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    Ask the experts

    Feb 18, 2021 5 minutes

    Here’s just a selection of the latest questions from PBO readers. Email or write to the address on page 5 and our experts will answer your queries

    ELECTRONICS

    How to configure an AIS Class B

    Q I’m installing a Raymarine Class B AIS transceiver to my Carter 30 yacht, and finding it a mystery. A lot of the literature refers obliquely to the need to download ‘proAIS2’ but the Raymarine website has no direct guidance.

    Jonny Campbell, via email

    ANDY HAINES The software comes on a CD in the box, so you don’t actually need to download it. I’m assuming you have an AIS700, but even if it is a different model the facts are the same, just the page number on the manual may be different.

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