New marine electronics standard to be introduced by 2014

Set to be introduced by 2014, the OneNet framework is not designed to replace current NMEA 2000 infrastructures, but help standardise the method of transmitting and receiving NMEA 2000 messages over Ethernet. Its primary goals are to transport NMEA 2000 network messages on Ethernet in a standardised manner; complement and interoperate with the established NMEA 2000 network standard; establish standardised gateway rules between NMEA 2000 and NMEA OneNet; and support high bandwidth applications such as video data transport, which is not possible using NMEA 2000 network. The OneNet project has been developed by a committee including representatives from Actisense, Digital Yacht, Fugawi, Garmin, Navico, and Raymarine. The US Coast Guard Research and Development centre also contributed to ensure the standard met the needs of commercial vessels and national and international standards authorities. Andy Campbell, chief Engineer at marine electronics firm Actisense, commented: "OneNet will become an integral part of our industry by 2014, by virtue of the fact that it will create a standard for sharing NMEA 2000 data over Ethernet and expand industry standard NMEA networks in the very popular Ethernet domain."