Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#3
posted to rec.boats.electronics
|
|||
|
|||
Ethernet
"Steve Lusardi" wrote in message
... Colin, I completely agree. There has been a recent thread in this NG on this very subject. See www.gridconnect.com Their serial to Ethernet gateway products should be just what you are looking for and they are DC powered. If I am correct, all of these products only offer a serial point to point connection over ethernet, which seems quite pointless to me when you want to distribute NMEA from instruments to ANY device on the net. None of these devices offer the possibility to *broadcast* NMEA data to any device on the net who wants to receive it. Oh and one other thing: on commercial vessels, including luxurious megayachts, you will not find standard cheap CAT5 cable because that will not pass any marine/industrial regulation. The sort of cable used is much more expensive and meets all sorts of requirements for mechanical, chemical and fire resistance not found in the usual PC/networking market. Meindert |