"Pascal" wrote in
ps.com:

Nothing about AIS.


Pity. All chartplotters need to be AIS compatible.

I've sent email to The Cap'n nav software we use. I want him to add code
to it that will generate and decode AIS 9600 baud data straight off the VHF
radios, without the million dollar marine interface/radio scam. We hams
have used direct soundcard audio for our digital systems on VHF for years,
bypassing the sell-me-another-box scams. Modern PCs are easily up to the
task of direct interfaces.....fast.

--
Larry

APRS

"Larry" wrote in message
...
"Pascal" wrote in
ps.com:

Nothing about AIS.


Pity. All chartplotters need to be AIS compatible.

I've sent email to The Cap'n nav software we use. I want him to add code
to it that will generate and decode AIS 9600 baud data straight off the
VHF
radios, without the million dollar marine interface/radio scam. We hams
have used direct soundcard audio for our digital systems on VHF for years,
bypassing the sell-me-another-box scams. Modern PCs are easily up to the
task of direct interfaces.....fast.

--
Larry

"Gus" wrote in news:GfvDe.56685$iU.44338@lakeread05:

APRS



Why Bob Bruninga, APRS' inventor, hasn't sued their asses is a mystery to
me. AIS is just a rebottled APRS, which doesn't clear any of them from a
patent...

Maybe Bob's already being paid his royalties....(c;

--
Larry

The "ShipPlotter" software already does this,have you see it?
http://www.shipplotter.com

"Pascal" wrote in
ups.com:

The "ShipPlotter" software already does this,have you see it?
http://www.shipplotter.com

Yes, I found Ship Plotter, too. But I want the navigation software boys to
use this same soundcard/radio idea with their NAV software so we can get
accurate AIS plotting on the extensive charting programs we are already
paying heavily to use. We already have all the charts that The Cap'n
produces. The Cap'n now needs an AIS module added to it to use the tones
coming into the computer from the sound card audio input to plot all these
targets right on its existing extensive chart plots.

What a great product it will be when it combines what Ship Plotter does on
its limited plotter with the extensive database charting The Cap'n or other
charting software already is capable of doing.

--
Larry

One very interesting thing is that the WXM smart satelite antena is
pluged in the USB port of Map376C; pheraps, if/when Garmin unveils its
proprietary AIS receiver, it can be pluged too, to the USB port of
Map376C and, hopefully in the GpsMap 276C, as to me, appears that
the hwardware of these 2 units are identical...

Pascal,

why do you keep speaking of Garmin proprietary AIS? Do you have any evidence? Garmin is not a specialist manufacturer of communications equippement.... and anyway, all AIS receivers use the same output format and protocoll (NMEA VDM). So if you are interested in one, go and buy it, they are out there starting at 200,- bucks....
And if Garmin doesn't realise the importance of AIS-support for their plotters, they'll soon loose significant market share anyway...


Holger

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:02:13 -0400, Larry wrote:

"Pascal" wrote in
oups.com:

The "ShipPlotter" software already does this,have you see it?
http://www.shipplotter.com

Yes, I found Ship Plotter, too. But I want the navigation software boys to
use this same soundcard/radio idea with their NAV software so we can get
accurate AIS plotting on the extensive charting programs we are already
paying heavily to use. We already have all the charts that The Cap'n
produces. The Cap'n now needs an AIS module added to it to use the tones
coming into the computer from the sound card audio input to plot all these
targets right on its existing extensive chart plots.

What a great product it will be when it combines what Ship Plotter does on
its limited plotter with the extensive database charting The Cap'n or other
charting software already is capable of doing.

According to a pamphlet on my desk at home, CAPN 8 supports AIS, but
it doesn't say how. I found no mention of it online. Anyway, CAPN
took themselves off my list with their S-57 ENC "support". According
to this pamphlet, they're recoding S-57s (in their SoftChart product
line) into a proprietary format. No mention of supporting the real
thing. They brag that they are the first vendor to support the new
format. Not surprising since it's their format. The language is
confusing, but careful examination of the language seems to say that
when they are talking about ENC "compatibility without cumbersome
downloading" they are talking about this proprietary format. Not the
solution I was looking for.

However, they do have an add-on module that supports Admiralty charts.
It's extra charge, but that's OK. It's a low demand feature, they
probably make nothing on the charts, they probably have to pay to use
the proprietary Admiralty ARCS format, and I believe the price is $75,
which seems not entirely extortionate.

Glen

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"Glen \"Wiley\" Wilson" wrote in
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ccording to a pamphlet on my desk at home, CAPN 8 supports AIS

Thanks, Glen. I'll go check that out.

Any nav program that can accept the NMEA 0183 statement from the packaged
receiver (or transponder) can display the data.

--
Larry