http://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showforum.php?fid/5/The official forum for MacENC & GPSNavX.noneSun, 07 Sep 2008 11:16:02 GMTSun, 07 Sep 2008 11:16:02 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssFusionBB 2.2 (www.fusionbb.com)http://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/578/http://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/578/
Where/what vector charts for UK waters are there - also where can these be obtained? ]]>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:51:51 GMThttp://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/577/http://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/577/Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:25:01 GMThttp://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/572/http://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/572/
The root problem is a NMEA feedback loop, which was suggested to me. It took me a long time and another problem to see what I had done wrong. Of course one should suspect any device that is connected to miniplex talker and listener ports. In my case that was a Furuno video sounder. It has been hooked up that way without problems for a long time. Furuno's NMEA output options can be a bit confusing though. The "off" option in the setup menus does not turn NMEA output off. It still gives the output, but only that output that is generated by the sounder.

I had taken my electronics out of the wheelhouse for winter. When I put them back I ran through the setup menu and knew that I needed the NMEA output to record depth and water temperature, so I turned NMEA output to "on." This is a rather counterintuitive way of naming the output options. Since I turned NMEA output off I have still been recording depth, but without any wild course swings. I only have one Furuno device on the boat, but I suspect that the company uses the same convention on other equipment.

I love the nav option and I'm greatly relieved to finally figure out how to get that laser straight action from the autpilot once again. Many thanks for the tech support help that gave the correct answer to my problems. It just took a while to see why it was correct. ]]>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:24:23 GMThttp://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/568/http://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/568/Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:48:11 GMThttp://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/562/http://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/562/ Is there a way to "center" the vessel in an off set position on the chart?

I explain myself. If I steered 225 (T), in order to have maximum coverage on my screen it would be better if the own ship icon is in the right hand top corner of the screen and stay there. How can I do this


Thanks,


Georges ]]>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:11:56 GMThttp://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/556/http://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/556/ When switching from marina wi-fi to ad-hoc wi-fi it is time consuming to go and find out the IP address of the host. If I quit MacENC and re-launch it it picks up the address in the NMEA over IP setup OK. Can a small button be added to that dialog that refreshes the host address? This will eliminate going to the network control panel or quitting/launching MacENC.

Thanks. ]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:07:58 GMThttp://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/554/http://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/554/ I have connected it with my mac via a Miniplex Lite (USB).

I can read the compass info send out by the navman but my navman won't recognise goto MacENC data on the in port.

I have contacted the guys at shipmodul (miniplex) but all seems to be hooked up just right. I have tried every other possible hookup as well.

Does anybody have any suggestions to solve my problem?

Tech info
Navman has 3 wire NMEA (common, in, out)

General hookup:
Nmea common + out wired to Miniplex in
Nmea in wired to Miniplex out


The Navman actuallly has one out and one in/out port.
in/out configured as in. Tried this port as out port and that works as well. ]]>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:11:37 GMThttp://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/548/http://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/548/
Note, I get all of the above to work with my USB GPS, and my Garmin 48. ]]>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:21:58 GMThttp://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/538/http://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/538/
Most of the alarms are generated when I change the chart scale, but yesterday I was getting alarms as I drove steadily across a small scale chart with no other apparent load on the processor. The alarm will go off two or three times in a few minutes and then there will be no trouble for several hours. Something definitely makes the program churn through some big delays. I've come to expect that scale changes will hang things up for 20-30 seconds (very slow screen redraws) but I haven't seen the no data alarms going off in the past.

Everything does work, just very very slowly. ]]>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:34:19 GMThttp://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/537/http://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic.php?tid/537/
ST60 Tridata
Raystar 120 GPS Receiver
ST6001 Smartpilot
Pathfinder Radar

Today, all of this is brought together on an hsb2 Plus Series Color LCD Display, but would like MacENC to capture data realtime, and be able to transfer waypoints back and forth.

I've looked at the Miniplex 41 and 42 (BT preferred), but am not able to really understand what is the proper device to purchase...and what functionality to expect with either. Or, is there a better solution altogether?

Also, any tips/hints on installation/setup would be greatly appreciated. I'm only on my boat 4 or 5 times a summer, and minimizing the time and aggravation of setting something like this up would be a big bonus!

Thanks!

Brian
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