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2019-06-01, 06:59 AM
(This post was last modified: 2019-06-01, 07:00 AM by Didier B.)
(2019-05-31, 06:10 PM)garysmith Wrote: It would be really good if you could find a way to upgrade without having to write a new image...
Plus one,
Plus one, Plus one !
No new raspbian ! Could be a 1.3.0 stable ? Available as
both NOOBS AND img !
Ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh ple
ase
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This is how version naming works: va.b.c
c: when some bugs are fixed
b: when new features are added or removed
c: when there is a new debian version or some changes make this version not compatible with the previous.
We are on "c". The debian version is the same but lot of thing have changed and you have to configure again your system. Actions has been replaced by a node-red interface, now node-red is managed by signal k, kplex is not mandatory and can be used for other purposes, now we do not compile packages to install/update them because we have created a PPA repository for them...
As you can see there are a lot of features that you will have to configure again so burning a new image seems the more logic thing. We may do something to convert v1.x.x into v2.x.x but it would be a hard work full of patches and at the end you will have to configure everything again.
So, the question is, why? The only reason I can guess is that you are using paid charts and you do not want to loose the license but now you have the dongle for this case.
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(2019-06-01, 02:09 PM)Sailoog Wrote: So, the question is, why? The only reason I can guess is that you are using paid charts and you do not want to loose the license but now you have the dongle for this case.
Why is because I am in Japan on Tourist visa in my boat and have to pay $10USD per Gigabyte of Internet data!
I have used opencpn since rev 2, mostly on Orange Pis. I just bought Sean's pypilot. And a RPi 3B+ because I am just now thinking of trying openplotter. But looking at an image from early 2018 (a year in computers is forever!) and wondering about a 1.1GB download.
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@Sailoog Is the Superscript available anywhere? I looked at the 2.x.x branch on github and was unable to find it.
Thanks!
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Hello!
I really appreciate the excellent work done with openplotter and I look forward to the publication of v2.x.x.
I don't like one thing. the elimination of the sms messages, there are still places where only the gsm connection arrives without internet connection, and then the sms are a simple and reliable tool.
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(2019-06-12, 05:10 PM)kste Wrote: Hello!
I really appreciate the excellent work done with openplotter and I look forward to the publication of v2.x.x.
I don't like one thing. the elimination of the sms messages, there are still places where only the gsm connection arrives without internet connection, and then the sms are a simple and reliable tool.
Fully agreed (I'm slightly allergic to smartphone, but I am under medical treatment for that
)
We know SMS 2G will disappear before the tax system, but while SMS exist, let us use them !
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I would like to suggest adding the OpenCPN configuration line:
MEMCacheLimit=200
To the default Configuration for OpenCPN on OpenPlotter.
This was suggested by David Register, lead developer of OpenCPN.
To avoid OpenCPN using too much memory.
It seems to solve problems that I was having running OpenCPN.