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We have used Ikea mats (about 50cm X 30cm) for a lot of years now. These are non-slip and don't stick to the wooden floor panels even in the med. Eventually they start to slip a bit and need replacing - maybe after 5 or more years of use. They used to cost around 3 euro each and we used about...

Hi Andrew, Thanks a lot for your reply! It was very helpful, as it was a different site to the one I have been studying. It would seem that Dow 795 is the product of choice rather than Silkaflex - so I will probably give that a go. Also the photos on the site definitely show the Plexiglass to...

Any 343 owners out there who can help, please? I have posted the following post on a Beneteau owners website in America where there was a thread running in 2006 but as yet have had no replies: "I know that this thread is a bit old, but am hoping that someone still has the details of the...

I was talking to Harry Yuan (pricipally). I find the Quark equipment very competitive on price and they make units that will do most things that you need. Maybe my problem was with the Easy AIS receiver (??) but it worked fine for years on NMEA 0183 connected to a Raymarine C70 plotter; I only...

All, Last word on this subject - I promise!! After a number of tests fully supported by Quark engineers, It appeared the problem is some sort of incompatibility between the EASY AIS NMEA-0183 data and the Quark 0183 to N2K converter . 0183 data was being converted to WiFi and USB but not to...

Thanks, Paul. Raymarine also recommended the Actisense. I hate to leave problems unresolved though and am still hoping that Quark will do some more investigations. Alan.

Thanks a lot Pete. Very useful information. I am retired, so no longer up to speed on the current way of implementing even TCP/IP; also, I was an RF engineer and only occasionally came up against LAN implementation etc. I am sue that Quark will have all the tools necessary to investigate this a...

Thanks Carduelis, Which version of Axiom software are you running? Which AIS receiver do you have -is that also a Quark? Thanks in advance, Alan.

Thanks for the above replies, and answers below: Yes, the Quark device is seen by the Axiom but only "heartbeat" messages are being received at the Axiom buffer (no actual AIS data PNGs). I also have an I70 instrument which also does not display any AIS targets (however I seem to remember...

I would like to reserect this old thread (from March this year) concerning a Quark A032-AIS converter: I have a very specific question for anyone who uses a Quark A-032-AIS NMEA0183/NMEA2K converter with Raymarine Lighthouse -3 software running on an Axiom-9 MFD: Are you able receive AIS data...

Yellow Ballad/Paul, Apologies for the delay in answering. No I never got to the bottom of it. The last thing that was tried by Quark was a new version of firmware which I loaded but the problem was the same - the Axiom can see the A032 and receives (what I suppose are) heart-beat messages...

Just to reply to JW (a few threads above); I have seen the heartbeat on the Axiom (when using the "diagnostics" page on the Axiom. But I am not able to dig any deeper as I don't have an N2K data analyser. Attached is the hex message from the Quark that is seen at the Axiom buffer. I do not know...

Hi Paul/JW, Thanks for your continued support on this; my answere to your questions below and in attached photos: I am running Lighthouse 3.11.42 I am using an Easy AIS receiver and messages are being received and re-transmitted by WiFi using the Quark A032. The rest of the network is working...

Paul, Thanks a lot for your reply and that is very interesting! I will pose the question to Raymarine as to whether there is a difference in the s/w versions for AIS. Raymarine did say that if I do not see AIS in the "layers" page then the Axiom is not receiveing AIS messages. I forgot to check...

Paul/Jon, Thanks a lot for your replies, I will try and answer them from memory. On the Axiom I do not see AIS in the settings/layers page. I am using an Easy AIS then an RS232/422 converter to feed the Quark converter. On my old system the Easy AIS was feeding RS232 to a C70 plotter and...