A dual-bus NMEA 2000 gateway that filters traffic, converts to NMEA 0183, and translates autopilot control across brands.
Everything passes through by default — then you decide what changes. Configured entirely from a phone or laptop; no app to install.
Pass all traffic between the two buses, or add per-direction rules to block, modify, or inject any PGN. Fix incompatibilities, silence a noisy sender, rewrite a value in flight, or add data a device expects.
Stream the bus as NMEA 0183 over WiFi — TCP server plus UDP broadcast — for OpenCPN, Navionics and other apps. Pick the talker ID and exactly which sentences go out.
Make a control head of one brand drive an autopilot of another. The bridge presents a virtual pilot in your MFD's language and translates the controls and status both ways.
Record bus traffic from either port and upload it to the cloud for analysis — the fastest way to prove what is, and isn't, on the wire.
Modern chartplotters often refuse to show autopilot control for a pilot of a different brand — or an older generation of the same brand. The N2K Bridge fixes that: it presents a virtual pilot in your control head's language, hides the real pilot's identity from the head, and translates the commands and status across.
Drive a Simrad/B&G (Navico) pilot from a Raymarine Axiom, or a Raymarine pilot from a B&G Zeus — the bridge speaks both protocols.
Get a modern MFD to control an older pilot it no longer supports — an old Navico AC, or an old Raymarine SmartPilot.
Safety first: your pilot's own control head stays wired as the hardware fallback, the bridge only ever relays a command your head sent, and a built-in Display-only mode proves the connection before any steering command is passed.
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All normal data flows both ways; only the messages you target are filtered, converted, or translated.
Full operating guide — setup, filtering, the 0183 converter, the autopilot gateway, capture, and troubleshooting. Available in English and Russian, online or as a PDF.