2021-04-01, 08:52 AM
Hi all,
With the new season rapidly approaching i thought I would update my Openplotter to v2.
As i was preparing the installation an my desk i noticed that the HDM message from signalK is shown in openCPN but that it does not generate a heading predictor on the map. True heading is nevertheless calculated from the HDM and the World Magnetic Variation plugin.
Investigating further i found that when I configure pyPilot as autopilot (not compass only) the messages are as NMEA0183 forwarded to TCP port 20220. If i make a TCP connection in openCPN the heading predictor is shown.
Am i doing it all wrong? Is there a better way to generate the NMEA0183 messages for openCPN?
Thanks,
Koen.
With the new season rapidly approaching i thought I would update my Openplotter to v2.
As i was preparing the installation an my desk i noticed that the HDM message from signalK is shown in openCPN but that it does not generate a heading predictor on the map. True heading is nevertheless calculated from the HDM and the World Magnetic Variation plugin.
Investigating further i found that when I configure pyPilot as autopilot (not compass only) the messages are as NMEA0183 forwarded to TCP port 20220. If i make a TCP connection in openCPN the heading predictor is shown.
Am i doing it all wrong? Is there a better way to generate the NMEA0183 messages for openCPN?
Thanks,
Koen.