The Remote cockpit carries the onboard feed — NMEA and AIS — from one device to another, over the Internet.
The device left ashore then shows exactly what the one on board sees: instruments, AIS targets, position, as if you were standing at the helm.
Broadcasting requires the Premium subscription.
The principle: two devices, one account
Both devices must be signed in to the same NavimetriX account. That account is what links them: there is nothing else to pair, no code to exchange.
The setting is under Settings › GPS & NMEA › Remote cockpit, as a three-position selector:
- Off — normal behaviour of the app;
- Broadcast — this device publishes the boat's feed;
- Follow — this device receives the feed from the broadcasting boat.
A device is in one or the other of these states, never both at once.
On board: the device that broadcasts
- It receives the boat's data as usual, with your NMEA source active.
- Set the Remote cockpit to Broadcast.
- It needs Internet access — coastal 4G, Starlink… — as that is how the feed travels.
Ashore: the device that follows
- Sign in to the same account.
- Set the Remote cockpit to Follow.
- The app switches to Navigation mode on its own and centres the chart on the followed boat as soon as the first position arrives.
One point that often surprises: while following, the local NMEA source of the shore device is deliberately switched off. This is intended — otherwise a local GPS would mix with the followed boat's data and the boat would jump between the two positions. Your original NMEA setting comes back when you set the Remote cockpit to Off.
Also worth knowing
- Broadcasting requires the Premium subscription.
- It is inactive in demo mode.
- A device that follows does not broadcast at the same time, and vice versa.
- Both devices need an Internet connection: with no coverage on board, the feed doesn't go out.