[CA] [CA11] AIS on an Element 7

[atkinson.cj@btinternet.com]

I’ll have to look into how viable it is to get a Raymarine installer out to my boat but I think it will be expensive.
Meanwhile I’m working through possible solutions.

1. Could you categorically confirm that the Element 7S running Lighthouse 3.9.138 will correctly display AIS targets (i.e. not own boat) when fed data from a class B transceiver and that working examples exist.
2. Do you have a recommended NMEA0183-2000K AIS converter that you know will work with an Element 7S e.g. Actisense NGW-1.
3. Could you explain what you meant by “determine whether the MFD responds similarly to ownership data” in you last post.
4. I have spoken to the manufacturers of the Comar CSB200 (now called a T200B) and Quark-Elec. Both are puzzled as to why the Element 7S should display my own boat as a target. I know that on OpenCPN charting software on my Android tablet I can filter out my own MMSI AIS target as I gather some MFDs do to but that doesn’t help with the Element 7.

I’ll try again this week to narrow down where the problem lies,
Thanks
Chris