2020-07-24, 10:23 AM
I do have the gps option, I will try compass, gps and an active route (built in opencpn) and with Sean's plugin again today (if the weather allows), and report back...
I am not sure what the cause is that your gps option is totally missing, but the only time this has happened to me when pypilot, signalk, opencpn, or openplotter (not sure which of those) had no gps data. Pypilot then does not show the button. I would recommend:
- Check opencpn with nmea scanner if gps sentences are coming in
- Check opencpn connections if there are gps filters
- Check openplotter serial connection, how is this forwarding the gps data: to gpsd? directly into signalk?
- Check if pypilot in openplotter has been correctly configured (two connections to signalk / pypilot)
- Check if Signalk is seeing the gps data (in instrument panel / or data browser)
If all is OK, is suspect it's either a bug or the software has become corrupt. If I was in your position I would get an extra SD card, reflash it and start from scratch to at least see if a clean installation gives the same problems. Then it would be the option of going from there again and configuring everything all new (might take some work) or somehow try to fix it in your current image. (not sure how yet, but maybe someone else could look into the code of pypilot / opencpn)
I am not sure what the cause is that your gps option is totally missing, but the only time this has happened to me when pypilot, signalk, opencpn, or openplotter (not sure which of those) had no gps data. Pypilot then does not show the button. I would recommend:
- Check opencpn with nmea scanner if gps sentences are coming in
- Check opencpn connections if there are gps filters
- Check openplotter serial connection, how is this forwarding the gps data: to gpsd? directly into signalk?
- Check if pypilot in openplotter has been correctly configured (two connections to signalk / pypilot)
- Check if Signalk is seeing the gps data (in instrument panel / or data browser)
If all is OK, is suspect it's either a bug or the software has become corrupt. If I was in your position I would get an extra SD card, reflash it and start from scratch to at least see if a clean installation gives the same problems. Then it would be the option of going from there again and configuring everything all new (might take some work) or somehow try to fix it in your current image. (not sure how yet, but maybe someone else could look into the code of pypilot / opencpn)