Specialist marine electronics brand Actisense, based in Poole, UK, has launched a free update of its NMEA dashboards. The dashboards provide a suite of tools designed to simplify and enhance how marine professionals and boaters interact with vessel data.
The enhanced NMEA dashboards are available free via a free firmware update for the WGX-1 NMEA 2000 Gateway and provide real-time insights across navigation, environmental and engine systems.
Six key new features have been added to the firmware:
- Customisable dashboards
Tailored dashboard view designed to relay data – whether it’s voltage, fuel levels or heading. Actisense says the configurable interface ensures quick access to critical metrics, improving situational awareness and decision-making. Tiles are ‘drag and drop’, making it simple for beginners and intuitive to professionals. - EngineSense
A graphical engine gauge panel (shown in main image) displays live data from multiple engine parameters. Users can monitor performance, with future updates promising alerts and alarms for proactive maintenance and safety. - Insights
Acitsense says this enables installers to gain deeper understanding of a vessel’s network with decoded PGNs, transmit rates and device-level message tracking. The feature is ideal for diagnostics, designed to help users pinpoint issues and optimise performance. - Logs
Enables users to capture and store every message on the NMEA bus for historical analysis. Whether reviewing trip data or generating maintenance reports, Logs is designed to store a comprehensive record for post-trip investigations and client support. - Messages
To help users verify message integrity and troubleshoot network behaviour, this is a simplified view of PGNs and sentences with a streamlined interface. - Actisense-i enhancements
The improved Actisense-i tool now offers expanded visibility into network status and device activity, said to be a ‘game-changer for fault finding, making diagnostics faster and more accurate’ by the developer.
The dashboards have been designed for differing levels of technical knowledge:
- Technicians can quickly diagnose systems using real-time data and exportable logs.
- Boaters benefit from voyage tracking, safety monitoring and trip history review, as well as live gauges and dashboards.
- Installers enjoy simplified setup, instant network diagnostics and multi-channel data visualisation.
“These dashboards are built to empower users — from casual boaters to seasoned professionals — with smarter, clearer, and more actionable data,” says Phil Whitehurst, CEO at Actisense. “These visuals take NMEA data from ones and zeroes and make the information instantly meaningful and valuable. We’re delighted to be able to offer these as free firmware upgrades for our customers.”
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