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Wegmatt LLC

2,809 orders since May 20, 2015

Redmond, WA, United States of America

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Product: (4.77)

Documentation: (4.48)

Shipping: (4.62)

Communication: (4.78)

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Murat | April 20, 2016

55 nM range ! It is amazing...

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I installed a 1 meter VHF anthen on pushpit ( totaly the heigh of anthen from water level is 2-3 meters ) . I used "RG-213/U coaxial 50 ohm" cable ( 6 meters long ) . My cable insulation was away from other electrical cables and the connectors on both end was installed carrefully by myself . I am using OpenCPN software on a small computer. No need any extra driver installation on windows10. And the result is amazing ; i can watch any vessel with ais transponder up to 55 nM away. Many thanks to all of you who create this product. Regards.

Michael | April 19, 2016

Cute little AIS receiver

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This little gadget is an absolute necessity for the navigator. Compatible with e.g. OpenCPN and other navigation programs that understand the AIS NMEA strings. I can surely recommend it to anyone having an interest in 'seeing where the ships are'. You might consider setting up your own monitor station for MarineTraffic.com.
Michael

Anatoly | April 17, 2016

An amazing product

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I wish to thank you for the opportunity to easily get a device that simplifies the install of AIS, providing low cost safely alternative to the boating community. I highly recommend it for anyone, for ease of use, installation and nice view.

I would note an excellent and prompt communication with a personal touch from Adrian, I wish the best to all his development plans!

Norleif | April 12, 2016

Handy little device

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I got two units to monitor both channels at once. I need this functionality for some R&D work I'm doing.
I'll be first in line to buy a dual RX version.
Sensitivity is not great, but that doesn't matter for my use-case.

Mikko | April 11, 2016

dAISy is working well

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It seems to work very well in my environment. I tested it on PC and I just ordered the NMEA0183 / RS-422 -interface for it. I will install it to my boat to be used with a Lowrance chart plotter. Thanks for the good product!

Sean | April 11, 2016

Fantastic Product

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I'm building an AIS setup for my boat and this product has been excellent. Well documented, extremely professional quality build. I can't recommend it enough.

Mitsuharu | April 2, 2016

received

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I received the item today.
Great deal - Item arrived safely and in EX condition .
　　 Thank you

　　　　　　M.Yamagata　

Douglas | March 24, 2016

Works as advertised, developer was very helpful

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I had a few requests for additional information that wasn't in the datasheet, and they were answered promptly and correctly.

Pretty cool little device.

Joel | March 23, 2016

Very good purchase

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Thank's for your good product. Daisy is a very small magic box at a very small price. Very goog than'k again !!!

Jakob | March 1, 2016

dAISy tracks Base Station 7 miles over industrial area

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I ordered 2 dAISy receivers which arrived this morning on schedule after processing for a week in Belgian Customs and both units have passed the initial test.
From a location close to the Capital using an old TV top box extensible balanced dipole antenna with only 1 element primitively connected to the BNC center tap with a test cord both units picked up a Base Station (MMSI 205510990) situated on a Canal about 7 miles away overland across Brussels International Airport and an industrial area.

Still have to find an OpenCPN compatible Chart for the Canal, but GOOGLE Earth shows the Location is spot on.

I can’t wait to see the tracks when I get back to the coast in southern Sri Lanka, and can definitely recommend this device.

Peter | Feb. 28, 2016

Works, first try

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I have not tried in a boat but took my laptop with OpenCPN and tested it in a harbour and received AIS info as expected. Thanks!

Jacob | Feb. 27, 2016

Perfect apparaat, precies wat ik zocht.

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Deze ontvanger doet precies wat het moet doen, is klein en maar een paar tientjes duurder als de DVB-T stick oplossing.
Ben er heel gelukkig mee.

Carole | Feb. 14, 2016

Useful unit

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Coupled to my Android tablet seamlessly and operated well. I was not able to load the driver to an old Windows 7 PC, but that is probably the PC!
A useful device for busy waterways.

