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We developed the single bidirectional channel NMEA/Ethernet device N1E a few years ago. However, its 8-channel sibling, the CN8E quickly took over the market and we have delivered this in considerable numbers, both as a generic product and re-branded for … Continue reading →

It seems, in view of the ongoing ECDIS installation boom, that lack of a lot of very basic NMEA knowledge is causing severe problems. First of all, all type-approved bridge equipment serial data inputs are compliant with either NMEA 0183/IEC … Continue reading →

Edited and clarified 2013-03-12: Through the years we’ve had a number of questions around this and we had another discussion yesterday with a customer. Essentially, a gyro is a device for sensing heading. Some gyros also have a rate output … Continue reading →

The CN8E manual was recently updated and the new version is available in the CN8E page. We are now delivering this unit in different OEM versions although we are struggling to avoid having different firmware versions to maintain. NMEA issued … Continue reading →

The marine industry lives in its own cycles and it is not always easy to predict where the market is moving. A rather high interest for the CN8E NMEA/CAN/Etthernet LWE interface was expected, but that the worldwide ECDIS and system … Continue reading →

We would like to wish all our customers, new and old, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We will NOT close for holidays or anything like that, but there is a tendency that the global transport infra-structure take … Continue reading →

It took us some longer than expected, but all units an orders and back-orders should be dispatched before Christmas. We have units in stock, but we have already placed an order for another production batch which should secure delivery also … Continue reading →

Predicting the market is among the harder things to get right. As we all know, much of what happens is controlled by IMO carriage requierements. We were able to place ourselves fairly well for  “AIS gold rush” a few years … Continue reading →

We have noticed that the number of received telefacsimile messages are now very few and it is time for us to shut down the fax service we are subscribing to.

Our octal NMEA/CAN/Ethernet interface is becoming an important building-block for various navigation elektronics project. We are now releasing software version 99061_0_1_16 for this unit, featuring a number of new functions: Inclusion of -450 header Support for -450 four digit instance … Continue reading →