![]() Then I opened up iNavX and went into the Instruments screen and tapped on Setup, then TCP/IP. Then I went into my iPad, set the network to Brookhouse_iMux (changing this voids the warranty :S) and configured the WiFi network like so: ![]() When I turned the instruments on, the iMux sprang to life. I connected the exposed wires according to the colors listed on the iMux (Silver, Ret, yellow, from top to bottom) and plugged the GPS into the PS2 port. (Incidentally, I have the same software on the iPhone and use that in foul weather, tucking it into my pocket when I’m not using it.)įor the iMux integration, I cut one of the sea-talk terminals off, exposing the wires. This allows me to easily move the iPad out of the weather when it’s foul, and into the cockpit when it’s fair. I put some velcro on the back of the iPad (2 strips of 1″x 6″ works well) and a strip anywhere on the boat that I wanted to mount it (bulkheads over the v-berth, inside the cabin trunk, in the cockpit under the dodger (on the outside of the bulkhead). Installation of the iPad was dead simple. I also wanted a better (faster, slightly more accurate) GPS, so I ordered a compatible PS2 puck GPS. I also got the high baud rate AIS option, in case I decided to add that later. I have older instruments and decided the ST was the best option. The iMux comes in two main flavors, a SeaTalk and non-SeaTalk. The best way that I found to handle this was by installing the Brookhouse iMux ST. I decided that I wanted to have my windspeed/direction, SOW, and Depth available in iNavX too. So with the hardest decision out of the way I set to work on addressing the rest of the system. I will follow-up from the tropics to let you know if that turns out to be a problem, but I think it will not be. The biggest downside to the iPad is that it is not weather proof and it can overheat in direct and sustained heat. clinometer (I kid you not, it works well).reference materials (all of my manuals in pdf, HAM/SSB information, etc).Everything has to serve multiple uses or space isn’t well used. Multi-use.Convivia is small for a43’r.Easy to stick in the oven during electrical storms.The charts can be downloaded on to up to 2 devices (with one license). ![]() Compare that to any other system and lift your jaw off the floor. For that I get all of the US & Bahamas all of Mexico all of the South Pacific or New Zealand. The average cost for a Navionics Gold region is ~$30 – $90. The top end hardware chart plotters are just now getting touch screen interfaces, and none of them (to my knowledge) are as easy to use or intuitive as iNavX on the iPad. Portable (really, easily, more on that later).iNavX on the iPad turned out to be the perfect chart plotter. Shortly thereafter the iPad came out and iNavX was released for the iPad. Then I discovered iNavX (by the same people) for the iPhone. The US charts (raster and ENC from NOAA) were free and great, but the international charts were somewhere in the neighborhood of $300 per region. I finally settled on MacEnc for my laptop and had pretty good success with it and a USB puck GPS. While there are many good choices, none worked particularly well on my Mac (I know, proprietary/closed, ). I started down the software chart plotter path thinking that I would adopt one of the open source solutions. Add to that the fact that I am a dyed in the wool hacker with a natural distrust of the closed and proprietary, and you have a recipe for innovation. I love her dearly, but she is sadly lacking in two areas (no binnacle, no nav station) that made my navigation/ chart plotter system decision somewhat harder than the typical, 1.
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