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Originally Posted by Moo
Actisense make a N2K to NMEA 0183 gateway.
There are others around too.
OCPN only understands NMEA 0183 so you have to convert to 0183 for OCPN.
Cheers
Chris
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I'm a big fan of Actisense
gear, but the NGW converter only translates a very limited set of N2K sentences and not even including AIS!
There are different converters, but caveat emptor -- read carefully about which sentences are converted, and make sure the converter you choose, will give you the data you need!
Or go SignalK, as others have suggested.
If the OP is using
Navico plotters (B&G, Simrad), he can also make a wired connection with Ethernet. That's what I use. The
Navico plotters convert every useful thing out of N2K, and besides that, you can control the
radar over Ethernet, allowing you to use the handy OpenCPN
radar plug-in. This data stream can be made wireless if required by connecting a Navico plotter to an ordinary
wifi router, by Ethernet.