February 15, 2012 18:58
Just to beat this some more...
While on-line window shopping I noticed down in the fine print that the Raymarine AIS transceiver has a "built-in NMEA multiplexer," a USB port outputting NMEA 0183, and of course SeaTalk (ng?). So, it seems tempting to believe that I could buy this unit and avoid buying separate multiplexer and GPS units. Which would make the price almost palatable.
Anyone have direct experience with this unit?
And this is the first I've heard of SeaTalk"ng." Anyone know if it would play nice with my plain-old ST40 and ST2000 stuff?
(Sorry for asking dumb questions, but I've recently gotten screwed trying to upgrade home toys to the HDMI bus, which is still chewing up $$ and not functioning as advertised. Starting to get the same feeling on the boat!)
While on-line window shopping I noticed down in the fine print that the Raymarine AIS transceiver has a "built-in NMEA multiplexer," a USB port outputting NMEA 0183, and of course SeaTalk (ng?). So, it seems tempting to believe that I could buy this unit and avoid buying separate multiplexer and GPS units. Which would make the price almost palatable.
Anyone have direct experience with this unit?
And this is the first I've heard of SeaTalk"ng." Anyone know if it would play nice with my plain-old ST40 and ST2000 stuff?
(Sorry for asking dumb questions, but I've recently gotten screwed trying to upgrade home toys to the HDMI bus, which is still chewing up $$ and not functioning as advertised. Starting to get the same feeling on the boat!)