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NMEA2000 gateway converter
NMEA2000 gateway converter
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NMEA2000 gateway converter
NMEA2000 gateway converter

iKonvert NMEA 2000-USB Converter

$209.95

“One NMEA2000 Gateway/Converter for all your data needs”

Categories: Diagnostics, Interfacing, NMEA 2000, PC Accessories, USB & WiFi, USB Interfaces Tags: Converter, Gateway, NMEA0183, NMEA2000, USB
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Description

KEY FEATURES

The iKonvert NMEA 2000 to USB converter is a smart and flexible gateway. Therefore allowing software applications (apps) to read/write NMEA2000 data. This can be either for ultimate analysis and control as RAW binary PGN data. Otherwise for conversion to the older and more commonly supported NMEA0183 data.

Every popular Marine Navigation app that runs on PC/MAC/LINUX computers can read NMEA0183 data. iKonvert provides a simple, reliable and cost effective way to access the navigation data on an NMEA2000 network. Simply set the DIP switches inside iKonvert to the required data mode that you want to use. As a result, iKonvert will extract the selected data from the NMEA2000 network. The data is then provided to your marine app in a format and at a baud rate they support.

For developers creating new apps or who know how to decode NMEA2000 PGNs, iKonvert can also be easily set to its “RAW Mode” where data can be read/written to using a simple serial data format that we publish on our iKonvert Github site. Integration of ikonvert does not require special libraries or proprietary code. This has attracted the interest of a number of developers. In addition, iKonvert is already compatible with CanBoat and the popular Signal K Node Server.

The iKonvert Gateway is compact and its housing is easy to mount. It features an integral USB cable and standard NMEA2000 Micro drop cable (male). In addition, it takes its power from the NMEA2000 network. It also provides full galvanic isolation between the USB interface and NMEA2000 networks. iKonvert operates at a 230KB baud rate in “RAW mode” and 4.8KB, 38.4KB or 115KB in NMEA0183 conversion modes. All modes can be simply selected using the internal DIP switches with no special configuration software or firmware changes required.

iKonvert’s USB interface features an FTDI chip. This chip has the most reliable and compatible USB drivers for all of the popular systems (Windows/Mac/LINUX/Android). Furthermore, for direct connection between NMEA2000 and NMEA0183 systems an ISO Version of iKonvert is available.

SPECIFICATIONS

  • Small but powerful bi-directional NMEA 2000 to USB Converter
  • Powered from the NMEA2000 network
  • High Speed USB 2.0 USB Interface (FTDI)
  • Compatible with Windows, OSX, LINUX and Android
  • Can operate in “Raw Mode” (Binary PGN data) through configuration
  • Converts all of the key navigational data
  • Integral USB (Type A) and NMEA2000 Micro (Male) cables
  • Simple configuration of data modes using DIP switches
  • Full galvanic isolation
Additional information
Weight 228 g
Dimensions 180 × 145 × 40 cm
FAQs

NMEA 2000 is the marine version of the CAN networks found in every modern car. NMEA 2000 allows marine electronic devices from different manufacturers to talk to each other

NMEA 2000 is a standard set of data messages, protocols and connectors that all NMEA 2000 devices must use*

* Note –   Some manufacturers have created their own “flavours” of NMEA 2000 with different connectors and cabling; Raymarine’s “SeaTalkNG” and Simrad’s “SimNet” are two examples and both need proprietary adaptor cables to connect to standard NMEA 2000 networks.

You cannot just plug two NMEA 2000 devices together with a suitable NMEA 2000 cable – they must be connected to a properly constructed NMEA 2000 network.

Each device has an NMEA 2000 interface that must be powered from the network. Some smaller low power devices, like sensors are also powered from the network

There is a small cost in setting up the network, but future expansion is very easy. A Digital Yacht NMEA 2000 Starter Kit is a cost effective way to build a small, expandable network

 

Yes, our iKonvert uses the popular FTDI serial to USB chip and the LINUX and MAC OSX drivers for this chip are included in the relevant operating system’s kernel. It should appear in the operating system as a serial device named “ttyUSB0” (or similar) when plugged in to a LINUX or MAC machine.

Our iKonvert can output converted NMEA 0183 sentences or the RAW NMEA 2000 data depending upon which mode it is set to (see user manual for more details). You can either set the mode by changing the four DIP switches inside the iKonvert or you can do this programmatically by sending a serial command to the iKonvert and the unit will stay in this mode even after a power cycle.

Our iKonvert/NAVLink2 gateways make implementing NMEA 2000 much easier, with no old, proprietary libraries, just a simple serial protocol that is published online at…

https://github.com/digitalyacht/iKonvert/wiki/4.-Serial-Protocol

The gateways take care of all of the complicated address claiming, network discovery and NMEA 2000 network management, simplifying and speeding up your software implementation. Here is a link to our iKonvert Developers Guide on GitHub…

https://github.com/digitalyacht/iKonvert

You will need a copy of the NMEA 2000 Appendix B in order to decode the NMEA 2000 PGN data, which is available from the NMEA organization.

If you have not already developed software to read and write NMEA 2000 data, then you might want to look at the open source CANBoat software, which supports our iKonvert as detailed in the CANBoat Wiki, see link below. The developer Kees, has over a number of years, reverse engineered the NMEA PGNs and the data is translated in to a more simple and open JSON format.

https://github.com/canboat/canboat/wiki/ikonvert-serial

 


what inside box

  • 1m NMEA2000 drop cable
  • 0.75m USB cable
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