Portable Navigator for DOS

Portable navigator is a full screen DOS application with a vector chart display system for very fast redraw times even on slow PCs.

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Portable Navigator with Solent chart

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Portable Navigator - Technical Specification

(Note "Unlimited" means limited only by disc space)

UNITS: Nautical miles, Statute miles or Kilometres, Degrees and minutes, or UTM or British OS GRID Easting and Northing.
CHART RANGE: 84degN - 80degS x 180degE - 180degW
Resolution Max: 1 Pixel=0.002 mins of arc (on SVGA)
Zoom Range: 0.03125 - 3600 (6000 Pilot Only) Note a zoom factor of 1 displays an area of about 450 x 300 Nm.
Max points in a Chart file : 5400
Chart Library Files: Unlimited.
Chart making mode - Uses YEOMAN Plotter as digitising table.
Max Tidal data points: 100 x 13 (-6hr HW +6hr)
Tidal Atlas files : Unlimited
Max points in a Tidal Atlas file: 100 x 13
Max waypoints in a chart waypoint database: 200
Max waypoint databases: Unlimited
Route Files: Unlimited
Max waypoints in a route: 10
Internal Log files: Unlimited, Max Fixes in a log file: 98
Text Log files: Unlimited, Max Fixes in a Text Log file: Unlimited
Text Log format: User programmable.
Interfaces : NMEA 0183, NAVSTAR 2000, Rockwell-Collins (NavCore V), and custom. COM1 - COM4.
NMEA 0183 - 4800 baud, no parity, 8 bit, 1 stop bit. RMC, GGA, GLL. AUX channel any NMEA sentance, or proprietory formats.
Navstar 2000 - 110 baud, no parity, 8 bits, 1 stop bit. GLL
Rockwell-Collins - 9600 baud, odd parity, 8 bits, 1 stop bit. Msg.103
Custom: all parameters user defined.
NMEA output: If selected Portable Navigator can output a position derived from the navigation receiver, at a user programmable rate in almost any NMEA format. Also derived values such as speed using VTG etc., can be created as NMEA sentences. In XTE mode XTE and BWC sentences are automatically generated. Also a WPL sentence can be generated when a waypoint is selected.

Minimum Hardware Required:

Hewlett-Packard 1000CX / 200LX Palmtop PC +2 Mbyte RAM.

Recommended Hardware:

25Mhz 386 SVGA or higher spec PC.

Recommended GPS Receivers:

Garmin, Trimble, Magellan, Rockwell-Collins, etc. etc. Portable Navigator will work with almost any Navigation Receiver, GPS, LORAN, or DECCA, that provides an interface in NMEA 0183 standard. Also supported is the earlier NAVSTAR 2000 format.

Optional:

YEOMAN Plotter. Uses proprietory Yeoman $YMWPL sentences to control Portable Navigator's chart digitising operations.

All Trade Marks Acknowledged.
(Specification subject to change without notice - ESL 1998)