Simple webserver to view statistics of the system in action. Start the webserver as follows:
AIS-catcher -N 8100where 8100 is the port number. If you go in your browser to the IP address of the machine running AIS-catcher and specify the port (e.g. if your machine is raspberrypi, enter raspberrypi:8100) you will see a few tabs providing insights into the reception of your station, including signal levels, ships seen, a simple map and message rate.
There are a few additional options. For example, you can use -N PORT_MIN 8100 PORT_MAX 8200 which will cause AIS-catcher to find an available port in the range 8100 to 8200. A further option is to provide the station name and a link to an external website which will be displayed on the Statistics page and :
AIS-catcher -N STATION Southwood STATION_LINK http://example.com
To display the distance to your station you need to provide the coordinates as follows:
AIS-catcher -N LAT 50 LON 3.141592
All these options can be captured in the configuration file (in a section with name server).
Please note that there was a problem with UDP output for the Windows version with this release. Recommendation is to use an earlier version or the Bleeding Edge.