OLEX releases version 17.9

Norwegian based OLEX AS, the manufacturer of complete systems for navigation, plotting, 3D seafloor and fish mapping, is pleased to announce that the latest software version OLEX 17.9 was released today. This is available, as a free download or through your local OLEX dealer, for an upgrade of existing systems providing some new features such as:

• Adjustable VRM
• The AMRD module option enables interface to AMRD-B systems
• First official support for the Jotron TronTracker AMRD
• Outputs NMEA TTM sentence; to steer experimental searchlight
• Allows cutoff of AIS tracks when inactive
• Choice of mouse-wheel zoom direction

Moreover, this latest version supports:

• NMEA GNS sentence; provides GNSS positioning combining multiple constellations
• Data speed up to 460800 bd; for the ShipModul MiniPlex-3USB-N2K. This ensures that the USB host port of the OLEX Processor is not acting as a bottleneck, especially when inputs are at 115200 bd or when $MXPGN from N2K is enabled
• The flavor of GST used in Denmark
• AMRD Receiver connection; via NMEA serial or UDP/IP over Ethernet

Furthermore, there are included some bug fixes related to:

• Weather reporting per ship’s speed
• “Fish Map” without OS1 echo sounder module
• Various OS1 details

After years of R&D and testing, OLEX AS has developed and keeps refining the most comprehensive seafloor topography mapping system available on the market. OLEX 3D systems are based on Linux and are the most stable systems of their kind available on the commercial fishery market. Speed, flexibility, and user-friendliness are important keywords to explain their success. A lighter version LINO is also available, mainly with features for Navigation and Plotting.

OLEX systems can use official and unofficial vector charts, in S57, shape and SOSI format, from Hydrographic Offices and commercial vendors. The navigation charts are displayed alongside the collected seabed data and the chart visualization software will always strive to achieve a clear and informative chart image and prevent the screen from filling up with unnecessary information, by displaying only information relevant to the current zoom scale. Zooming and chart display are fast, easy and seamless.

For further information you may contact the Official Distributor and Support Center for Greece and Cyprus:

Aegean Electronics SA

4 Zosimadon Str, Piraeus 185 31, Greece

Tel: +30 210 4123000

E-mail: info@aegeanel.com