The company Digital Yacht continues to offer new products for yachting (¹). One of them, iNAVConnect, allows to connect by WiFi iPad or iPhone, featured iNavX, Navionics Marine, or any other compatible application, to Raymarine MFDs C and E series. This allows waypoints and routes to be transferred from Raymarine systems to apps on iPad or iPhone, and vice versa.
It's a start, Digital Yacht hopes other manufacturers implement these transfer functions in the future.
But iNAVConnect is not only limited to this single function. It can connect the wireless access system WL510, which allows long-range connection to WiFi access points on the coast. So iNavConnect becomes a WiFi router that allows all computers, tablets or smartphones onboard to connect to the Internet. Unlike home routers, iNavConnect and WL510 are powered by 12/24V and fully marinized.
iNavConnect associated with WL510
Digital Yacht recently recruited a French collaborator to post-synchronize the numerous presentation videos made by CEO Nick Hayes. Happy initiative which is to be welcomed ! Below are the videos presenting, in French, both devices :
iNAVConnect :
WL510 :
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(¹) See Receive AIS data wirelessly with iNavX
Bonjour,
Your link to the “Digital Yacht” website, doesn't seem to work. Even via Google this site does not open. ( http://www.digitalyacht.co.uk/ )
I'm looking to replace my Wi-Fi system (8db antenna and connection via USB socket) by a more powerful system that would allow me to use a router on board.
The WL model 510 from Digital Yacht seems to be interesting on this point. Do you know of an identical model in the USA??
Do you have any idea on the subject. I use a Mac portable and a Mac-mini with two screens and wireless keyboard as well as Mac ENC and Mr software. Tides for several years.
Thank you again for all the help you provide to boaters to popularize all these new technologies made available to us.
Jacques Roland
aboard “Côte de Nuits”
The Digital Yacht website is accessible again this Monday.