MacENC meets Furuno NavNet BB, a grin

Ben Ellison

Ben Ellison

Panbo editor, publisher & chief bottlewasher from 4/2005 until 8/2018, and now pleased to have Ben Stein as a very able publisher, webmaster, and editing colleague. Please don't regard him as an "expert"; he's getting quite old and thinks that "fadiddling fumble-putz" is a more accurate description.

4 Responses

  1. GPSNavX says:

    We enjoyed working with John Gass, Electronics Manager at Wayfarer Marine. While we believe MacENC does put out compatible NMEA data sentences (i.e. works with Garmin, Raymarine, Nexus, etc) we would be happy to assist in any way possible to help get MacENC and Furuno NavNet sharing waypoints.
    MacENC continues to be improved. The next release out shortly adds the ability to share NMEA data over TCP/IP. MacENC can either be both a client and/or server of NMEA data. Our hope is that we can develop a mini-client for the new Apple iPhone. Imagine having a Mac Mini below processing all the NMEA then a scaled back MacENC client on the iPhone giving MacENC power wirelessly.

  2. John Navas says:

    Have you seen anything concrete about the iPhone being on open platform? What I’ve seen suggests it will be closed, much like the iPod.

  3. Ben Ellison Ben Ellison says:

    Aside from protesting re: “embarrassment”, John Gass asked to add:
    “The only thing that I’d like to stress is that MacENC *did* feed a Garmin, Raymarine C-series & Furuno RD-30 with no problems. Also, the support from MacENC has been nothing short of amazing (like sending a new rev within an hour after receiving an email I sent on a Saturday morning – unbelievable!).”

  4. paul says:

    Hi
    is the Garmin 192 nmea compatible?
    Thanks
    Paul

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