Pierre | Feb. 10, 2016

Great device

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I did not try it on my boat yet since it is winter. However, as a test, I connected an antenna from an old portable VHF I had laying around for years. I then took my tablet with Windows 10 and OpenCPN installed, drove by the harbor, plugged the dAISy in with the USB cable provided and "Bingo". Within seconds, all the ships in the harbor appeared with all their specs on the screen. Can't wait to try it on my boat.

Ian | Jan. 28, 2016

Affordable AIS at last

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I have been looking for a reasonably priced AIS receiver to use with my laptop for some time, and just found this. I took it to our sailing club to test it using their VHF aerial, and was really pleased to be able to configure it easily on both OpenCPN and Polar Navy navigation software. It picks up vessels well out of sight on a shortish antenna. Apart from the low cost, being powered by USB is a big plus for me as I don't need another power supply. It is also very small, I intend to tape it to my laptop lid when in use.

Jan Frode | Jan. 28, 2016

lovely product

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After opening package and with a short readup from manual and user forums I had this little beaty up and running and set up with a home made vertical antenna and receiving and decoding consistently both class A and B data from upto 40 nautical miles from my veranda.

Data receive I could easily upload and share with Marinetraffic and AIShub.

Both AIShub and Marinetraffic gives you detailed reports on your performance and from monitoring these over few days these I can say the dAISy meet all my expectations.

The green and red LED blinker also gives you immediate feedback on activity and on how well you receive.

Recommending this to all for leisure boat use and home AIS receiver stations.

Great for covering those "blind spots" in your local AIS coverage.

best regards jan


Martin | Jan. 25, 2016

Also works with Boat Beacon app on Android Phone / Tablet

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Very Convenient. Plug and Play...just what I was looking for and that at an affordable price. I got it working with OPENCPN on my laptop
But also on my Android Phone with the Boat Beacon app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.electricpocket.boatbeacon&hl=nl
My Phone provides power to the dAISy through an OTG cable. So it runs without an external power supply . It couldn't be simpler.
I had an old VHF antenna placed indoors by the window and was surprised to pick up boats approx 6 nautical miles away. That is with land trees in between.

I highly recommend Adrians dAISy!!

Jean | Jan. 21, 2016

Very satisfied

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Very good and well finished product
Professionnal packaging
Quick delivery (to France)
Comes with a manual and support.
Thanks

Manel | Jan. 14, 2016

Smaller than expected, very nice

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Received just need to try it when in the sea, small but very robust, the gift of support to fix this well
Cheers

Hans | Jan. 5, 2016

Works good

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I use the ais receiver in combination with a raspberry pi 2. The set up was easy. It all works fine with the open source software opencpn. I use a simple homemade dipole antenna.

Mobico Shipping As | Dec. 17, 2015

Simple and excelent

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I'm using this with Ubuntu 14.04 and 15.10 also tested. Works like a charm. The USB cable shipped is unreliable and should be replaced with a better cable,,,,
Some articles can be found on the net. First it seemed a little confusing if the default serial speed was set to 9600 or 38400 because since some articles describe 9600 baud and other describe 38400 - it sorted out that the default was 38400 baud.

Eric | Dec. 10, 2015

Just one problem : the usb cable did not work...

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I have bought the daisy Ais recever and at the beginning, I have not been able to make it work at all.
I spent a lot of time to figure out why no data ais targets were detected.
I finally replaced the usb cable that was shipped with daisy ais by another one (longer), and it worked a charm.
I'm happy now !
This is the reason why i put 4 stars on the product instead of 5 ;)
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Response from Wegmatt LLC | Dec. 10, 2015
I apologize for the inconvenience and wasted time on your side. The 4 star rating is very generous under those circumstances.

As this is not the first failure of the included USB cable, I started looking for a new supplier. In the meantime I will make sure to test each included USB cables before shipping.

Thank you,
Adrian

Thorbjörn | Dec. 6, 2015

Test of dAISy

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I just tested dAISy and when using windows 10 on a lap top and also Ubuntu on a raspberry pi 2 it was just to connect the USB cable to a USB port and it just worked. I use openCPN to test the AIS functionality.

