WEGMATTLLC dAISy HAT AIS Receiver
1 Contents
2 Disclaimer ..................................................................................................................................2
3 Configuring the Raspberry Pi for the dAISy HAT ...........................................................................2
3.1 Recent versions of Raspian ........................................................................................................... 2
3.2 Older versions of Raspian – Raspberry Pi, Pi 2 and Pi Zero .......................................................... 3
3.3 Older versions of Raspian – Raspberry Pi 3 .................................................................................. 4
3.4 Configuration in OpenCPN ............................................................................................................ 4
3.5 Connecting dAISy with other software ......................................................................................... 6
4 Using dAISy ................................................................................................................................7
4.1 Interpreting the status LEDs ......................................................................................................... 7
4.2 Configuration and debug menu .................................................................................................... 8
5 Using the breakout connections ................................................................................................ 10
5.1 Serial 1 header ............................................................................................................................ 10
5.2 Serial 2 header ............................................................................................................................ 10
5.3 I2C header ................................................................................................................................... 11
5.4 Debug header .............................................................................................................................. 11
5.5 RF connectors .............................................................................................................................. 11
6 Tips for good AIS reception ....................................................................................................... 12
6.1 Antenna ....................................................................................................................................... 12
6.2 Location, location, location ......................................................................................................... 12
6.3 Radio noise .................................................................................................................................. 13
7 Troubleshooting ....................................................................................................................... 14
8 Specifications ........................................................................................................................... 15
9 Source code and schematics...................................................................................................... 16
10 Contact ................................................................................................................................. 16