Ship Plotter is a chart-plotting utility which decodes the digital AIS messages using the sound card of your PC. You need a suitable VHF band radio-receiver (or an AIS receiver) to be able to pick-up such signals (tuned in one of the two available AIS channels - 161.975 Mhz or 162.025 Mhz / VHF 87 or 88 old channels). The incoming information is decoded by Ship Plotter and can also be displayed on your computer's screen.
If you own an AIS receiver with serial data output or a VHF radio with a discriminator output already available, you may use Ship Plotter to forwarding AIS-data to MarineTraffic.
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OS | Windows (W2K, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11) |
Version | v12.5.5.6 (06.11.2017) |
Costs | 21 days test version
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Categories | Chart Plotter, Audio decoder, Forwarder |
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Requirements
You can connect the receiver to your PC via USB or direct serial connection
You have identified the COM port assigned to the device on your computer
You have requested to share AIS data and have received the IP and port information
Your operating system is supported by this software
Configuration
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You will now be back in the main window. Click on the green circle button in the top menu to activate the receiver. If everything works correctly, you should see ships on the map.
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Next, access your station on MarineTraffic to verify if the data is being received. Please allow a few minutes for the statistics to reflect a successful reception.