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Digital Switching gets easier, cheaper, and more compelling
Until recently digital switching has only been seen on newly built, high-end boats. Now, Maretron and CZone both have digital switching products that can be retrofitted by a boat owner or pro...
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Kobelt Vitals: a new sensing, monitoring, and gateway powerhouse
Long Maretron experience has taught me that the key benefit of boat monitoring is not screens of sensor readings, though they can be useful; it’s warnings and alarms. Done right — which is not easy —...
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Better waste tank monitoring with Maretron
The Maretron FPM100 installed on the ceiling of Have Another Day’s engine room Have Another Day’s waste tank monitors have never been very accurate and that’s only gotten worse as time has gone by....
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Vesper unveils Cortex – combination AIS, VHF radio and boat monitor
Vesper has cemented a reputation for high performance, well-thought-out, feature-rich products. So, when they tease that “The future is coming” as they have in their recent promotional material it’s...
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Yacht Devices J1708 Engine Gateway brings data from older engines to NMEA 2000
When I bought Have Another Day I really wanted the data from my early electronically controlled diesel engines available on my MFDs. I’ve had access to this data previously and knew the value of the...
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Dedicated Depth display, NMEA 2000 the best way?
“Traditional depth sounders” by Bill Morris at Ocean Navigator I enjoyed this Bill Morris article at OceanNavigator.com even though he pokes fun at skippers like me. For one thing, he does it gently...
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Monitored boats, connected boats and smart boats, what does it all mean?
Siren Marine, Boat Command, Nautic-On and BoatFix’s apps If you’ve been reading Panbo, boating magazines, or spent any time at a boat show you’ve likely seen boat monitors, connected boat products and...
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Navionics Boating app AIS feature, great idea but…
AIS feature announcement at Navionics.com Well, dang, I was steeled up to write an unusually negative entry about the AIS feature that Navionics recently added to its Boating app, but then I learned...
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Kees’ cool sloop Merrimac, home of CANboat and more
Written by Ben Ellison on Jan 19, 2016 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub A memorable moment of 2015 was waking up in Kees Verruijt’s attic guestroom in Harlingen, Netherlands. If my lens were...
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Raymarine LightHouse 3 calibrates Oceanic Systems tank senders, on my float...
Way down the long list of new features that came with April’s LightHouse v3.9.46 for Raymarine Axiom MFDs is “Tank naming and Sender Calibration” and it turns out that means NMEA 2000 tank senders...
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Geek Alert: ngrok remote tunnels make connecting to devices on the boat easy
Prior to being a boating geek, I made my living running mission-critical computing operations for financial services firms. Which is to say I was a professional geek; I have a deep background in...
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Heat shrink solder sleeve butt connectors, great for skinny boat wires
The small gauge wire connections usually required when installing NMEA 0183 data sharing often fail because normal boat wiring techniques don’t work well at this scale — or at least not in my clumsy...
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Actisense NMEA 2000 cables & connectors, plus network design tips
If you need a small NMEA 2000 network, Actisense’s all-in-one 4 Way at upper left is an especially simple and rugged way to go. In fact, it includes all the components seen in their starter kit at...
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Aqua Map Master adds AIS, WiFi instrument data, USACE surveys and route explorer
Aqua Map has added a premium tier called Aqua Map Master that adds AIS overlays, data via NMEA-0183 and SignalK over WiFi, US Army Corp of Engineers survey data overlayed over charts and a new route...
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Victron Connect, why Bluetooth configuration can make so much sense
There are many reasons to like Victron solar panel charge controllers, but today I’ll laud the Bluetooth feature that comes with the relatively new SmartSolar models and could make sense in many...
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Raymarine adds easy STng-to-N2K adapter plugs and a SeaTalk NG alarm
With the introduction of the Axiom MFD line Raymarine moved away from their proprietary SeaTalk NG cable/connector system and joined most other manufacturers offering standard DeviceNet cabling for...
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NMEA to WiFi gateways: TeamSurv’s & FloatHub
Written by Ben Ellison on Jun 2, 2017 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub When it rains, it pours (particularly at Panbo HQ this “spring”). NMEA-to-WiFi bridges are quite useful — mainly for getting...
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RCMSAR and facilitating marine rescue from the cloud
Written by Adam Hyde on Mar 11, 2016 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub For the past 7 years I’ve been a SAR volunteer in Unit 1 (Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver) of the Royal Canadian Marine Search...
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New NMEA 2000 stereos: Rockford Fosgate PMX-5, JL Audio MM100s & Navico...
Written by Ben Ellison on Mar 9, 2016 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub Being able to use your helm’s bright waterproof color screen to run your stereo system has to be one of the most appreciated...
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Kees’ cool sloop Merrimac, home of CANboat and more
Written by Ben Ellison on Jan 19, 2016 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub A memorable moment of 2015 was waking up in Kees Verruijt’s attic guestroom in Harlingen, Netherlands. If my lens were...
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