Hi All, up to my ears in tech, and have just finished installing a Seatalk NG (NMEA2000 aka N2K) backbone, garmin GPS, Raymarine instruments (i70 and p70) and autopilot. No wind (yet) , no chartplotter. I have an actisense USB gateway which is connected to the backbone and will allow me to run Open CPM (or, I assume other software) on a laptop connected via USB. I have a RAM mount at the helm for my ipad.
I had been using an ipad with Garmin GLO Bluetooth GPS and Navionics HD in the past. Worked fine for messing about on Lake Ontario.. Am at the point of considering how to proceed next. Would like to stick with a tablet as chartplotter, and would like to use the N2K network as my primary GPS, with the option of using the tablet alone with the external Garmin GLO Bluetooth antenna as a backup. While this technology is moving along quickly, it appears today that I probably need a N2K wifi gateway, and probably should have bought that over the actisense. This does not solve the issue of keeping the tablet's battery charged at the helm. . Has anyone connected a tablet to an N2K backbone, and if so how did you do it and what hardware and software do you use? learnings? Thanks! Dave 33-ii windstar http://cncwindstar.blogspot.ca/
_______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
