"Bjarke M. Christensen" bjarkeNG@grevestrand_punktum_danmark wrote in
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Without getting to the extreme "cyber-space-boat" do you know of a
cheap device/gateway that in some way make the CAN-net interface on my
Gramin 292 usefull for communicating either with the brookhouse nmea
hub, seatalk or my PC ??


Of COURSE not! All this NMEA 2000 is REALLY a plan to SELL MORE BOXES!
All old boxes are all, now, obsolete and will have to be replaced at great
expense on all boats with rich owners. Nothing will interface with CANbus
you have now and everthing will be done to keep it that way so you can
trudge off to Waste Marine for more Waste. NOTHING is gonna be "cheap"!

What we need is about 8 more proprietary Raymarine H6, Seatalk, Seatalk 2,
GarminTalk, NMEA, CANbus, B&G h2000, B&G h3000, B&G Network, Furuno Navnet
vx1, Furuno Navnet vx2, etc., data interface systems that can only talk to
each other if we buy a $150 "box" which PARTIALLY converts SOME of the data
between them you don't need.

One of the reasons computer manufacturers get so rich is they have enough
SENSE to make SURE their box will plug into anyone else's box with full
functionality....except Apple, of course.

One of these days, affluent boaters are gonna wise up.....