2020-02-04, 07:45 PM
I have a Pypilot instance running on an OpenPlotter RPi, but with no connected motor controller attached to that system. I also have a TinyPilot PiZero-W with a motor controller (both from Sean) running at the helm.
The TP is networked in client mode to the OP system. I can select either of these Pypilots by IP address in the Pypilot-plugin configuration on OpenCPN running in any device sharing the OP network, but as it is only the TP can drive the helm.
Is it possible to drive the helm from the OP pypilot sensors by wifi networking the commands or sense data from it to the TP at the helm, where the motor controller would respond?
Or would this be better managed by some other path? Maybe a secondary hardwired serial input to the TP's motor controller? Or, could the usb data port (next to the power input) on the TP be used?
I have looked at this (https://pypilot.org/wiki/doku.php?id=second_tinypilot) but it doesn't seem to apply.
Has anyone else looked into this? Thanks, everybody! What a great community this is!
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The TP is networked in client mode to the OP system. I can select either of these Pypilots by IP address in the Pypilot-plugin configuration on OpenCPN running in any device sharing the OP network, but as it is only the TP can drive the helm.
Is it possible to drive the helm from the OP pypilot sensors by wifi networking the commands or sense data from it to the TP at the helm, where the motor controller would respond?
Or would this be better managed by some other path? Maybe a secondary hardwired serial input to the TP's motor controller? Or, could the usb data port (next to the power input) on the TP be used?
I have looked at this (https://pypilot.org/wiki/doku.php?id=second_tinypilot) but it doesn't seem to apply.
Has anyone else looked into this? Thanks, everybody! What a great community this is!