Yacht Devices YDVR-04R - Voyage Recorder SeaTalk NG Connector

Yacht Devices YDVR-04R - Voyage Recorder SeaTalk NG Connector

Use the Yacht Devices YDVR-04R Voyage Recorder to collect and store GPS tracks, wind, depth, temperature, AIS, and all other data that flows through the network backbone during your voyages. Capture and preserve the excitement of your journeys, keep records of strong winds and storms, gather data for future voyages, analyze races, generate logbooks, and diagnose problems.

The YDVR-04R is designed to store data from the onboard network of your vessel on a MicroSD memory card. The onboard network of a typical cruise yacht includes information about position, course, speed, depth, water temperature, log, wind speed and direction, and AIS data from nearby vessels. Additionally, digital data from the motor, water and fuel tanks, battery level, and more may also be available.

The recorder writes all network data to the memory card without analyzing it. This allows the software application on your personal computer to handle data analysis. As a result, the recorder supports all message types broadcasted through the network by any other equipment on the vessel's network. Check out the list of supported data types!

In addition to the features of the previous model (YDVR-03), the new YDVR-04 model includes an audio input, allowing you to record audio from a VHF line out or microphone amplifier output. The audio data is stored as standard .WAV files that can be played by most software.

The YDVR Converter software, included with the recorder, can be installed on your personal computer. It enables the generation of GPX and CSV files that contain the vessel's track and extensive information about the sailing conditions. This includes weather, depth, engine status, and even tracks of nearby vessels with AIS. GPX files can be viewed in applications like Google Earth and Garmin MapSource, and can be loaded into newer models of Garmin and Raymarine chartplotters. CSV files can be opened in spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft Excel or LibreOffice Calc to visualize data using charts and create graphical reports.