I use MacENC to feed NMEA data to iNavX.
Each time I set up my MacBook to create the on-board WiFi network which iNavX will use to collect the data, it seems to use a different TCP/IP address, which I then have to enter into iNavX on my iPhone and iPad. This is rather tedious, especially if I forgot to do this before setting sail.
Other programs that link by WiFi to my Mac use Bonjour to find the Mac program by name. Any chance iNavX and MacENC could do likewise? It would really simplify things.
thanks, Tony
In System Preferences/Network/TCP/IP set Configure IPv4 to Using DHCP with Manual address.
Enter an IP of your choice and viola.
Thanks for that - it certainly helps a bit.
But I am having a curious problem: things work OK on my iPad and I get the stream of green data in the logging window within the TCP/IP set up, but on my iPhone I get a connection (it says CONNECTED) but no data (green or otherwise). I have been unable to crack this. Have tried force quitting iNavX, restarting the iPhone and waiting overnight. Any ideas from anyone would be welcomed - thanks.
I used MacENC on my MacBook Pro as my primary navigation system on a recent 500 mile gulf coast delivery and it worked flawlessly. Having the MacBook safely stowed down below was fine for offshore work. Now that the boat is closer to home I would like to bring all the data to my (wife's) non-3g iPad at the helm. Antipole seems to be doing this through an onboard WiFi, presumably using something like an Airport Express wireless router. A few questions:
- Is this the best way to link the iPad to the MacBook, or can it be done through Bluetooth?
- Do I have to run iNavX on the iPad, or can the iPad be used as a remote monitor/controller of the MacBook?
- I haven't tried connecting "Instruments" to MacENC, but I assume MacENC can display depth, wind data, etc. as long as it has the appropriate data?
Thanks in advance!
WiFi is the only way I know. You don't have to use a router like Airport Express though. You can create a computer-to-computer network by choosing "Create Network!" from the WiFi menu or in the Network System Preferences
iNavX is well worth it but you can use Splashtop remote (or others like AirServer) to remotely access your MacBook. The resolution suffers a bit.
If you have NMEA 0183 on your instruments, they can be read by MacENC using a USB to db9 cable and driver or a WiFi multiplexer depending on your setup. For NMEA 2000, you will need an Actisense NGT-1 cable.