2020-08-19, 07:51 AM
(2020-08-08, 07:22 PM)Sailoog Wrote: back to the original topic
openplotter-opencpn-installer app has been already updated to manage the new plugin management system and we have set the signal k connection as the default connection in opencpn. Users still using the NMEA 0183 connection in TCP localhost 10110 will get tips to change to the new connection and warnings if both connections are enabled, new users will be pointed to the SK connection too.
Hi!
I find the openCPN SignalK connection has a checkbox to (I believe) verify the network connection. Leaving this box checked replaces my "localhost" and /or my "127.0.0.1" server address with what at that moment is my Pi's public IP address- which then causes errors.
I also see that the GPS, when set to SignalK, gives very strange values? It cycles through 'normal' values and this:
I find it strange as the GPS does not yet have a fix, but it still reports a location. Is this a SignalK or an OpenCPN bug?