ChartPlotters....

[QuayThree]

Apologies to all if this is an oft repeated question. If you have a monochrome chart plotter is it possible to a) view its data on a separate colour monitor (in colour) and/or b) view its data through a pc?

Particularly in b) can the pc utilise the charting information which would be in the chartplotter?



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[Wiggo]

Yes, if it's Raymarine HSB2, and you have a grand's worth of PC interface kit. Dunno about others.

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[jfm]

Yes if Raymarine, as said above, because there is an interface.

But in general, no, mostly, unless you do a bit more shopping, as follows:

The NMEA data created by the plotter's GPS is easily extracted and fed into a pc via COM1 port or USB. With some nav software your PC can then display lat/long, COG, SOG, etc. If you then install some nav software on the PC the PC will display the COG, SOG data. If you go a step further nad intall chart dta and software ont he PC, then the PC becomes a colour plotter.

Extracting the chart data off the plotter and displaying it on the PC isn't generally feasible, but if you get some nav software for the PC and a plug in chip reader, you can take the chart chip out of your plotter, put it into the PC chip reader, then you will have colour charts on your pc

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[charles_reed]

If the question you\'re

asking is "can I use a PC to view the same charts as my chartplotter?" the answer is yes for Navionics Gold and C-Map NT+, providing you buy their software.

If you want to use a feed to a TFT colour screen to see your chartplotter information it is very unlikely and depends on the chartplotter and the chart format.



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