I'm looking for other FloatHub users to share ideas and uses. Originally I bought my Floathub when they had a Kickstarter program. I received and used that
wifi version, then upgraded to the 3g cellular version a month or so ago.
The device was mentioned in Panbo in 2017 -
https://www.panbo.com/beta-testing-f...f-marine-wifi/
The
wifi version worked great but getting a signal hasn't gotten any easier since I bought it. Last summer I used a verizon hotspot but I didn't leave it on when away from the
boat for fear of verizon charges. I was using the free basic version of their website
service then.
Once I realized the cost of the cellular
service was covered by the enhanced monitoring subscription upgrading seemed a no brainer.
So far I'm monitoring
batteries and
solar charging,
bilge pump activations and the temperature/barometric pressure built in to the device. When onboard I have the floathub wifi outputting data to
opencpn displayed on a
monitor in the
cabin.
In the
cockpit I'm using a
Garmin 64cv plus at the
helm, that displays
AIS from a Standard Horizon 2150. My plan is to get the
AIS,
depth and other
Garmin output over to the Floathub. That will then show up on the
opencpn and anything else I connect to the wifi.
My
head is spinning with possibilities (most unfortunately just a shade beyond my raspberry pi abilities). I'd like a better air temperature solution - the built in
sensor is reading the heat of running the floathub and other things in the
cabin.
Water temperature,
depth -
engine temperature -
oil pressure - fridge temp - hours meter...the list goes on. All seem possible, I'm guessing some others out there are pondering the same.
Anyone else here using this device? It sure would be nice to have a users group to share ideas.
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