2017-05-30, 03:24 PM
(2017-05-30, 02:48 PM)PaddyB Wrote:(2017-05-30, 02:22 PM)Alteredoutlook Wrote: A screen shot is a bit difficult at the moment (the rpi is not connected to the internet!).Ah, apologies, the screenshot is from the laptop getting data from the Pi. I rarely use the Pi monitor but VNC into it from the laptop.
However, my nmea debug window is like yours except:
a)rather than 'TCP:192.168.43.97:1110' I have 'TCP:localhost:10110' - Perhaps its using the 'localhost' string rather than the contents of the variable?
b)I'm using opencpn version 4.2.1706 - the one that is on the 'noobs' 0.8.0 download - clearly not the same as yours
c) Also, pressing the 'pause' button on this pop up window doesn't achieve anything.
This is from the Pi. Running v0.11.7, the nmea port addresses changed along the way. Opencpnv4.6.1.
If opencpn is getting valid data then can't help I'm afraid.....
So if you disconnect the serial port from openplotter nmea tab and connect it direct to opencpn it works? Does the data in the opencpn inspector window look the same?
Sounds odd....
Hi Paddy,
thanks for the help!
I think its all about using an old version of both Chartplotter and Opencpn. As a noob I thought i'd try to use the 'production version' for its 'stability' but its obviously too old now! (> 1 year) and not worth digging too closely to find the cause of problems. When you do find any documentation etc it relates to more recent software; not to the production version. (as an ex IT professional I find this 'change control' problem very annoying ) - However, no one recommends a 'stable' version to use.
How stable is your version? And do/would you use it on your boat?
regards
Dave