique; la gestion d’envoi ou de flotte; ou dans un but d’urgence ou de sauvegarde de la vie humaine.

An emails exchange between us allowed him to find a compromise respecting the rules imposed by Apple. Read more …

Curious price changes in Navionics

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Bad news : changes in the price of Navionics charts for iNavX iPad appeared on the site x-traverse.com, and unfortunately for regions that concern us directly : Region 46XG Europe up to 43XG Mediterranean (replacing the previous 23XG 2011) for iPad increase +13% by $54 up to $61 (either daily exchange 38 € up to 43 € about).

At the same time, however,, Region 28XG British Isles loses -18% by $84 up to $69 (59 € up to 48 € about). Good news for English navigators, and our fellow citizens who travel the beautiful coastline of the "Perfide Albion".

The fact remains that, after a significant increase in early May with the arrival of Editions 2011, it is surprising to see such rapid changes just at the beginning of the summer season, you'd think the stock rates !

Installing an iMux aboard "Lady Jane"

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My Fischer 37 " Lady Jane " Is basically featured with conventional Raymarine network and GPS antenna , the trio wind, depth, speed instruments, and a multi chartplotter / Radar C70 :

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In November 2010, Reading this blog has strongly urged me get a multiplexer. Control its navigation and see instruments displayed with iPhone is really a challenging project. The navigation software iNavX is very attractive for its price and will be an excellent investment in view of continued improvement by its developer. Read more …

Connect instrument to an iPad with SEAMate 1A Lite WiFi

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Seamate 1A LiteIn the spring 2008, company Mølgaard Marine House has developed one of the first WiFi multiplexers for pleasure in order to connect navigation equipment and AIS to onboard computer. If this product is still available today, however, it is surpassed by several recent products, already mentioned in this blog (¹), more efficient and cheaper.

Nevertheless, for holders of this unit, it is possible to configure iNavX to receive NMEA data transmitted. Richard Ray just give us a tutorial that will soon be added to iNavX Help (²). Read more …

Crossing the Pacific with an iPad

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After my first post Crossing the Atlantic with an iPad Here are some screenshots provided by Christophe Mahé between Panama and the Marquesas Islands, during its passage last month. Dream a little history, and convince the remaining recalcitrant on the capabilities of an iPad to provide position and draw a route anywhere on the globe. Read more …

iNavX, application steadily increasing

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inavxSince the beginning of the year 2011, not less than six iNavX updates were made by Rich Ray, either one monthly !

If there is nothing revolutionary, many "invisible" improvements have been made, as optimizing objects display (waypoints, icons, tracks, routes, etc,), tracks resolution, convenient improvements on measures of distance, waypoints display, chart available information, alarm management (anchor, TCP/IP disconnect), instrument displays (analog or digital choice). Read more …

Navionics charts 2011 : new pricing

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Delivery of Navionics regions 2011 has accompanied a significant change in pricing : significant decrease in the price of charts for iPhone, increase for iPad.
Europe regions (43XG, 44XG, 46XG, 49XG) decrease by 60% for iPhone and increase 35% for iPad. Surprisingly, the British have their region 28XG for iPhone down only 22% ($31), but more than double for iPad ($84). Damned !

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Navionics Charts 2011

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inavxNavionics recent weeks published new versions of its charts regions stamped 2011. A new file of Navionics charts « Gold Marine Charts 2011 "Has been added in the function" Add more charts »Of iNavX.

These regions replace the previous ones and must be purchased to be able to download. I explained the procedure in a previous entry. I mention that Navionics charts are subject to free updates between editions, but a new paying edition replaces the previous one each 1 up to 2 years ago. Having, no obligation to buy a new edition every issue. Read more …

iNavX and SiiTech AIS server

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siitechiNavX allows connection, since version 3.1.7 from February the 11 October 2010, to the data server AIS SiiTech I mentioned in a previous post (¹). The benefit of this remains questionable in France because of the low coverage of our coasts. This may change.

Indeed, the number of SiiTech ground stations is increasing, the Channel coast are now well covered, and the Atlantic coast should be progressively equipped (²).

In addition, version 3.2.4 of iNavX comes with an improvement that makes a revival of interest for this feature : it is now available to select the origin point of AIS data from SiiTech server, the position of the ship (that of the iPhone / iPad used), or a previously created waypoint. The reception range is about 30 nautical miles from the place of origin, This greatly increases the coverage of AIS data reception.

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Receive NMEA 2000 data with iNavX

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ngw1It is now possible to connect a N2K system (¹) to iNavX, on iPhone or iPad.

Indeed, Actisense company, well known for its NMEA interfaces (multiplexers and gateways), designed the NGW-1 ISO, an NMEA 2000 gateway converter to NMEA 0183 and vice versa. Connected to a Miniplex-2Wi de ShipModul ou un WLN10 device, the converted data will be sent via WiFi to iNavX. Read more …