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Re: T&T: AIS receiver with bluetooth support

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George & Emilie Rankin
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 3:08 PM

Look for a "bluetooth to serial converter" in google.  They are pretty common
in the industry now, and should cost under $200.  You hook the output of the
AIS to the transmitter, and the software creates a virtual bluetooth serial
port on your machine.  If you have a NMEA combiner then it might make more
sense to put the converter onto it so that you could wirelessly see your other
navigation data.

If you want to spend a bit more money, a couple of companies make NMEA
combiners that support bluetooth.  Combiners are handy things if you are
planning to expand your navigation network in the future.  I would probably
go this route myself, since it would mean that I could have both the
reliability of a hardwired connection (to my chartplotter) and the convenience
of a wireless connection to my laptop.

Look for a "bluetooth to serial converter" in google. They are pretty common in the industry now, and should cost under $200. You hook the output of the AIS to the transmitter, and the software creates a virtual bluetooth serial port on your machine. If you have a NMEA combiner then it might make more sense to put the converter onto it so that you could wirelessly see your other navigation data. If you want to spend a bit more money, a couple of companies make NMEA combiners that support bluetooth. Combiners are handy things if you are planning to expand your navigation network in the future. I would probably go this route myself, since it would mean that I could have both the reliability of a hardwired connection (to my chartplotter) and the convenience of a wireless connection to my laptop.