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That should do it. Did you restart the server?
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2024-05-20, 09:21 PM
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Interesting, I am using a Pi 5 and OpenPlotter 4 and it won't connect to my Vesper WatchMate XB-8000 over WiFi. Its not the settings as these are definitely correct. Last week a Pi4 and Openplotter 3 connected perfectly, an iPad with Navionics connects with no issues, same with an iPhone. It's definitely something particular to the Pi 5 and open plotter 4. It might be the Pi5 and its WiFi networking. I am very familiar with WiFi settings and network configuration, in fact I invented a system of high availability networking at DEC which was instrumental in making the internet reliable.
The fact that a Pi 4 running open plotter 3 worked and connected without any issues using exactly the same settings as the PI 5 refused to connect with makes me think this is an issue specific to the PI 5 and Open plotter 4. The Pi 5 is SOOOOO fast I really don't want to have to go back to the Pi 4. Anyone got any thoughts.
Thanks.
Incidentally, If you are trying to connect a Watchman to signal K the first thing is to connect the PI's wifi to the Vesper WatchMate XB-8000 the IP address if its not been changed is 192.168.15.1 and the SSID is VesperXB + your serial number if its not been changed. The default password is "WatchMate". Once your have connected to the Vesper WatchMate XB-8000 then you can configure the SignalK connection.
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2024-05-24, 08:47 AM
(This post was last modified: 2024-05-24, 08:50 AM by Hillzzz.)
An update, if you add a wifi dongle to the USB port of the PI5 it then connects to the Vesper WatchMate XB-8000 over WiFi immediately. So the procedure is to connect your Pi to the Vesper WatchMate XB-8000 over WiFi. By logging in with the Password WatchMate if you are using a Pi5 you may have to use a USB wifi dongle and not the built in Pi5 wifi. Once you are connected log in to Signal K go to Server, Data, add Data Connection. add a Client TCP connection IP address "192.168.15.1" port number 39150 hit apply. restart signal K and you should now have access to all the NMEA 0183 data being transmitted by the Vesper WatchMate XB-8000. I did it yesterday and I could see the AIS data on my screen after a couple of minutes. Do NOT add the WatchMate to OpenCPN connections in the Connections tab directly as it causes a conflict. OpenCPN should receive all the data from the Vesper XB8000 WatchMate over the default Signal K connection.
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