Wilfried | Dec. 5, 2015

such a affordable product I have long been looking for

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Hi I am recreational boat owner and hobby fisherman . We live in the Southwest Netherlands , Zeeland.
We sail in dangerous tidal waters with lots and lots of shipping , the largest container ships in the world are passing at our doorstep.
To improve the safety on the waterways in general, our government provides all boaters with accurate downloadable maps in ENC format for free. Those marine charts can be displayed with the use of OPENCPN software and any GPS receiver. We install it on refurbished netbooks and small notebooks like Acer aspire one having the Win7 platform as operating system.
The OPENCPN chart plotting software can also handle AIS data: Heading and speed of surrounding vessels, positions tracking, Real-time ship locations, port arrivals and departures.
The dAISy AIS receiver is capable of capturing all this and display it on screen to you, improving safety at the helm, for passengers and crew.
It's easy to install, and doesn't need any external power-line! The USB connection only is bringing the receiver to life. A small BNC "rubber duck" antennae will catch the AIS signals transmitted by nearby ships for you.
Note: This product has to be used as an addition to your marine safety package, always keep watch and listen for signals and radio traffic. Use your radar if you have one, keep eyes on the gauges and depth sounder. Do never rely solely on any AIS device when crossing the estuary shipping lanes, coastal travel or on high sea voyage.

Aedan | Nov. 15, 2015

Works beautifully

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It seems to work very well. I've only been able to try it in hotel so far, with an antenna hanging out the window. Within seconds was picking up all the same targets as the local marinetraffic station. Overall I'm impressed and it's great value.

Curt | Nov. 12, 2015

dAISy Receiver

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I purchased the dAISy Receiver and combined it with a Raspberry PI2 computer running the chart program OpenCPN. I am utilizing this equipment as a secondary chart plotter and AIS receiver on my sailboat. I connected the dAISy to my VHF-FM antenna via a splitter. This connection shares the same antenna with my Standard Horizon GX 2150 VHF-FM radio which has AIS built into it. My VHF-FM radio is networked to a Raymarine chart plotter that receives AIS data from the Standard Horizon radio. So far I have seen no loss of signal on either unit and while sitting on the Columbia River in Portland Oregon I get excellent AIS input from the dAISy into my Raspberry PI.

Jacques | Nov. 9, 2015

dAISy AIS Receiver

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DAISy AIS Receiver is easy to plug to OpenCpn. I plug on it a portable VHF antenna ( no installation :) and it works find inside my 43' Beneteau. My next test will be with my Masted Antenna to see the difference before to install a second VHF antenna. I' m very happy with this product and recommend it. Finally an AIS receiver at reasonable price.
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Response from Wegmatt LLC | Nov. 9, 2015
Thank you for your review. Be careful when connecting the AIS receiver to the same antenna as your VHF radio. Unless you antenna splitter specifically prevents back-feeding to the receiver, the AIS receiver might get damaged when a strong VHF radio transmits on the same line.

Dave | Nov. 6, 2015

Better than expected performance

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I consistently get 50 mile range over hilly terrain and 180 or more messages per minute with a dipole antenna taped to my office window. If you want to do something a bit unusual the documentation is a bit weak and scattered (I have an ESP8266 attached to the internal port which makes it standalone), but the store owner is super responsive and helped me get it working. It's a great product for the price.

Edit: The new website with Quick Start Guide and Users' Manual put the documentation in one spot and address the weaknesses in documentation.

John | Nov. 5, 2015

daisy

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Ordered from states for delivery to ireland, arrived within 10 days to my door.
Product connected to opencpn freeware running on obsolete ibm thinkpad.
worked straight out of box.
temporary rail vhf identifed targets 20nm out
usb connector meant no power wiring required - straigirelandhforward plugin to usb

daisy is 1/2 price of nearest ais receiver - tremendous value

john carnie - donegal,





Martin | Oct. 15, 2015

It is working perfectly with Linux Mint 17.2 and OpenCPN

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I use it with OpenCPN 4.0.0 on Linux Mint Cinnamon 17.2 64 bit.
It took me less than 5 minutes to cut away one end of a bnc-cable and connect it to two pieces of copper wire to build an antenna. Once connected I pointed OpenCPN to the device file (/dev/ttyACM0) and its map was immediately filled with targets.

