Boat Gateway vs NMEAconnect Usage & Stats
After startup, you will get a waiting screen and stop there due to it is waiting the connection of real Boat Gateway device.
Since you may not have the Boat Gateway device on hand, the actual signals of boat will not be received. To get the feeling of usage or for test, this app has a simulation function to play historical “log” that recorded earlier in real world. Please follows procedures below.
1. First, installed and open this app . You will get the screen to wait connection of real Boat Gateway device.
2. Click the three-bars icon on upper left corner to get the fly-out menu. The simulation function is located at “Demo Cases”.
3. When you enter the “Demo Cases”, You will get three tabs on bottom. The first tab is “Cases Download” and marked as red icon. By
entering this function, it will immediately check the cloud and get the list of simulation scenarios. To download the simulation file, you can slide the rows to get the download button and then trigger to download.
4. With the file downloaded, we can move on the next step. Please restart this App, you will find demo words on the corns of "Check Wifi". You can start simulation cases by press the demo words.
5. This app will run simulation as real life if anything go right.
6. You can open the "Setting" and turn on "Fly Mode Auto-Pilot Control". To use this function, go to "Compass Instrument" and tape the second tab "Autopilot" on the bottom. You can try to tap the compass and swing your phone to see the fly mode control working.
Have fun.
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NMEAconnect can connect to almost any NMEA source using TCP/UDP, BLE, internal/external GPS, Simulation or Logfile and act as an NMEA server/bridge due TCP/UDP.
With NMEAconnect you have:
∙ support of NMEA 0183, NMEA 2000, SignalK or MQTT data of almost any device
∙ a simple setup with preconfigured sources plus versatile configuration options
∙ all values ordered into clear 'Modules'
∙ a NMEA multiplexer, hub or switch
∙ a server/repeater to forward NMEA messages to other devices (some NMEA-WiFi gateways are accepting only one client)
∙ a server of the internal GPS Position as NMEA data to an external device
∙ a MQTT broker, client or gateway
∙ ‚unlimited‘ NMEA log (even when NMEAconnect is in background)
∙ nmeaconnect:// protocol to provide NMEA data e.g. to a Filemaker database
∙ background updates
∙ a visual indicator for NMEA activity
∙ Environments to handle different setups
∙ Message-Rules: Block, Gate Time and TalkerID for each NMEA sentence
Supported & preconfigured Devices:
For a complete list of supported devices please visit: www.nmearemote.com/sources/
∙ WiFi:
Actisense W2K-1
AstraYacht
B&G: Vulcan, Zeus
comar (NMEA-2-WiFi & i300W/i320W)
Digital Yacht (TCP, UDP & NavLink 2)
GoFree™ (B&G)
GMM (NMEA 0183 & N2k)
iKommunicate
nke NMEA WiFi Interface
NMEA over IP (TCP, UDP)
Open Skipper (N2k Datagram)
Quark-elec
PilotTech - AIS Pilot Plug WiFi
PredictWind DataHub
Sailor Hat WiFi Gateway
SailTimer Air Link™
ShipModul: MiniPlex-2Wi, MiniPlex-3Wi(-N2K)
SignalK
Vesper: Cortex, XB 8000, Watch Mate Vision
vYacht
Yacht Devices YDWG-02 (N2k)
Yakker
∙ Bluetooth:
Calypso: ULTRASONIC, CUPS 4.0 & NMEA CONNECT 4.0
OpenWind
RaceBox
∙ Internal:
Core Location (iOS GPS)
iOS Barometer
∙ Misc:
LogFile
Simulation
String
NOT Supported Devices:
∙ Garmin GNT 10 & chartplotters
∙ Raymarine WiFi devices
(these manufacturers are not interested in collaborating and still keeping their systems secret)
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Boat Gateway VS. 
NMEAconnectDecember 17, 2024