SETTING UP NMEA 2000 NETWORK UPDATE
SETTING UP NMEA 2000 NETWORK SERIES

For example, when I had an issue with my old Garmin outputting non-standard NMEA2000 data, not only did they find the issue from the log file I sent, but they also fixed it in their next firmware update by adapting their own code to GarminвЂ™s incompatible data.В Also, when I suggested adding keyboard shortcuts to their web gauges UI, those appeared in the next firmware update. It is fast and personal and done by engineers instead of customer service reps. Yacht Devices customer service is exceptional. I managed to get SignalK connection work bi-directional only with TCP protocol, but that is fine as YDNR has three servers, so you can dedicate one for that. Web gauges always use the data from Server 1 and connected apps use NMEA 0183 data (typically over UDP). Setting up the router, you do need to be careful when configuring the servers and routing so that all the needed data is sent to the right place. YDNR is so lightweight that you could basically leave it hanging on the NMEA cable, although fixed attachment is definitely preferred. The product draws the minimal current it uses (max 60 mA) directly from the NMEA2000 network. The physical set up includes just connecting the NMEA2000 cable and thatвЂ™s it. If someone on the boat would like to configure the gauges to show up on their mobile device, they can do that and not mess up the gauges shown on the helm station. For example, I have two tablets on the helm station and both of them show different gauges on different views. Best of all, the configuration is stored locally on the client device, which means that you can set up different gauge configurations on different devices. You can also change the background to be black or white.

There are four sub pages which can all be configured to show different gauges. Web gaugesДЄs a bonus, actually an extremely useful bonus which could be a separate product itself, YDNR includes a web server which serves a page with user configurable gauges using the data from the device (supported data is listed in the end of the post). You also have an option set up whitelists and blacklists to allow or block certain NMEA sentences getting through. You can then configure the routing between the NMEA 2000 network, NMEA 0183 ports and the servers (see screenshot below). You can set up three different servers with UDP or TCP connection. Wifi router does what the name says, it routes the NMEA 2000 data to Wifi network. Operation and set up NMEA 2000 Wifi Router The product is very small and light weight and the construction is solid. YDNR also includes debugging and logging functions and can send a selected set of data to Yacht Devices cloud servers. The router is bi-directional meaning that you can also send data to it, you can for example send autopilot commands from OpenCPN to an autopilot connected to the boatвЂ™s NMEA 2000 network. The router can be used, for example, to send the NMEA data to Wifi to be used by various mobile apps, like Navionics Boating app or C-Map app, and of course, to send data to OpenCPN and SignalK server. YDNR has converters between NMEA 2000, NMEA 0183 and SeaTalk, with what they claim to be the widest rangeВ of supported messages on the market. It can act as a NMEA0183 multiplexer with two ports (RX/TX) and it also has a SeaTalk port. Yacht Devices YDNR-02 is a NMEA2000 WiFi router (gateway). The opinions presented here are solely my own brutally honest opinions в„ў and have not been affected in any way by the company. Read more about Brutally Honest Opinionsв„ў here.Дisclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with the company manufacturing or selling this product, nor have I been offered any incentive or discount to review this product.

SETTING UP NMEA 2000 NETWORK SERIES

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