combining electronic systems?

[akirk]

What is the most anyone has combined into one system?

presumably it should technologically be possible to combine AIS & Radar & Plotter & GPS & Navtech etc. so that as you sail along you can see on the map the weather warnings, intelligent use of the AIS with radar to confirm whether ships are moving or not etc.

also, what about combining Google Earth with plotters / depth sounders etc.

should end up with a very impressive system (or one which never works!)

 

[tome]

Great idea

We have a central heating system which has gas, oil and electricity as energy feeds. The central controller is connected via broadband to the internet and checks spot prices before choosing which fuel to select for the current demand. Works a treat, though it's bloody chilly in here at the moment

Google earth with grib downloads is promised in the next update so that the system becomes predictive. Ok, it's expensive but our grandchildren should reap the benefit easily

 

[Guest]

You forgot the autopilot and gyro. It is no good having all that information if you leave it up to the skipper to make a decision of where to go.

 

[duncan]

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[akirk]

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...and checks spot prices before choosing which fuel to select for the current demand. Works a treat, though it's bloody chilly in here at the moment

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That's because you are too stingy to set a decent minimum price at which to buy fuel - off you go, back to Oxfam to buy another jumper /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[akirk]

What I am working on though is internet grocery shopping - combined with one of those fridges where you scan the barcode as you use the food - combined with the plotter and GPS, waitrose should turn up on the port side with my weekly shopping /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[FullCircle]

Heres mine, and none of it works......

 

[jac]

I think thjat may be because none of th lines reach the instruments therefore no connection /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[akirk]

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I think thjat may be because none of th lines reach the instruments therefore no connection /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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neh, it is that box bottom left which has not been wired in - it is the battery /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[Sixpence]

yep , a powerless FullCircle , what kind of a sparkie would make a mess like that

 

[fireball]

Ah, it's only because he's trying to feed information into other instruments that really don't give a dam about anything other than their specific purpose... with the exception of the Autohelm which is sulking because it is the only Raymarine display ...
I don't see a GPS unit on there though - so none of the other instruments know where they are ... which is why the signal from the other instruments can get to them... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[Sixpence]

Ah but the Raymarine display is , I believe , the only one that hasn't gone squitsup

 

[fireball]

But is it talking to the other units?

 

[Sixpence]

On the Ostende trip some units were talking to others so we played with the wiring and different ones started talking to each other while others decided they wouldn't chat anymore , a bit like having an online forum in the cockpit I suppose . A bit of competition to see who would ignore who really

 

[fireball]

Ah ... the joy of boat electronics .... I'm glad mine is simple ...