July 26, 2005 14:35
Have just returned from the boat. Spent about 10 days aboard, finding things and poking into holes.
We sailed her from Annapolis to Deltaville, and took about 3 days to do it. The Raymarine/ Autohelm instruments and autopilot worked flawlessly. These instruments are connected in a Seatalk network St 7000 autopilot. An old Garmin 120xl sends GPS info to the system.
I used the Powerbook with GPSNavx connected to a handheld Garmin with an external ant. This system also worked flawlessly. However wp/routes had to manually be entered to the 120.
Now project will be to install the Mini with the Bluetooth multiplexor connected into the system.
Need to be able to send instrument data to GPSNavX, need to be able to transfer data to and from the Garmin with GPSNavX. This should be able to be done using the Bluetooth Multiplexor.
The entertainment function of the system should not be a prob, but figuring out where to add the multiplexor has me feeling like a dog lookin at a TV.
We sailed her from Annapolis to Deltaville, and took about 3 days to do it. The Raymarine/ Autohelm instruments and autopilot worked flawlessly. These instruments are connected in a Seatalk network St 7000 autopilot. An old Garmin 120xl sends GPS info to the system.
I used the Powerbook with GPSNavx connected to a handheld Garmin with an external ant. This system also worked flawlessly. However wp/routes had to manually be entered to the 120.
Now project will be to install the Mini with the Bluetooth multiplexor connected into the system.
Need to be able to send instrument data to GPSNavX, need to be able to transfer data to and from the Garmin with GPSNavX. This should be able to be done using the Bluetooth Multiplexor.
The entertainment function of the system should not be a prob, but figuring out where to add the multiplexor has me feeling like a dog lookin at a TV.
I'd rather be sailing…