I have a laptop computer with nav software on board my H410. Its tied into my GPS and Auto Pilot and works really great. My problem is with the course computer at the nav station, it requires going to the nav station to see whats happening. I've located and marine grade Sunlight visible remote TFT monitor, manufactured by PinPoint System International that I could tie into my laptop and have the display in the cockpit. Its a pricey investment and would like to hear from anyone that has some experience with this or something similiar. Also anyone know of any other manufacturers for this type of display. Bryce S/V Spellbinder
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warren feldstein
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What nav software do you have linked to your GPS? Does it work? I recently bought the Chartview package and it won't interface with my Garmin GPS. The company's "technical support" staff has been of no help.
What nav software do you have linked to your GPS? Does it work? I recently bought the Chartview package and it won't interface with my Garmin GPS. The company's "technical support" staff has been of no help.
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bill walton
nav software
I have chartview pro on my laptop with the usual suspect list of autohelm instruments and AP. I have the raytheon raystar DGPS as my primary GPS. I installed a chartplotter at the helm with a cmap cartridge. Its tied into the system via seatalk( but could be NMEA) at the AP control head for position information. I plot courses on the laptop and let it drive the boat, The chartplotter at the helm lets me see where we are and what's around me. I could down load WPs to the CP I guess but I find it's easier to quickly reposition a WP on the CO. The CP is also marinized[sic]. With chartview there are several places where the proper config information needs to be set in order for it to properly talk to the AP. There is a typoo in their manual. They list the talker id as LL. It really should be II(integrated instruments). Be sure to click on the screen and tell it to drive the boat.
I have chartview pro on my laptop with the usual suspect list of autohelm instruments and AP. I have the raytheon raystar DGPS as my primary GPS. I installed a chartplotter at the helm with a cmap cartridge. Its tied into the system via seatalk( but could be NMEA) at the AP control head for position information. I plot courses on the laptop and let it drive the boat, The chartplotter at the helm lets me see where we are and what's around me. I could down load WPs to the CP I guess but I find it's easier to quickly reposition a WP on the CO. The CP is also marinized[sic]. With chartview there are several places where the proper config information needs to be set in order for it to properly talk to the AP. There is a typoo in their manual. They list the talker id as LL. It really should be II(integrated instruments). Be sure to click on the screen and tell it to drive the boat.
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Bryce Grefe
nabv instruments
I have the Cap'n ver 5.3 (just upgrade from4.5) done by Nautical Technologies in Maine. their address is http://www.thecapn.com/. Their tech support has been extremely helpful in helping me get everything interface correctly. I installed it last year and am very happy with the performance. Will use either Chartview or Softveiw charts. So your cost of existing charts isn't lost. Second answer, for Warran, the price ranges from $3,400 to $10,000 depending on size of monitor and whether its Sunlight visible or Daylight visible. I have a Garmin 230 GPS, so i guess I could download WP and the like, but seems to be a pain to do so. But I might look at it further because of the price of the displays. But it does allow me to see where I'm at, but, unfortunately it doesn't give me chart details. I sail outside Boston, and with tide swings and islands and the like, it would be nice to have the charts visible in the cockpit. After becoming use to electronic charts and navagational software, I dread breaking out the paper ones. Bryce S/V Spellbinder Weymouth, MA
I have the Cap'n ver 5.3 (just upgrade from4.5) done by Nautical Technologies in Maine. their address is http://www.thecapn.com/. Their tech support has been extremely helpful in helping me get everything interface correctly. I installed it last year and am very happy with the performance. Will use either Chartview or Softveiw charts. So your cost of existing charts isn't lost. Second answer, for Warran, the price ranges from $3,400 to $10,000 depending on size of monitor and whether its Sunlight visible or Daylight visible. I have a Garmin 230 GPS, so i guess I could download WP and the like, but seems to be a pain to do so. But I might look at it further because of the price of the displays. But it does allow me to see where I'm at, but, unfortunately it doesn't give me chart details. I sail outside Boston, and with tide swings and islands and the like, it would be nice to have the charts visible in the cockpit. After becoming use to electronic charts and navagational software, I dread breaking out the paper ones. Bryce S/V Spellbinder Weymouth, MA
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George Kornreich
2 systems, but costly
We have the new Capn Voyager, upgraded recently, on a notebook at the nav station, and an Autohelm Nav 620 chartplotter at the helm. both getting position info from the autohelm DGPS, but beyond that, they won't talk to each other about waypoints, etc, and each needs its own media (CMAP-NT for the plotter and CD-ROM based charts for the notebook/Capn system). Lots of redundancy is always good, but needing seperate media and little or no integration is rediculous. Nautical Technologies (Capn) blames it on Autohelm propriatary interests, and that somewhere on this planet there are some systems that will integrate better, but I've bought enough "redundancy" for now (except for a Garmin 48 handheld gps hooked into the notebook in case the "high-priced stuff" craters, which it surely will do some day).
We have the new Capn Voyager, upgraded recently, on a notebook at the nav station, and an Autohelm Nav 620 chartplotter at the helm. both getting position info from the autohelm DGPS, but beyond that, they won't talk to each other about waypoints, etc, and each needs its own media (CMAP-NT for the plotter and CD-ROM based charts for the notebook/Capn system). Lots of redundancy is always good, but needing seperate media and little or no integration is rediculous. Nautical Technologies (Capn) blames it on Autohelm propriatary interests, and that somewhere on this planet there are some systems that will integrate better, but I've bought enough "redundancy" for now (except for a Garmin 48 handheld gps hooked into the notebook in case the "high-priced stuff" craters, which it surely will do some day).
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Rick Jernigan
same problem, different approach
had the same problem! i sail a lot single handed and having a lap top at the nav station was worthless! mounted a raytheon chartplotter 520 at the binacle in a pod, it interfaces with a differential GPS, and radar (located at the nav station) plus all nav gages, through a high speed bus. ie i can view position, heading, radar, range to target and all gages on one large backlighted screen (even split the screen for radar and chart if need be) located at the helm, where it needs to be. not a raytheon salesman by any means, but it is an incredible set-up. check it out. rick
had the same problem! i sail a lot single handed and having a lap top at the nav station was worthless! mounted a raytheon chartplotter 520 at the binacle in a pod, it interfaces with a differential GPS, and radar (located at the nav station) plus all nav gages, through a high speed bus. ie i can view position, heading, radar, range to target and all gages on one large backlighted screen (even split the screen for radar and chart if need be) located at the helm, where it needs to be. not a raytheon salesman by any means, but it is an incredible set-up. check it out. rick
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