BMEA

Dgital Yacht will introduce two new AIS receivers at this year’s Southampton Boat Show.  First off is the AIS100 which is a dual channel unit designed as a low cost add-on to any AIS compatible plotter or radar.  Most chart plotters manufactured in the past couple of years are “AIS ready” and support an overlay of AIS targets onto the chart plotter’s display.

It sends data using the widely adopted NMEA 0183 data format so it’s a simple two wire connection to the plotter.  The dual channel design allows continuous monitoring of both AIS frequencies which greatly improves target acquisition capability and it will also decode both Class A and Class B transmissions.  Easy to use, you just hook up to power, the plotter and connect a VHF antenna and you’re up and running with AIS for just £152.59 inc. VAT.

For more complex systems based around the NMEA 2000 (N2K) data standard, Digital Yacht is introducing the AIS200N2K.  This unit provides both traditional NMEA 0183, USB (for PC) and N2K data connections and also features a multiplexer so that traditional data such as depth, position, speed and wind, which is available in NMEA 0183 format, can be converted to N2K within the unit.  This makes it an ideal gateway and interface between the two data formats.  The NMEA 2000 data standard offers faster, more complex networking capabilities and cross platform compatibility with a universal plug ‘n’ play type cabling system. The AIS200N2K is priced at £352.44 inc VAT.

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