N2KAnalyzer® is a software tool, currently offered free of charge with the purchase of a USB100 NMEA 2000/USB gateway, which gives you a detailed view of all of the devices on a NMEA 2000® network, and lets you perform an enormous variety of configuration and troubleshooting tasks. All you need is a PC running Windows and a Maretron USB100 NMEA 2000 gateway.
- List all NMEA 2000® devices on the network
- Display a wealth of following information for each device:
- Node Address
- Manufacturer
- Manufacturer Model ID
- Manufacturer Model
- Manufacturer Serial Number
- Source
- Unique Instance
- Label
- Current Software
- Available Software
- Installation Description
- Manufacturer Information
- NMEA 2000 Device Function
- NMEA 2000 Device Class
- Manufacturer Model (Hardware) Version
- NMEA 2000 Industry Group
- NMEA 2000 Unique Number
- NMEA 2000 Device Instance
- NMEA 2000 System Instance
- NMEA 2000 Product Code
- NMEA 2000 Database Version
- NMEA 2000 Certification Level
- NMEA 2000 Load Equivalency
- Transmitted PGN List
- Received PGN List
- For devices supporting multiple channels, display the following information for each device, as appropriate:
- Hardware Channel
- Indicator
- Source
- Instance
- Label
- Display NMEA 2000 messages transmitted by each device in an easy-to-understand, human-readable format
- Modify Installation Description information on devices which support user-programming of this information
- Modify source and instance information on devices which support user-programming of this information
- Analyze the devices on the network and their transmitted data to ensure that there are no instancing conflicts which can cause “bouncing needles” on displays
- Program label information on devices which support user-programming of this information to assign meaningful text strings to every device and channel
- Configure/Calibrate Maretron devices and select devices from other manufacturers
- Update firmware on supported Maretron NMEA 2000 devices
- Update N2KAnalyzer® and its available firmware images over the internet
