September 13, 2013 09:36
I've always had a Garmin / Raymarine chartplotter at my helm... moving on to a "new" boat and this one will rely solely on macenc / inavx. macenc is an awesome program with prompt product support. Raymarine and Garmin should take a page out of the mac enc book!
Only two suggestions -
1. full bi-directional integration with nmea 2000 autopilots. I'd like to be able to plot my route, hit "goto" on mac enc, press "nav" on the ap control head, and sit back as the boat steers itself. Bearing, TTG, distance to waypoint, ETA, etc would be great to see at the helm on iNavX.
2. The ability to display multiple chart windows at once - ie, one zoomed in and another zoomed out.
3. Low light mode in Mac ENC is good, but I like the "Time" functionality in GPSNavX a little better... the "dusk" setting is very good in low light at the helm.
Regarding #1, some of this functionality may exist as I haven't had a chance to fully test yet..
Also, please let me know if #2 is already possible.
I would absolutely be willing to pay for another version.
Thanks,
Ben
Only two suggestions -
1. full bi-directional integration with nmea 2000 autopilots. I'd like to be able to plot my route, hit "goto" on mac enc, press "nav" on the ap control head, and sit back as the boat steers itself. Bearing, TTG, distance to waypoint, ETA, etc would be great to see at the helm on iNavX.
2. The ability to display multiple chart windows at once - ie, one zoomed in and another zoomed out.
3. Low light mode in Mac ENC is good, but I like the "Time" functionality in GPSNavX a little better... the "dusk" setting is very good in low light at the helm.
Regarding #1, some of this functionality may exist as I haven't had a chance to fully test yet..
Also, please let me know if #2 is already possible.
I would absolutely be willing to pay for another version.
Thanks,
Ben