System Configuration : Why It Is The Way It Is

Overview

As part of out COVID Lockdown activity we looked at ways that we could make it easier to install and run Rockit.

We came to the conclusion that there would be value in developing a dedicated Rockit Server device that could be run on the target boat. This would remove the need to install the complex software that Rockit requires, it would be installed by default on the Rockit Server Device.

We wanted to create a device with the Rockit Server that could be picked up and taken home on the train. Something that would give the user the ability to connect the device to a home network and analyse the information they have collected whilst sailing on a bigger screen…. ideally with a nice glass of wine.

It was pretty obvious to us early in the development process that running complex analysis needs a bigger screen than we could provide in the marine environment.

So there are two versions of the Rockit software. The cutdown version that runs on the Rockit Server and records information from the source boat and a more complex version that has more developed analytic capabilities.

At the end of 2022 after much searching of the internet we came to the conclusion that in the short term it wasn’t viable to build the Rockit Server Devices in volume.

We are struggling due to the worldwide shortage of computer chips. We can get them in small quantities but they are expensive in some cases 10 times the price they were in 2021. So we decided to continue supporting the Laptop/Desktop installation of the Rockit Software.

This section details how to install/configure the Rockit software on a laptop or desktop computer.

If you want to know more about the Rockit Server Device please get in touch with us. We are happy to provide prototype versions of the device to early adopters, Email us at sales@ashtree-marine.com for more information.

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