How to setup AIS in Openplotter

[@enash7070]

Great job on explaining!! Look forward to more! Thank you!

[@solosailor222]

Good intro. and there is much more to getting it to actually work to a point a Skipper trusts it.I will persevere; in harbor, there is usually no hard wired land LAN connection, which is assumed in so many "install software" type videos. An RJ45 connection is like GOLD to a Cruiser.(yes, so is ICE) . Those of us that sail the seas, we accept these factors, in trade for Freedom, always. But its great to have instruments when they work....i will keep on hackin !

[@josephballerini3730]

With 26 seconds left in the video you add a connection under the options tab: where does one get that information? I want to hook up a sdr but where do you get the data that gets entered (address, data port, etc)?

[@arslin]

I found it odd too... very detailed and then just brushes over the end.

[@justinschuchat3650]

I don't see SDR VHF in the list. Only SDR AIS "coming soon". does this mean that all the parts I bought won't work now?

[@gobbledegookydokey]

Check also BBN Marine OS for raspberry pi4. Many free and opensource boat software packages preinstalled and preconfigured.

[@eragonbaffel9518]

0:25 Listening is all cool but can it also send?

[@OliverdelaRosa]

Can you transmit your AIS position through this arrangement?

[@FlatFact]

No you need an AIS transponder ($700 plus), which needs to be registered with the appropriate authorities, and this requires your license number for VHF. So you need a radio license to transmit your position. (Which mean a radio course fee and the license fee). Very expensive to transmit a position via a radio frequency.

[@4tracer4]

Basis pre-installed OpenCPN navigation system 4tracer

[@jeremyoftitirangi7770]

this sounds like a computer talking....i'd rather listen to a human!