Michael B.
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2024
Purchased in September 2021. Used every short Alaska summer since then with OpenCPN and the Boating App (Navionics), but it appears to have failed today (August 2024). Resetting and connecting to other parts in the NMEA2000 chain made no difference. No led activity whatsoever.
RD
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2022
Worked great when I first plugged it in to a backbone that only had a single fuel flow sensor (Port).When I plugged in the Starboard fuel flow sensor the YDWG Web Gauges stopped seeing the Port sensor.Unplugged Starboard sensor, still no Port sensor. Replaced Port sensor with a new one, still couldn't see Port in Web Gauges. Plugged Starboard sensor back in and it's the only sensor Web Gauges sees.Verified Engine#0 and Engine#1 instances were correct, verified both sensors were on the network and "talking" using CanViewer, but YDGW Web Gauges would still only show the Starboard sensor and nothing for Port.By this time the Amazon return window had passed. Reached out to the manufacturer who spent several days emailing back and forth asking me to do this or that. They finally agreed the unit is defective and should be replaced under warranty but referred me back to this seller (Laurel USA).
Fridrik O Hjaltested
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 22, 2022
Plug and play, web interface easy to use. Reccommend highly.
Richard M. Povall
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 6, 2021
I've had this installed since last season and it works well. The form factor is excellent - so easy to install and to set up. I think yachtd are an overlooked company who make great devices at a very reasonable cost. I have another of their devices installed on my network as well which has also worked well.
Duesenstadt
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2021
Works well with my Ipad Navionics Boating App (conveys depth and AIS ships) and also works with my Polarview NS PC navigation software. The WebGauges feature shows engine gages and rudder position from my boat's NMEA 2000 bus.
Captain Brown
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2019
The device works great allowing me to get instrument data on its gadget page. Will take some time to figure out how to configure it to the configuration I want but it’s working fine.
Robert jones
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2019
As described, just a bit expensive
Hugh
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2019
I was looking to be able to access some of my NMEA2000 data on my cell phone and tablet. This worked much better than a Garmin Pico I installed a few years ago. The navionics app uses speed and direction, and the ip site (web page) they provide allows you to customize a few pages of gauges and data that are enough. I like having the anchor drag info next to my bed.
Hugh in Walnut Creek
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2019
I wanted Expedition software on my laptop to get NMEA 2000 data via wireless. It took about three minutes for the set-up. Power off the instruments, add a connector and the Yacht Device gateway, power back on, use the Yacht Devices drop down in Expedition instruments settings and I was up and running. I had allocated all day assuming it would be difficult - I was really impressed.One downside (for me) was that I had hoped to us the Yacht Device wi-fi to support mirroring the laptop screen to an iPad. This is not supported. Yacht Devices tech support got back to me in day with my question about this which was nice.Overall, I highly recommend this device!
Joker Too
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2019
Too much time has been spent on this "easy" NMEA 2000 gateway. For a minute it worked -Depth showed up on my Navionics app on my Ipad/Iphone which is what I really need and then nothing. The web YD gauges work but not really what I am interested in at this point - It appears to be providing GPS data due to yacht position but I had that with a 100 Garmin Bluetooth GPS. . Very little support online- This is the problem- whose problem is it? Navionics or Yacht Devices? Based on my time spent so far a dedicated chart plotter would of been worth 5 times the Yacht Devices and Navionics "low" cost.Look forward to posting the solution soon.Joker Too