upgrading pypilot

[hur450502]

Dear Jim,

thanks a lot, that helps, I successfully logged in I could  see and edit the file, etc. so, this - at least - is a start. Thank you very much. It is midnight now over here and I think, I will call it a day. So, I think I can dig through all of this now and get my pypilot upgraded and tested.... however, I have to say even the "old version" I am using is working great already.... but I have a tendency to be on the "bleeding edge" somehow :-)

Again, thanks a lot for your help - and be sure, I will be back with the next dumb questions ... :-)

Best regards,

Uwe

ummmh  I am Rastam4n.... or Pete   I am not Jim

Dear Pete aka Rastam4n .....

so sorry, you see how desperately I am in need for an upgraded Autopilot , I am completely of course .... :-D -

so again, my thanks, I hope to the correct address now :-)

Best regards, Uwe

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Hopefully tp image should never "go bad" like openplotter because the only data it writes to disk is .pypilot/pypilot.conf which is a very small file, and if it is corrupted it will also just load the backup of it on the next boot.

I have never had a tinypilot image go bad and not boot, but I would be curious to hear if it happens and what circumstances.   It would be possible to use a very small battery to make a ups that would always prevent these issues even with openplotter.

hi Sean, I almost don't dare to write, as I still owe you my experiences with the new motor controller - to make it short, I installed it, switched it on and expected drums, tatooos and applause etc. at least bells and whistles etc.... but, sorry to say, nothing happened - it just worked and did this very reliably and it drives any moter you connect to it. ...

I think, this is, what it iwas designed for.

Now back to your point above - I never had seen a problem with a corrupted image. the only problem I am having is, that, when I use my HF transceiver and pactor, this kicks the autopilot out of synch and all things possibly could happen. However - switch off switch on, and it works again. I never had a problem.

However I wanted to upgrade to a newer version of the autopilot - of course NOT reading the recommendations - and ended up with an uncalibrated autopilot and I had difficulties to get e.g. the compass calibrated, so I switched back to the previous version (I always keep running versions and create a new image when upgrading - not overwriting the "old" functioning version) So, as I saw that there was a new version available, I did the reading, however, I ended up with the above problems. I think this is now clarified for me, thanks to Pete.
Thanks again for a great product it is definitely a reliable "helmsman" and provides for a lot of peace on board. OK??

All the best,

Uwe