Is there any swing towards boat owners & installers buying NMEA2000
compliant equipment yet ?

"Bob Lynas" wrote in message
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Is there any swing towards boat owners & installers buying NMEA2000
compliant equipment yet ?

It is beginning to look like NMEA2000 may be a non-starter. Seems like
everyone is going their own way from Ethernet to Bluetooth. I have seen
some high end NMEA2000 systems with everything from electronic engine
controls to cabin lights on the network but only a little at my end of the
spectrum.

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"Doug Dotson" wrote in message
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I think NMEA really blew it on this one. I was shocked when they first
announced the pricing structure. Just the manuals were $1200 as I recall.
Not really the strategy that one would use to attempt to proliferate a
new standard.

Worse: $2750 or so for members and $3800 for non members :-(

Meindert

Actually, there were 11 vendors showing off products at IBEX that were CAN
based and used the NMEA 2000(R) messaging protocols. 7 of those 11 have
already certified their products to NMEA 2000(R), but the others probably
won't be far behind.

At the Miami Boat show, look for the NMEA 2000(R) ConnectFest where
manufacturers of certified NMEA 2000(R) products are expected to demonstrate
multiple vendors products exchanging data on one network.


"Bob Lynas" wrote in message
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Is there any swing towards boat owners & installers buying NMEA2000
compliant equipment yet ?