Thanks Fred - I should have added that I have the both a vYacht wifi and an actisense USB gateway. Got it all working while on the hard last fall, anxiously awaiting April 10 launch to try it in practice. Wind sensor May not happen this season unfortunately.
I take it that given the choice, ultrasonic is the way to go vs the traditional paddle, vane, etc.... are you aware of any inherent disadvantage? Thx, Dave > On Feb 28, 2017, at 9:15 PM, Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net> wrote: > > Hi, Dave! The ultrasonic weather sensors are pretty nice; but there’s some > infrastructure you’re going to need around it. You already have the > SeaTalkNG bus going, with your existing pilot and i70. You’ll need to > integrate the sensor into that; then also have an NMEA2000-to-WiFi gateway > added in to the mix to get all your data to the iPad (if you don’t already > have one). > > Beyond that, it’s pretty simple… :^) > > — Fred > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > >> On Feb 13, 2017, at 12:56 PM, Dave via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> wrote: >> >> Considering the addition of a wind instrument before launch, and am looking >> for any thoughts from those who've done it. >> I have a raymarine ev100 wheelpilot, i70 display, iPad as chartplotter. Am >> leaning toward an ultrasonic, n2k sensor. >> Thoughts/wisdom/guidance? >> Thanks! dave. 33-2 >
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