FA50 -> WiFi -> iPhone

[Anonymous]

I would like to connect my FA50 to a wireless connection that I could then pick up with my iPhone using iNavX or some other app. Is this possible? Would it work to plug the FA50 into a wifi switch or gateway and then look for the TCP/IP in iNavX on the iPhone.

The reason I need this is because I have a NavNet 1 that will not display my AIS data so I am sending, but I cannot see anyone else right now.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Brad Schultz II

 

[Johnny Electron]

Brad,
The NavNet network is not an open standard, so any solution you might have would be using NMEA 0183, then to a Wi-Fi device and lastly to a proper iPhone app. I am not aware of any solution to accomplish this goal. If you find something, let us know.

 

[Anonymous]

Do you know of any stand alone option such as a small ais screen that would interface with the FA-50 ethernet? I would like to be able to view it some other way than MaxSea and a laptop.
Thanks,
Brad

 

[Johnny Electron]

No, not via ethernet. The FA50 offers a serial 0183 NMEA output that could interfaced to a PC and viewed with many software packages. Currently there is no option to view AIS data via the ethernet network on a PC other than MaxSea and Nobeltech Trident. (correct version and/or optional modules required)

 

[gaffrog24]

i am also trying to do this. I have purchased a nmea to wifi box from hodges marine its a digital yacht Smart WLN10. i havent recieved it yet bur im hoping to get it up and running. They have an app that will overlay AIS targets on navionics charts on an ipad.