2024年2月4日 · Vesper/Garmin kept blaming the power supply or saying the next firmware update would fix it, then support disappeared for a while after the acquisition and now they tell me the only option is to pay $700 for an out of warranty replacement with …

2024年2月9日 · I've had the Vesper Cortex since 2020 and had a love/hate relationship with it. The latest 2.1 software absolutely fixed all the issues I had with it, so it's functional now. The wireless handset quit charging but I was able to fix it by pulling out the copper connectors on the cradle to ensure they were indeed connecting to the handset.

2023年11月26日 · Re: Cannot access Vesper XB8000 AIS Before going nuclear and re-flashing the firmware, have your tried connecting to the vesper wifi from a different PC? Even if the PC you are using successfully works on other networks, sometimes Windows gets some corruption in the wifi settings that will prevent a specific network from connecting properly ...

2022年9月9日 · I purchased and installed the Vesper Cortex system with both a wireless and wired handset, and after 4-5 months, I had some experiences that I believe this and the greater sailing community should know about. Without prattling on forever, these are the key issues that I have with this product and I cannot recommend anyone purchase it. 1.

2021年9月20日 · We have a 4 yr old Vesper 6000 model (non wi-fi). It is mounted in the cabinet adjacent to the Nav station which is just under the deck. It has no external antenna connected for the gps. We have a single mast mounted antenna that we run into a Vesper splitter for both the VHF and AIS transmit and receive functions.

2022年6月10日 · Re: Vesper xb-8000 problem Even with the sub-optimum non-ais antenna, the VSWR should be well under 2.0. With the same antenna and splitter, I have VSWR of about 1.2, and a range of about 10 miles, which is very good for a class B AIS.

2023年3月25日 · I got a response from Hodges Marine. The part numbers on their website refer to the Garmin part numbers, not Vesper. Here is what they said: "The SKU 010-02814-00 is the North America model, the SKU 010-02814-20 is the model that works in North America and the rest of the world.

2014年8月8日 · But, I also considered using a Vesper SP-160 "splitter / relay", that would allow both my primary VHF (M-602) and my new AIS transponder to share the masthead VHF-Marine antenna, as my "range" to/from other Class B AIS targets was limited with the lower antenna.

2023年6月8日 · Vesper seems to sell an antenna, but considering the Garmin buy out, I thought it might be wise to see what other options are out there that would work. I don't know anything about cell antenna's, but I doubt the Cortex needed a Vesper antenna!

2022年12月13日 · This is one of the things that the Vesper employee who used to frequent these forums promised back when they were actively developing and maintaining the XB-8000. There was a whole list of data types they were working on adding, including engine data. Then they started development on their Cortex line. Something changed at Vesper.