Victron support SignlK

[GHA]

Sign of things to come?

This might be a little push for other marine instrument manufacturers to follow suit.. or maybe not..


https://www.victronenergy.com/blog/2018/05/28/signal-k-embracing-connectivity-with-victron-energy/

[h=3]Announcement[/h][FONT=&quot]Digital Yacht were the first commercial manufacturer to embrace Signal K with their iKommunicategateway and like them, we at Victron Energy are Open Source fans. Hence, Victron Energy MD, Matthijs Vader is pleased to announce his wholehearted company support for Signal K – the first by a business at Victron’s level in the marine industry to do so. But why do this?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]It’s about vision and doing – I asked Matthijs what that means for him. In principal he would like to help Signal K to grow beyond its small beginnings and the current community stage, to a point where the sailor doesn’t need to understand the inner workings of Signal K – to one where they have a solution without having to concern themselves with how it works.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]In fact I think an old English proverb captures the spirit of Victron Energy’s announcement well:[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]‘Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.’[/FONT]

 

[matthewriches]

I've been playing with SignalK for a little while now and I am sure it is the way forward.

My boat runs a full n2k network all bar the auto pilot which is 0183. iKommunicate makes everything available, anywhere. It really is great and a game changer.

For Victron to jump in as well is just great, as they both are good favourite manufacturers that I like to use.

I've rolled out quite a number of iKommunicate devices onto Princess, Fairline a Hardy and a Nordhavn in the last 6 months so if we can now start to integrate battery management (charge, solar, windgen, etc) into the mix, then even better!