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Simrad multifunction to Tinypilot - rastam4n - 2020-10-07
I wonder if its possible to control Tinypilot from my Simrad multifunction display/control head (Go9)
Thoughts?
RE: Simrad multifunction to Tinypilot - hreuver - 2020-10-07
Currently: no.
I can export data like the heading to the B&G MFD (which is the same as the Simrad).
The export itself is almost standard if you use a supported canbus adapter like a canable (pro).
First you need the autopliot parameters in SignalK (I think something like RMB and RMC).
Then you need a plugin to export the data to NMEA2000 (RMB and RMC are note included in the SignalK to NMEA2000 plugin).
After that you probably need some tweaking to get the MFD to accept the tinypilot as autopilot device.
I think the first station to cover is getting the tinypilot to work with mxTommy.
RE: Simrad multifunction to Tinypilot - rastam4n - 2020-10-07
(2020-10-07, 08:49 PM)hreuver Wrote: I think the first station to cover is getting the tinypilot to work with mxTommy.
mxTommy? Do you mean KIP?
RE: Simrad multifunction to Tinypilot - hreuver - 2020-10-08
(2020-10-07, 10:32 PM)rastam4n Wrote:(2020-10-07, 08:49 PM)hreuver Wrote: I think the first station to cover is getting the tinypilot to work with mxTommy.
mxTommy? Do you mean KIP?
Yes, since it covers autopilot, but still in SignalK.
RE: Simrad multifunction to Tinypilot - seandepagnier - 2020-10-08
There was some discussion about signalk before:
https://forum.openmarine.net/showthread.php?tid=2858
Now that pypilot integrates with signalk bidirectionally, it is possible to integrate. It accepts: 'steering.autopilot.target.headingTrue' but not other keys. It would be great to do more, but the signalk standard for autopilots really does need to change. It is cluttered with irrelevant keys that are specific to proprietary nmea autopilots. It is missing important keys. I am hesitant to work on this much because the more work that goes into it before change will create more resistance to change in the future.
RE: Simrad multifunction to Tinypilot - hreuver - 2020-10-08
(2020-10-08, 05:35 PM)seandepagnier Wrote: There was some discussion about signalk before:
https://forum.openmarine.net/showthread.php?tid=2858
Now that pypilot integrates with signalk bidirectionally, it is possible to integrate. It accepts: 'steering.autopilot.target.headingTrue' but not other keys. It would be great to do more, but the signalk standard for autopilots really does need to change. It is cluttered with irrelevant keys that are specific to proprietary nmea autopilots. It is missing important keys. I am hesitant to work on this much because the more work that goes into it before change will create more resistance to change in the future.
"Now that pypilot integrates with signalk ..."
I read there are more keys available than I can currently see.
As far as I know port 20220 works for NMEA0183, what port would be needed for unfiltered SignalK?
RE: Simrad multifunction to Tinypilot - seandepagnier - 2020-10-08
pypilot automatically detects and connects to a signalk server on the network. So this uses zero conf, and no configuration is needed whether pypilot runs on openplotter, or pypilot is running on a separate computer like tinypilot connected to openplotter by network.
So to utilize signalk you only need to communicate with signalk-node-server which by default is running on openplotter. This is not really specific to pypilot anymore, but the default port is usually 3000 and it uses websockets or other transports, check the signalk documentation.