Build 49
Network Ports
We’ve added the ability to use connect to devices such as Vesper XB-6000 and XB-8000 AIS Transponders, the Comar i300W gateway, and anything else that can send NMEA 0183 data over Wi-Fi. You’ll need to know the IP address and the port number your device uses in order to make a TCP connection (the most common), or just the port number to use UDP. Please check with your device’s documentation to find the appropriate values. (Shameless promotion: One BIG advantage of our Nemo Gateway is that you don’t have to know its IP address or port number, or even what those mean.)
NMEA 2000 Autopilot Control
If you have a Nemo Gateway, then Coastal Explorer can now send course updates to your NMEA 2000 compatible autopilot. We’ll be adding NMEA 0183 autopilot control too, but it’s not ready yet…
Let There Be Dark
Coastal Explorer now changes colors if your iPad or iPhone is in dark mode. We’ve also added dusk and night mode colors which you can select from the Settings page. We still have some tweaking to do with these new colors but they’re ready to use.
Other changes from the last update include:
- Sped up chart data downloaded
- Detect and recover from changes in network configuration
- Keep boat fixed on the screen when a follow-mode is active and zooming on or out
- Keep chart tip point fixed on the screen when zooming in or out
- Show POSN in yellow when getting low-accuracy fix for own-ship from AIS
- Improved ActiveCaptain pages
- Added place type filter to Places browser
- Added ability to post ActiveCaptain reviews and comments
- Show nearby observations on Conditions page
- Accept more synonyms for units when entering values
- Fixed some problems with saving changes to instrument panels
- Various other fixes and enhancements