July 10, 2007 11:58
J122 Wrote:ok, I have to take your word for it, mine is a receiver/transponder and receives its own signal so is always flashing green...hmmmm, mine is also a receiver/transmitter (and sometimes a transponder when queried by another AIS system) but is a Class B device, not yet approved for use in the US so I usually have my transmitter turned off. I have, on occasion, turned on the transmitter side for testing and am seeing no change in MacENC behavior when I do. When you say "flashing", I assume you mean it is not a steady green but changes from red or yellow to green in a flashing fashion? Steady green would indicate a constant stream of VDM messages, pretty hard to accomplish :>) or that the last sentence received was a valid VDM (probably your case) rather than some other NMEA sentence.
Have you a link to info about your box? I would be interested in why it would be sending it's own signal as a VDM (the trigger sentence for MacENC's AIS panel LED to go green) rather than a VDO (own vessel, which I believe would not trigger the LED) back to MacENC. Thanks