<![CDATA[MacSailing.net - All Forums]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:46:15 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[inavx disable google voice recognition]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5350.html Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:46:47 +0000 dave.sabola@gmail.com]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5350.html Thanks in advance
I am boating on great lakes in canada and using a android tablet
Dave]]> Thanks in advance
I am boating on great lakes in canada and using a android tablet
Dave]]> <![CDATA[iNaX using charts generated with NOAA Custom Chart Version 2.0]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5348.html Fri, 28 Apr 2023 16:13:12 +0000 Zephyr]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5348.html
Would like to create custom charts (PDF format) and import into iNavX if possible.]]>
Would like to create custom charts (PDF format) and import into iNavX if possible.]]> <![CDATA[INavX on iPad wit Bluetooth GPS]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5346.html Fri, 03 Sep 2021 15:18:45 +0000 Rullinger]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5346.html
Thanks]]>
Thanks]]> <![CDATA[roll away the stone]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5335.html Fri, 28 Aug 2020 02:45:54 +0000 Driftwood]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5335.html
https://www.navstation.net/

Smile]]>
https://www.navstation.net/

Smile]]> <![CDATA[Garmin Express Updater]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5319.html Wed, 05 Aug 2020 11:26:07 +0000 k_samuel]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5319.html Hello everyone,

I introduce myself samuel and I work for the firm Garmin Express Updater .

Let me introduce you to  What is Garmin Express updater?

Garmin Express updater is computer software used to update maps and device software by downloading and installing the latest versions on to the device. Because these updates are released by Garmin several times a year and need to be installed to get up to date.


Garmin Map Updates – As we know Map updates provide the latest changes to roads and locations on the map in the navigation device. The map files are large because they contain detailed information. So this takes longer to install.
Software Updates – As Software updates make changes to the operating system files but these smaller files usually download in a few minutes. Garmin Express may ask you to reboot the device. But no need to worry you will be assisted by Garmin Experts who are available 24x7 for every assistance required.]]> Hello everyone,

I introduce myself samuel and I work for the firm Garmin Express Updater .

Let me introduce you to  What is Garmin Express updater?

Garmin Express updater is computer software used to update maps and device software by downloading and installing the latest versions on to the device. Because these updates are released by Garmin several times a year and need to be installed to get up to date.


Garmin Map Updates – As we know Map updates provide the latest changes to roads and locations on the map in the navigation device. The map files are large because they contain detailed information. So this takes longer to install.
Software Updates – As Software updates make changes to the operating system files but these smaller files usually download in a few minutes. Garmin Express may ask you to reboot the device. But no need to worry you will be assisted by Garmin Experts who are available 24x7 for every assistance required.]]> <![CDATA[Weird GPS/Route behaviour]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5311.html Tue, 30 Jun 2020 16:50:04 +0000 pangolin]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5311.html
I used MacENC successfully (which I have been for many years on a Mac mini running High Sierra) on the first leg of a trip.  The next day began I having issues both with my Nexus instruments network and MacENC.  Seemed to have sorted out the Nexus issue (? a loose connection) but MacENC now shows correct GPS info from Nexus in the GPS monitor window and continuously updated correct position on the chart except the boat icon remains the circle and dot, not the triangle as it did before.  Also when following a route it behaves like it's not getting any GPS info in that it doesn't show any of the ETA or DTW info as before and doesn't advance waypoints like before.  Also the GPS monitor window used to show a compass with the red dot for the course to steer but doesn't do that any more.

Strangely if I connect to and open the Instruments window all the data from Nexus is correctly reported AND there's a red dot in the compass that seems to correspond to the proper course to steer.  So clearly the Nexus system is delivering GPS, wind, compass and depth info to MacENC but it seems within MacENC that's not being communicated to the route following function.

Anyone encountered that or have suggestions?  Thanks

Pat]]>
I used MacENC successfully (which I have been for many years on a Mac mini running High Sierra) on the first leg of a trip.  The next day began I having issues both with my Nexus instruments network and MacENC.  Seemed to have sorted out the Nexus issue (? a loose connection) but MacENC now shows correct GPS info from Nexus in the GPS monitor window and continuously updated correct position on the chart except the boat icon remains the circle and dot, not the triangle as it did before.  Also when following a route it behaves like it's not getting any GPS info in that it doesn't show any of the ETA or DTW info as before and doesn't advance waypoints like before.  Also the GPS monitor window used to show a compass with the red dot for the course to steer but doesn't do that any more.

Strangely if I connect to and open the Instruments window all the data from Nexus is correctly reported AND there's a red dot in the compass that seems to correspond to the proper course to steer.  So clearly the Nexus system is delivering GPS, wind, compass and depth info to MacENC but it seems within MacENC that's not being communicated to the route following function.

