{"id":16902,"date":"2024-04-05T07:18:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T06:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waterkaarten.app\/?post_type=faq&p=16902"},"modified":"2025-07-31T12:00:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:00:39","slug":"how-do-i-link-my-ais-receiver-or-transceiver-to-the-app","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/waterkaarten.app\/en\/faq\/how-do-i-link-my-ais-receiver-or-transceiver-to-the-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I connect my AIS receiver or transceiver to the app?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You can link your own AIS device to our app via a wireless wifi network. In the video above, we link the app to Em-trak transceiver’s wifi network, but any other AIS device can do so as long as it has its own wireless wifi network. No internet connection is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is how to link your AIS device to the Waterkaarten app<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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  1. To connect your own AIS device to the Waterkaarten app, first connect your smartphone or tablet to the wifi network of your AIS device<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Open the app, go to profile page and tap ‘AIS devices’<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. There you will see that you can add your AIS device. Tap ‘Add AIS device’<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Connect via TCP, enter the name of your transponder and tap ‘Next’<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Enter the IP address of your AIS device and tap ‘Next’<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Enter the port of your AIS device and tap ‘Save’<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. You will now see your device listed, and you will see in green, ‘Connected’<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Tap the cross in the top right to go directly to the chart view. There you will see that the AIS-Pairing icon is still white. Tap it to activate AIS, and you will see the shipping traffic sailing around you in the app. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Tested<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    The AIS link is compatible with almost all AIS receivers and transceivers with a wireless (wifi) network. We ourselves tested mainly with Quark-Elec and Em-trak AIS devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Quark-Elec<\/a> wifi networks:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n