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AirNav ShipTrax => AirNav ShipTrax Discussion => Topic started by: AirNav Development on January 27, 2010, 02:00:28 AM
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We have the final ShipTrax Hardware Box Layout finished!
We believe it looks great. The firmware is about to be finished.
(http://www.airnavsystems.com/images/ansh/ship_trax_box_03.png)
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Looks very nice :-)
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Should look nice sitting next to my Radarbox. Is it the same size as a Radarbox?
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The size is aprox the same of RadarBox.
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That looks real nice!,Good workAirnav. Cant wait for the release!
Johnn
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Hi,
It really is very cool, and has ethernet port thing that was needed in RB.
Hope you have success in this area too.
Best Regards
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Airnav, any update on when this will available to buy? I'm so close to actually buying a Comar AIS-2-USB receiver (£177+vat), but would prefer to buy the Airnav unit if the price is competitive and it's going to be available soon.
One important important question - Does the ShipTrax hardware received/decode ALL AIS message types, including Class B and SAR aircraft?
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The ShipTrax receiver does decode all AIS messages. Our price will be extremely competitive and the Comar doesn't come with software...our software is very similar to what RadarBox is for aviation so you wouldn't find something similar anywhere.
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Thanks Airnav. Yes, I know how great the ShipTrax software (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarbat/4314155616/) is looking - we just need an AIS receiver to properly beta test ;)
I've been putting off buying an AIS receiver for what seems like years now, in the hope that the Airnav unit will have a competitive price.
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The ShipTrax receiver does decode all AIS messages. Our price will be extremely competitive and the Comar doesn't come with software...our software is very similar to what RadarBox is for aviation so you wouldn't find something similar anywhere.
There is various software for AIS from free till abt. 100 euro, but okay, agree, not in one package. You can use dedicated AIS receivers or a scanner with discriminator output.
Btw, in a previous post in this forum was mentioned that AN Shiptrax cant cope with Inland Ais messages; post is deleted.
So now including ALL messages, a nice update.
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can not wait
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This must be based on famous Chinese Smart Radio SR series, reckon.
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This must be based on famous Chinese Smart Radio SR series, reckon.
That wouldn't be bad at all for the "one package buyers"!
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>This must be based on famous Chinese Smart Radio SR series, reckon.
Out hardware is brand new, developed at AirNav Systems and not based on any existing package.
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Any rough release date at the mo airnav?
Thank You
John
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Looks great, I guess the difference between this box and RadarBox, this one looks to be capable of working independently from the OS, as it has its ethernet port to get internet connection, or maybe I should say to spread into internet connection, and this could be easily wired to a router, making it even more easier to maintain the box up and running for the maximum, Great Amazing Design =)
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It's a handsome piece of hardware...lets hope it functions as well as it looks!
The addition of an ethernet port could be a huge advantage for me...will I be able to share it between the machines on my network?
Access it remotely maybe?
If only it were PoE then I could power it from the ethernet cable alone with no power supply so the box wouldn't be tied to a power socket...what a bonus.
Would they be wall/surface mounting slots I can see along the side?
Great idea if they are...
Am I alone in thinking that although the unit looks great as soon as you plug anything into this handsome box it will spoil the look with cables trailing out of the front of the box all over the desk?
I suppose it could be turned round but then you lose the function LED's etc.
Next question...any news of when the updated RadarBox hardware that you were teasing me about might come to fruitition and what features might it have over & above the original? ;^)
Regards,
-=Glyn=-
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Am I alone in thinking that although the unit looks great as soon as you plug anything into this handsome box it will spoil the look with cables trailing out of the front of the box all over the desk?
Actually that was the first thing I thought of when I saw the layout. I usually like to have cables out of view at the back of my equipment, but then the LEDs wouldn't be visible...
Then again, I usually cover up most LEDs anyway, with black insulation tape, so they don't "light up" the room at night :)
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Then again, I usually cover up most LEDs anyway, with black insulation tape, so they don't "light up" the room at night :)
Tape or not you would still have cables hanging from the front and trailing across your desk or wherever else it might be mounted.
I suppose turning it round would work for you then pjm - cables at the back and no visible LED's? ;^)
For me it would be a bit like buying a painting and then mounting it with the artists work facing the wall...lol
I know what you mean about LED's lighting up the room at night...my WiNRADiO has this vivid blue LED that seems bright enough to induce migraine or capable of guiding ships through the fog at night!
There is a software option however to turn the LED off which is a very nice touch IMHO.
Kind regards,
-=Glyn=-