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Work around NMEA window disparition - Didier B - 2020-12-13 Openplotter has moved to use Signal K between Op and OpenCPN and it works perfectly . Consequently OpenCPN doesn't receive any more an NMEA flow, (but a Signal K flow), and cannot populate the NMEA debug window we used to check the proper acquisition of GNSS signals. We are now limited to check the 'GPS status window' indicator, or the 'Satelite in view' value in the dashboard ... But I noticed among the possible connections was one called GPSD . GPSD is the utility allowing to share a serial port by multiple users, coming with a number of clients allowing to display, from command line, the GNSS information. Three of those clients are interesting to evaluate the way our GNSS pucks operate :
In the picture,both connections are visible :
OK, I admit the ergonomic is quite rustic, and there are some typo (Non instead of Lon) but the information brought by these utilities can be highly precious ! Here below, the connections windows, xgps, cgps, gpsmon : RE: Work around NMEA window disparition - PaddyB - 2020-12-13 isn't it much easier just to use nmea on port 10110? Signalk from the server to opencpn is just another option, how it worked before still works. RE: Work around NMEA window disparition - Didier B - 2020-12-13 (2020-12-13, 06:19 PM)PaddyB Wrote: isn't it much easier just to use nmea on port 10110? Signalk from the server to opencpn is just another option, how it worked before still works.Yes PaddyB (in fact I have a 3rd inactivated connection for that, just in case). And we shall always need this way for NMEA to be collected from or distributed to our legacy instruments, But thing don't happen by pure Hazard ! The upcoming of Signal K in both Openplotter and OpenCPN show than both dev teams are going in the same direction, and I could feel a kind guidance to go that way, so I wouldn't be surprised if Signal K became the only way to follow further future developments ... Therefore, the GPSD path, with its automatic hidden signal K connection, could be the solution as a single connection (with a priority set to >0). Wait and see ... RE: Work around NMEA window disparition - PaddyB - 2020-12-13 (2020-12-13, 07:27 PM)Didier B Wrote:(2020-12-13, 06:19 PM)PaddyB Wrote: isn't it much easier just to use nmea on port 10110? Signalk from the server to opencpn is just another option, how it worked before still works.Yes PaddyB (in fact I have a 3rd inactivated connection for that, just in case). Just seems like another program with compex setup running for no reason, nmea will always pass straight through. RE: Work around NMEA window disparition - Didier B - 2020-12-17 (2020-12-13, 07:42 PM)PaddyB Wrote:I noticed that, when disabling the signal k connection, all I²C and pypilot info (boat attitude and environment data) disappeared from OpenCPN dashboard ;(2020-12-13, 07:27 PM)Didier B Wrote:(2020-12-13, 06:19 PM)PaddyB Wrote: isn't it much easier just to use nmea on port 10110? Signalk from the server to opencpn is just another option, how it worked before still works.Yes PaddyB (in fact I have a 3rd inactivated connection for that, just in case). When enabling back the signal K connection they re-appeared ! Makes me think that Signal K connection is a must have ! RE: Work around NMEA window disparition - PaddyB - 2020-12-17 (2020-12-17, 12:17 AM)Didier . Wrote: I noticed that, when disabling the signal k connection, all I²C and pypilot info (boat attitude and environment data) disappeared from OpenCPN dashboard ; If you want to use the logbook (must have imho) then you need to convert some signalk only data to nmea with the sigk - nmea app. Then it appears in the dash as well. Or use both sigk and nmea inputs in opencpn and filter just the nmea data you want as goes in to opencpn. |