2024-02-26, 02:16 AM
(2024-02-26, 12:13 AM)seandepagnier Wrote: So you had the wind sensors going into a windows laptop that then relayed the wind data via wifi to the tinypilot computer? Or?
I am trying to understand the exact setup. If you had the sensors plugged in by usb to the tinypilot it is possible to cause a hardware reset.
You said the screen went blank on the tinypilot computer. Did it stay blank forever? It is very peculiar. Even if the autopilot itself crashed, it should respawn, and even if it could not, the process that writes to the screen should say "connecting to server..." or something rather than completely blank. A blank screen might indicate rebooting or a power cycle, but then it should boot up again. Could you confirm the exact behavior?
As for 2 sd cards, yes it is possible to have one with each image. The beta has all of the changes and improvements since the stable image but it is still in testing.
I have open plotter running on a raspberry pi 400 and open cpn on a windows laptop. I have a vesper Marine ais transponder that provides them with gps and ais signals either through an nmea to USB converter or wifi. I added the windmeter to the system that also feeds the nmea signal into open cpn through an nmea to USB Converter. The Tiny pilot connects to open cpn through wifi. I had the exact same results connecting to the laptop or the raspberry pi. Can't recall if the tinypilot ever crashed before I added the windmeter. In the end I had both the raspberry pi and the laptop running at the same time, but the windmeter only connected to the raspberry pi and the laptop just to provide the gps signal to the tinypilot. I have a steel boat and it's difficult to get a proper compass calibration so I prefer to have it run in gps mode. I had no crashes in this setup anymore in almost a week continuously sailing . I used the autopilot for a few days straight, but because of wind conditions about half the time with the normal windvane.
When the tiny pilot crashed it was as if it was turned off. Blank screen and no response. Just once or twice it would reboot by itself and come back in standby mode. Otherwise I had to do a power cycle to get it running again. At first I suspected the power feed to have a problem so did some changes to that as my electrical switchboard could do with some upgrading and gives some problems every once in a while. Since that didn't make any difference I made a temporary power feed straight from the battery to eliminate this all together. But only after the tiny pilot didn't receive the wind information anymore through open cpn it ran stable again.
I have now completed all the calibration sequences on the latest stable release except compass calibration and will do a test sail soon. I will report back if I run into any problems.