Description
Message type 8 is region-specific. If you encounter any messages in the wild that might be interesting for AIS-catcher to parse...
Jasper,
I am getting messages from fixed structures which show up in OpenCPN Windows Version 5.10.2-0. Is this something that can be added to AIS-catcher?
South Bramble AtoN provides information and meteo data Current, Direction and Water Temp:
Likewise the NAB Tower (but atmospheric data):
Are these type 8 messages perhaps?
From South Bramble
!AIVDM,2,1,2,A,8>jHDhh0Gwu;9Lw9ojm?wvlFR06EuOwgwl>6hhAQR0n6<wwsAwwnSAe,00B ( MSG: 8, REPEAT: 0, MMSI: 992351427, signalpower: -9.23283, ppm: -0.578704, timestamp: 20241130112041)
!AIVDM,2,2,2,A,wwh000,448 ( MSG: 8, REPEAT: 0, MMSI: 992351427, signalpower: -9.23283, ppm: -0.578704, timestamp: 20241130112041)
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And from NAB Tower
!AIVDM,2,1,6,B,8>jHC00Gwv@GaLiaOjlQ0iOcP?v<OVvgwl?wnSwe7wvlOwwsAwwnSGm,07F ( MSG: 8, REPEAT: 0, MMSI: 992351136, signalpower: -34.3669, ppm: -2.89352, timestamp: 20241130111901)
!AIVDM,2,2,6,B,wwh000,44F ( MSG: 8, REPEAT: 0, MMSI: 992351136, signalpower: -34.3669, ppm: -2.89352, timestamp: 20241130111901)
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Note the screen shots and messages are not the same times so the variable data will be different.
AIS-catcher is providing the data to the network, so the data is present as it arrives at OpenCPN and shows. I think this is a new feature in OpenCPN as I do not recall seeing it in the previous version,
Happy to test / provide more data as always.
Regards
Roger