October 3, 2010 16:47
Francis,
Your blog seems to suggest that using the iPad with iNavX and a TCP/IP protocol with MacENC on the laptop is a better solution than a VNC, understandable in that reviews for MochaSoft's VNC app are mixed at best. However, I don't understand how one can be using both programs at the same time. Or am I getting only the NMEA data via MacENC? I'd prefer to keep all my tracks, waypoints, routes, etc on just one computer—the laptop. And I don't want to lose my access to vector charts, which I understand iNavX doesn't support. Maybe I'm trying to force a screen mirroring function onto something when this is a different animal. Perhaps MacENC can chime in here.
Screen sharing is not my favorite solution either. I use that from time to time on my laptop to control my iMac and it is not ideal. What I really want is just to have the laptop display mirrored to an iPad and maintain the functionality and features of MacENC. I don't have an iPad yet but this would give me a good reason to buy one. Otherwise, I may be better off getting a second dumb monitor and just hard-connect it to the laptop as a mirrored monitor. I can then control the laptop below with an RF mouse and keyboard. But if I can make it work, and work well, on an iPad, it would give me access to the other functions and uses of the iPad and it would be a more portable solution.
Thanks!
Your blog seems to suggest that using the iPad with iNavX and a TCP/IP protocol with MacENC on the laptop is a better solution than a VNC, understandable in that reviews for MochaSoft's VNC app are mixed at best. However, I don't understand how one can be using both programs at the same time. Or am I getting only the NMEA data via MacENC? I'd prefer to keep all my tracks, waypoints, routes, etc on just one computer—the laptop. And I don't want to lose my access to vector charts, which I understand iNavX doesn't support. Maybe I'm trying to force a screen mirroring function onto something when this is a different animal. Perhaps MacENC can chime in here.
Screen sharing is not my favorite solution either. I use that from time to time on my laptop to control my iMac and it is not ideal. What I really want is just to have the laptop display mirrored to an iPad and maintain the functionality and features of MacENC. I don't have an iPad yet but this would give me a good reason to buy one. Otherwise, I may be better off getting a second dumb monitor and just hard-connect it to the laptop as a mirrored monitor. I can then control the laptop below with an RF mouse and keyboard. But if I can make it work, and work well, on an iPad, it would give me access to the other functions and uses of the iPad and it would be a more portable solution.
Thanks!
Jerry Richter
Bristol 27, Outside Time
Bristol 27, Outside Time