Is there a way to have YAAC read the?NMEA-0183 messages from AIS-Catcher? I see that there is a plugin for Direwolf but the message format is a little different. I also tried the?NMEA-0183?TCP plugin and tried to have it read from the external AIS-Catcher TCP source to no eval. AIS-Catcher will send messages via UDP and TCP to YAAC, and YAAC is reading them, but they receive JSON errors. The strings that AIS-Catcher sends look like this:

!AIVDM,1,1,,B,33L=LN051HQj3HhRJd7q1W=`0000,0*03

Here is a link to the AIS-Catcher software...



Any help is greatly appreciated...

Best Regards

Jeremy N2UGS

Yes. You need to install the AISdecoder plugin for YAAC. It will interpret the DireWolf messages you described below, and map the vessel information into objects (similar to APRS stations) like the ADSB plugin does for aircraft.

Note that those messages are NOT NMEA-0183 messages. The actual AIS frames don't look anything like that.

I don't know how different the message format coming out of AISCatcher is from what DireWolf generates, but if they aren't either KISS-encapsulated or AGWPE-protocol-encapsulated, YAAC won't understand them.

I can put investigating the AIS-Catcher's protocol on my backlog of things to do for YAAC, but it won't get done immediately.

Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC

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Is there a way to have YAAC read the NMEA-0183 messages from AIS-Catcher? I see that there is a plugin for Direwolf but the message format is a little different. I also tried the NMEA-0183 TCP plugin and tried to have it read from the external AIS-Catcher TCP source to no eval. AIS-Catcher will send messages via UDP and TCP to YAAC, and YAAC is reading them, but they receive JSON errors. The strings that AIS-Catcher sends look like this:

!AIVDM,1,1,,B,33L=LN051HQj3HhRJd7q1W=`0000,0*03

Here is a link to the AIS-Catcher software...



Any help is greatly appreciated...

Best Regards

Jeremy N2UGS

Thanks for the quick reply! I will see if the decoder works... But I have a new problem installing the plugin, look below....



Best Regards

Jeremy N2UGS

Sounds like you're running a very ancient build of YAAC. That provider API version dates back to mid-2021; are you at build#165? The current build is #191. I recommend you upgrade to get the hundreds of fixes and enhancements I've put in since build#165.

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Subject: Re: [yaac-users] YAAC and AIS-Catcher?

Thanks for the quick reply! I will see if the decoder works... But I have a new problem installing the plugin, look below....

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Best Regards

Jeremy N2UGS

Thank you for adding AIS-Catcher to the plugin! Though I am still having issues with YAAC reading the messages. I have it set up through an External source port.

This is the error received from YAAC :

Just to confirm the version numbers...

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I do have both plugins installed and when I use the NEMA TCP port I get some error along the lines of "not a valid callsign". Where would I input a callsign?



Best Regards?

Jeremy N2UGS

How embarrassing. You found a bug. Lots of the code in the NMEA0183OverTcp port driver was copied from the APRS-IS port driver, and I forgot to take out the callsign check. And I don't have a TCP-based NMEA-0183 data source to test this code with. :-(

I will have a fix out very soon.

Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC

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Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2024 7:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [yaac-users] YAAC and AIS-Catcher?

I do have both plugins installed and when I use the NEMA TCP port I get some error along the lines of "not a valid callsign". Where would I input a callsign?

[cid:[email protected]]

Best Regards

Jeremy N2UGS

Hi Andrew!

The AIS plug-in has been working great, thank you for the updates. I did notice though that when an AIS object is spotted and tracked the object will show for days after no packets have been received. Is there a way to clear out the stations after no packets have been received, after a certain inactive duration??

Best

Jeremy

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This is what I'm seeing...



Best

Jeremy

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It’s a conspiracy - I blame Big Geography?

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