Thanks Sean, yes I'm sure a python script would work better but I've barely used python and at the moment I don't have the time to learn, nor do I have enough bandwidth to google for the answers! Therefore I stuck to shell commands which are more familiar and should do the job. It was intended as a proof of concept and I could make it more robust by running it as a service if it worked, but no point if it doesn't.
Adhoc wifi would be great but we have to work with the existing wifi NMEA products which are already installed on boats so it isn't really an option.
If it doesn't support connecting as an NMEA client then it's rather confusing that it offers to connect to wifi as a client at all. If it is connecting as a wifi client then you'd expect it to behave consistently and automatically work as a client for the NMEA connection too. I've never before encountered an NMEA device that connects to wifi as a client but then behaves as a server for serial connections. Every other app and device I use with nmea over wifi has a port number setting together with the wifi settings and doesn't have any option to behave as an nmea server.
Unfortunately I don't have a suitable HDMI monitor on board to connect directly. My only monitor is DVI dual link with two fixed resolutions available 1280x800 or 2560x1600. I have never managed to get anything to connect to it through an HDMI adapter.
Adhoc wifi would be great but we have to work with the existing wifi NMEA products which are already installed on boats so it isn't really an option.
Quote:There are not missing port numbers... pypilot never supported client connections, it has always only acted as a server. This is definitely something I could support and it can be configured by the web interface.
If it doesn't support connecting as an NMEA client then it's rather confusing that it offers to connect to wifi as a client at all. If it is connecting as a wifi client then you'd expect it to behave consistently and automatically work as a client for the NMEA connection too. I've never before encountered an NMEA device that connects to wifi as a client but then behaves as a server for serial connections. Every other app and device I use with nmea over wifi has a port number setting together with the wifi settings and doesn't have any option to behave as an nmea server.
Unfortunately I don't have a suitable HDMI monitor on board to connect directly. My only monitor is DVI dual link with two fixed resolutions available 1280x800 or 2560x1600. I have never managed to get anything to connect to it through an HDMI adapter.