Anyone encountered that or have suggestions?  Thanks

Pat]]> <![CDATA[Kamilo Beach - Trash Beach Hawaii]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5304.html Fri, 13 Mar 2020 19:17:55 +0000 saltyruss]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5304.html https://www.opdera.org/gallery

Kamilo Beach is now nicknamed Trash Beach because of the extreme amount of trash the ends up on the beach. Several tons of trash are removed every year by volunteers yet the trash is still more apparent than sand. Visit the website to view drone footage of the beach, the driving conditions to access the beach, and photos of what we say there.

www.opdera.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamilo_Beach]]> https://www.opdera.org/gallery

Kamilo Beach is now nicknamed Trash Beach because of the extreme amount of trash the ends up on the beach. Several tons of trash are removed every year by volunteers yet the trash is still more apparent than sand. Visit the website to view drone footage of the beach, the driving conditions to access the beach, and photos of what we say there.

www.opdera.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamilo_Beach]]> <![CDATA[The Truth About Plastic in The Worlds Oceans]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5303.html Fri, 13 Mar 2020 19:04:11 +0000 saltyruss]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5303.html
Please visit the website: www.opdera.org to learn the truth about plastic waste in the oceans of the world. Ocean Plastic Debris Education Research Awareness is a non-profit organization dedicated to discovering and telling the truth about plastic waste in the oceans of the world.

www.opdera.org]]>
Please visit the website: www.opdera.org to learn the truth about plastic waste in the oceans of the world. Ocean Plastic Debris Education Research Awareness is a non-profit organization dedicated to discovering and telling the truth about plastic waste in the oceans of the world.

www.opdera.org]]> <![CDATA[Adding bu353s4 to my Mac ,failed]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5265.html Fri, 07 Feb 2020 01:52:03 +0000 rioux7]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5265.html
After several attempts, I even had to reboot , a teck looked at it 
Still does not work 
I received a small disk with the gps , can’t use it
Tried to download the driver from the cie , several time 
I can’t find with USB port it uses to apply it to open Cpn
Help please before I use a hammer and crush that piece of S » » »
Louis]]>
After several attempts, I even had to reboot , a teck looked at it 
Still does not work 
I received a small disk with the gps , can’t use it
Tried to download the driver from the cie , several time 
I can’t find with USB port it uses to apply it to open Cpn
Help please before I use a hammer and crush that piece of S » » »
Louis]]> <![CDATA[Help importing navionics charts]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5077.html Fri, 07 Jun 2019 19:41:52 +0000 Everoo2000]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5077.html <![CDATA[MacEnc and GPS NavX Are No More]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5065.html Thu, 21 Mar 2019 02:14:05 +0000 Jim Innes]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5065.html from Francis's blog..

NAVIGATION MAC
The blog

https://blog.francis-fustier.fr/en/macen...ion+Mac%29

MacENC and GPSNavX disappear forever
19 March 2019 Francis | 5 Comments
Since 30 September 2018 (*), I already had information regarding the abandonment NAVX Studio LLC for the development of two historical applications created by Richard Ray : GPSNavX and MacENC. The buyers of these applications and iNavX had clearly announced focuse only to the development of iNavX, on iOS and Android. It is likely that applications on Mac no longer had any profitability, especially with the loss of Navionics charts for MacENC.

The announcement is now official, GPSNavX is permanently removed from the AppStore and MacENC will be removed from sale on iNavX website :

Quote:
“Just a heads up on the future of MacENC. [The app] MacENC will not receive any future updates and it will be taken off the market sometime this week. As long as you do not update your Macintosh computer to Mojave, it should continue to function pretty well. However, it is very limited on computers using Mac OS X Mojave.
MacENC Support”

That is. It now remains for Mac only OpenCPN, which is far from the ergonomics and professional quality had yet MacENC. It's really sad !]]> from Francis's blog..

NAVIGATION MAC
The blog

https://blog.francis-fustier.fr/en/macen...ion+Mac%29

MacENC and GPSNavX disappear forever
19 March 2019 Francis | 5 Comments
Since 30 September 2018 (*), I already had information regarding the abandonment NAVX Studio LLC for the development of two historical applications created by Richard Ray : GPSNavX and MacENC. The buyers of these applications and iNavX had clearly announced focuse only to the development of iNavX, on iOS and Android. It is likely that applications on Mac no longer had any profitability, especially with the loss of Navionics charts for MacENC.

The announcement is now official, GPSNavX is permanently removed from the AppStore and MacENC will be removed from sale on iNavX website :

Quote:
“Just a heads up on the future of MacENC. [The app] MacENC will not receive any future updates and it will be taken off the market sometime this week. As long as you do not update your Macintosh computer to Mojave, it should continue to function pretty well. However, it is very limited on computers using Mac OS X Mojave.
MacENC Support”

That is. It now remains for Mac only OpenCPN, which is far from the ergonomics and professional quality had yet MacENC. It's really sad !]]> <![CDATA[Autosave waypoints and routes in MacENC]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5064.html Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:33:49 +0000 antipole]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-5064.html
So I have now created a AppleScript to perform saves of the Waypoints and Routes data.