It is small, cheap, efficient and totally problem free.
I love it!

Matthew | Sept. 7, 2015

dAISyy rocks

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This is what I was waiting for! Small size and good reception. Perfect for my projects! Make sure to get the right antenna. Only get one that is AIS compatible.

Frederick | Aug. 12, 2015

Easy and Reliable AIS Receiver

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This dedicated AIS channel receiver is very easy to use and the drivers are quite reliable and connect easily.
This is a simpler way of getting AIS than the less expensive rtl-dsr dongles and with a good antenna can take the place of more expensive equipment on a small boat. I've used it on Windows 7, 8.1, and 10. The driver install readily for 7 and for 8.1 you need to trick windows because it is unsigned. Adrian has excellent documentation for this short process which only needs to be done once and. for Windows 10 there is no special driver required,

You will not be disappointed.

9/26/2015 Adrian has updated the programming and following his instructions I have updated my dAISy and have just had a chance to test it. It is much more sensitive now and seems to be getting ship contacts more quickly and over a greater range. I have not yet tested this on the water, but from a 1st floor location behind trees, we are getting more contacts that are also further out! I have no doubt that this receiver will be even better now. Thank you Adrian.

10/8/2015 Using VHF antenna at top of 36' mast picked up ships 7-12 miles away. Inside Block Island Great Salt Pond, picked up ships to the Southeast 8 miles away and saw all the ferries coming from Point Judith 11 miles away.

Rene | Aug. 4, 2015

Great product for a good price

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I bought the product in order to setup my own AIS-receiver station.

It was only a matter of 20-30 minutes in order to have the product connected, software installed and receiving the initial AIS data.

Meanwhile I asked for some additonal information concerning AIS-data in general and there Adrian provide me with a prompt and good reply.
I don't expect that you need help with the setup, but it's good to know that Adrian is there when having any questions.

When you intend to buy an AIS receiver I could really recommend the "daisy".

Manfred | July 24, 2015

Elegant, simple, compact and very usefull

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My goal for utilizing dAISy is enhancing safety a little bit on my small sailing vessel. I'm a passionated coastal sailor wit an Etap 22i. Sailing quite often solo on Ijsselmeer and Waddensea in The Netherlands. This spring I finally decided to deploy an autopilot after years of doubting. At the same time mine Garmin GPSmap and the very old Autohelm Tridata ST50+ instrument are not that solidly working anymore. So I decided to design an integrated Marine Instrument & Display Controller, where an AIS receiver would be fit in.

The design which is mainly based on open source software (Ubuntu/OpenCPN) and (semi) open source hardware (RPI/Arduino) has been finalised more or less. Now I started with the building blocks to assemble and evaluate. dAISy was my favourite one based an de specs I could read. In the last 2 weeks I installed it on my sail boat to get it evaluated in a "living lab". And I'm confident with what I've got from Adrian. The product works like a charm. I evaluated it on both Ubuntu (15.4) and Windows 8.1 and OpenCPN 4.0.0.

The only thing which might need some attention is the "marine data collection time". That's the time required to get the list of AIS object visible in OpenCPN. That took a considerable amount time (> 10 mintutes) to get 36 vessels around me.

Nevertheless, so far so good. I can recommend this fine elegant of hardware/software specifically if you're looking for a high price performance. dAISy helps me building up the integrated Marine Instrument & Display Controller I've got in mind.

I think Adrian did an excellent job. Thanks for that.
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Response from Wegmatt LLC | Sept. 25, 2015
Thanks Manfred!

Boaters should check out Manfred's maritime instrumentation & display controller.
https://www.hackster.io/mvandervoort/maritime-instrument-display-controller
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