NMEA to WIFI solution found for less than £30

[mcanderson]

One of my real recent success stories was installing one of these NMEA to WiFi boxes from this company in Australia.
http://yakbitz.com
Ordered from eBay Australia - https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=yakbitz&_sacat=0

It arrived in less than 2 weeks and is th size of a match box.

I wired it to power, GPS out from my E120 Raymarine plotter and it creates a wifi hotspot that my iPad can see and therefore talks to my iPad for navionics.

In short , it is brilliant and much cheaper than buying a GPS add on for a non sim card IPad.

My only regret is I should have bought the two input version so I could get the sounder in put as well.

Caveat - not affiliated in anyway.

 

[Eren]

Sorry if it is a dumb question but, can you let us know what we can do with the transmitted data through wifi. Or is it just a connection to the boat’s GPS? I would be very interested to get alarm triggers for anchor drift or high wind at my ipad. Do you think that this may be possible with this piece?

 

[simonfraser]

I use mine to display depth on ipad navionics charts.
Excellent bit of kit, will run cooler off 5V with a minor tweak, ask the builder.

 

[mcanderson]

I just run gps, but it will run any new input and then expect it to whatever app you have. It’s a great bit of kit.

 

[jrudge]

I have just ordered he does a Seatalk to WiFi. Now as well. Seatalk is simpler for me to tap into

 

[mcanderson]

That’s what I could have gone for, but already had a point where I could get the NMEA GPS feed easily into the yakker and there was power there too. I’m really happy with it.

 

[East Cardinal]

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[Dazzajohm]

I have just ordered he does a Seatalk to WiFi. Now as well. Seatalk is simpler for me to tap into

How does this connect to the seatalk system? Had a quick look at the products and was expecting something that would plug in to a 5 way connector.

I've been toying with the idea of getting one of these http://www.yachtd.com/products/wifi_gateway.html

It's much more expensive than the bit of kit from Oz, but problem I have is ive only got one e7d mfd and was looking at a way of using my iPad as a second display instead of the hassle and expense of trying to install another mfd.

Cheers

 

[Plum]

One of my real recent success stories was installing one of these NMEA to WiFi boxes from this company in Australia.
http://yakbitz.com
Ordered from eBay Australia - https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=yakbitz&_sacat=0

It arrived in less than 2 weeks and is th size of a match box.

I wired it to power, GPS out from my E120 Raymarine plotter and it creates a wifi hotspot that my iPad can see and therefore talks to my iPad for navionics.

In short , it is brilliant and much cheaper than buying a GPS add on for a non sim card IPad.

My only regret is I should have bought the two input version so I could get the sounder in put as well.

Caveat - not affiliated in anyway.

+1 i bought the same. Excellent product and excellent after sales service.

Www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

 

[shrkey]

Wow, thanks for the links - just what I've been looking for. Ordered one of the two input versions, so will see how it performs when it arrives.

 

[jrudge]

How does this connect to the seatalk system? Had a quick look at the products and was expecting something that would plug in to a 5 way connector.

I've been toying with the idea of getting one of these http://www.yachtd.com/products/wifi_gateway.html

It's much more expensive than the bit of kit from Oz, but problem I have is ive only got one e7d mfd and was looking at a way of using my iPad as a second display instead of the hassle and expense of trying to install another mfd.

Cheers

Seatalk 1 is only 3 wires. +12 0v and data. Just connect in parallel

 

[Zrod]

Hi,
I connected the unit to the network.
I will appreciate some guidelines on how to configure the wifi, and what sofware (Android or ios) can make use of data.
Thank you.

 

[simonfraser]

Connected the yackback to the ‘network’
which network do you mean nmea seatalk wifi ??

 

[Hurricane]

I've been using something similar for a while.
I'm not a Navionics man though.
There is a free application out there called Kplex.
You can load it onto a Raspberry Pi and it does much that same as the OP's solution.
The great thing about his solution is that it is an easy "turnkey" purchase - buy it and install it.
Kplex is a little more sophisticated as it can multiplex many different channels - inputs and outputs.
Mine is set up to take 2 NMEA channels in and output the data over WiFi.
I use OpenCPN on the mobile to pick up AIS etc from the NMEA off my Raymarine systems.
Kplex does all the routing for me.

For fun, I wrote a couple of applications - one for the on board ship's PC and another for my Android phone.
The apps mimic the boat's instruments.

This is a screenshot of the phone's instruments app - not on the boats at the moment - hence - no depth!!
You can switch between Depth, Course/Speed and Lat Long
All the data comes from the ship's NMEA via WiFi and Kplex




And I have the boat's PC at home at the moment - this is a screenshot of the instruments app from the boat's PC.
The boat's instruments app runs on top of OpenCPN - no data at the moment because the boat's PC is here at home!!



It was only for a bit of fun - I don't really use the instruments apps - the main ships instruments are the ones I use.
Again, for fun, I called the instruments "MikeMarine" - my name isn't Ray!!!

 

[Rocksteadee]

How does this connect to the seatalk system? Had a quick look at the products and was expecting something that would plug in to a 5 way connector.

I've been toying with the idea of getting one of these NMEA to WiFi: NMEA 2000 Wi-Fi Gateway

It's much more expensive than the bit of kit from Oz, but problem I have is ive only got one e7d mfd and was looking at a way of using my iPad as a second display instead of the hassle and expense of trying to install another mfd.

Cheers

The Raymarine e7 MFD already has the capability to connect to your iPad via WIFI and using the Raymarine remote app will give a second station

 

[Montemar]

NMEA to WIFI solution found for less than £30
I looked at the Ebay website you quoted but could not find anything for less than £30.
What am I missing?
I did buy NMEA-to-WiFi-Bridge-2-Port-Multiplexer which was £59.
Thanks for the tip however, it does look like a bargain

 

[mcanderson]

The single port is now 40GBP - SEAYAK Seatalk1 to NMEA WiFi Bridge by YakBitz | eBay

I think at the time I bought it direct from the website in Australia in AUD.

It is still going strong.