MacENC is scriptable.  (My ship’s log (using FileMaker) collects position, course, speed, wind etc. from MacENC as required.)  However, saving the waypoints and routes is not a scriptable function and I have had to resort to ‘typing’ at MacENC from the script. It is not perfect but it works for me.

Using the system

You can launch MacENC with autosave, which will launch MacENC if not already active.

Every five minutes, the Save Waypoints and Save Routes command will be typed into MacENC.

If there is nothing to save, these commands are deactivated and you will hear a dull Dou! sound.  That cannot be helped - ignore it.

If you want to stop autosaving, just quit the MacENC with autosave program.  If you quit MacENC leaving MacENC with autosave running, that is fine - it will do no harm.

You can download the kit from here.  Unzip the file and find the READ ME instructions within.

My you lose no more work!]]>
So I have now created a AppleScript to perform saves of the Waypoints and Routes data.

MacENC is scriptable.  (My ship’s log (using FileMaker) collects position, course, speed, wind etc. from MacENC as required.)  However, saving the waypoints and routes is not a scriptable function and I have had to resort to ‘typing’ at MacENC from the script. It is not perfect but it works for me.

Using the system

You can launch MacENC with autosave, which will launch MacENC if not already active.

Every five minutes, the Save Waypoints and Save Routes command will be typed into MacENC.

If there is nothing to save, these commands are deactivated and you will hear a dull Dou! sound.  That cannot be helped - ignore it.

If you want to stop autosaving, just quit the MacENC with autosave program.  If you quit MacENC leaving MacENC with autosave running, that is fine - it will do no harm.

You can download the kit from here.  Unzip the file and find the READ ME instructions within.

My you lose no more work!]]> <![CDATA[Long live MacENC!]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-4998.html Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:59:14 +0000 antipole]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-4998.html
I have just obtained confirmation that they have someone working on a 64 bit version.
There have been some delays but the present ETA is end of February.  Of course that could slip again.

iNavX Studios are also taking over the chart store aspects from Fugawi.

PS added 9 March 2019: see my comment of 9 March below]]>
I have just obtained confirmation that they have someone working on a 64 bit version.
There have been some delays but the present ETA is end of February.  Of course that could slip again.

iNavX Studios are also taking over the chart store aspects from Fugawi.

PS added 9 March 2019: see my comment of 9 March below]]> <![CDATA[Female Sailing Crew for Garbage Patch Research - eXXpedition]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-4985.html Mon, 07 Jan 2019 00:06:04 +0000 JanellCClark]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-4985.html eXXpedition]]> eXXpedition]]> <![CDATA[What I saw]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-4984.html Sun, 06 Jan 2019 00:41:20 +0000 saltyruss]]> https://macsailing.net/mybb/thread-4984.html
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch covers an area of about 2000nm wide and 1000nm tall ranging from about 500nm West of the Northern California Coast to a few hundred nm East of Japan.  The largest concentrations of debris are in the Eastern boundary, just off California, and the Western boundary, just South East of Japan. 

I could see debris within a few minutes of looking in any direction.   Most of the waste is floating just a few inches under the surface of the water.  It's suspended in this 'floating' state a few inches to a few feet under the surface of the water.  This makes it impossible to see from the air.  

You can read more about my voyage on my website: SV Blue Moon

Here are a couple photos of my voyage to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch:
[Image: capt-russ-holding-plastic-coka-cola-crat...3_orig.jpg]
[Image: coka-cola-crate-in-the-middle-of-the-gre...n_orig.jpg]
[Image: pregnant-female-crab-with-eggs-living-on...n_orig.jpg]
[Image: industrial-bucket-with-satellite-tracker...n_orig.jpg]
[Image: satellite-tracker-and-bio-tile-attached-...n_orig.jpg]]]>
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch covers an area of about 2000nm wide and 1000nm tall ranging from about 500nm West of the Northern California Coast to a few hundred nm East of Japan.  The largest concentrations of debris are in the Eastern boundary, just off California, and the Western boundary, just South East of Japan. 

I could see debris within a few minutes of looking in any direction.   Most of the waste is floating just a few inches under the surface of the water.  It's suspended in this 'floating' state a few inches to a few feet under the surface of the water.  This makes it impossible to see from the air.  

You can read more about my voyage on my website: SV Blue Moon

Here are a couple photos of my voyage to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch:
[Image: capt-russ-holding-plastic-coka-cola-crat...3_orig.jpg]
[Image: coka-cola-crate-in-the-middle-of-the-gre...n_orig.jpg]
[Image: pregnant-female-crab-with-eggs-living-on...n_orig.jpg]
[Image: industrial-bucket-with-satellite-tracker...n_orig.jpg]
[Image: satellite-tracker-and-bio-tile-attached-...n_orig.jpg]]]>