2021-07-06, 03:01 PM
Ok, that thing about sharing full routes is now clear, thanks. I guess it could be useful to set a shared folder in the network and have all instances of CPN use the same file. We would probably need a plugin to save and reload the .xlm file regularly avoiding interference between instances, the idea is to be able to update the route in real time on all instances and instruments from anywhere on the boat, without needing to restart CPN. I'm not sure but I guess commercial plotters have this feature, so there might be N2K sentences for that?
By the way i was mainly trying to get a single leg "go to" temporary route, or just the active leg of a longer route, to be shared across the network so that the AP (raymarine on N2K) could use it in track mode, or any other way i could steer the boat from OpenCPN. I'll try the AP plugin too, and build a pypilot, with time.
Still, even those sentences seem to be received and understood, but not forwarded by signalK, I can see them in signalK like your screenshot, but I can't see them being received by NMEA monitor (everything else shows up, if in TCP mode). I'll wait until i get my new AP to test on an actual N2K network.
By the way i was mainly trying to get a single leg "go to" temporary route, or just the active leg of a longer route, to be shared across the network so that the AP (raymarine on N2K) could use it in track mode, or any other way i could steer the boat from OpenCPN. I'll try the AP plugin too, and build a pypilot, with time.
Still, even those sentences seem to be received and understood, but not forwarded by signalK, I can see them in signalK like your screenshot, but I can't see them being received by NMEA monitor (everything else shows up, if in TCP mode). I'll wait until i get my new AP to test on an actual N2K network.