No wind vector on OpenCPN - Printable Version

No wind vector on OpenCPN - Printable Version

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No wind vector on OpenCPN - vmalep - 2021-08-05

Dear all,

I have an installation using Raymarine equipment that is connected to an OpenPlotter device through NGT1 translator.

The OpenPlotter device does receive well all the NMEA data from the Raymarine seatalk. When browsing data from the Signal K server web interface, I can see the environment.wind sentences.

However, OpenCPN does not display the wind vector and seems not to receive those environment.wind sentences from the Signal K server.

I have been looking in the settings and googled it too, to no avail.

Could someone provide me with some hint on how to debug this?

Thanks in advance,
Pierre

RE: No wind vector on OpenCPN - PaddyB - 2021-08-05

Mine works with a MWV nmea sentence, which is created by the wind sensor. You might need to create that sentence using the Convert Signal K to NMEA0183 plug in.

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RE: No wind vector on OpenCPN - vmalep - 2021-08-06

Hi Paddy,

Thanks very much for your response. Could you give me some additional indications on how to do so?

Best regards,
Pierre

RE: No wind vector on OpenCPN - PaddyB - 2021-08-06

(2021-08-06, 06:58 PM)vmalep Wrote: Hi Paddy,

Thanks very much for your response. Could you give me some additional indications on how to do so?

Best regards,
Pierre

Of course ?
So in signalk if you click on app store / available it shows all the different apps available, top right there's a filter drop down menu, set that to NMEA and you should see something like the screenshot below, @signalk/signalk-to-nmea0183 is the one you want. To the right of that there should be a little cloud icon (screen shot is different as I have it already installed) , click on the could icon and it will install the plug in. Once installed restart signalk.

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Then you can go to server / plugin config. And signalk/signalk-to-nmea0183 plugin should be there, try selecting MWV and see if it works. if you have environment.wind.angleApparent and speed it should.............. good luck!