2021-08-16, 07:52 PM
I see what you're talking about now...The electric steering assist...got it...Yeah, the Ted Coats setup is kind of what I'm after, a Drive motor attached to the Steering Pedestal using a Belt and then some kind of quick disconnect lever. I agree wholeheartedly about redundancy and these systems based on Rpi's, Adurino etc...makes it possible to to have several backups at a reasonable cost. It'll be interesting to see how the Pi's and it's peripheries hold up over the long term in the Marine environment.
I'm still kind of Grey about the relationship between OpenPlotter and OpenCPN...I guess I had it in my head that it was the same thing. In order to run Pypilot do I need OpenPlotter in addition to OpenCPN? or is Open Plotter the Pi version of OpenCPN? I have OpenCPN on my PC. Like I said I'm not really a "Software Guy", I'm a Software user...I have never programed anything, that's why I'm hoping everything will intergrate fairly seamlessly with each other. I realize the SignalK will involve some programming but hopefully it won't be too difficult. I've watched a bunch of YT Videos about SignalK and Sailboats so I might be able to muddle my way through it.
I think I read somwhere (not sure it was here or someplace else) where it was suggested it was better and more reliable to interconnect these systems with a LAN network rather than WiFi? Any suggestions/recommendations?
I'm still kind of Grey about the relationship between OpenPlotter and OpenCPN...I guess I had it in my head that it was the same thing. In order to run Pypilot do I need OpenPlotter in addition to OpenCPN? or is Open Plotter the Pi version of OpenCPN? I have OpenCPN on my PC. Like I said I'm not really a "Software Guy", I'm a Software user...I have never programed anything, that's why I'm hoping everything will intergrate fairly seamlessly with each other. I realize the SignalK will involve some programming but hopefully it won't be too difficult. I've watched a bunch of YT Videos about SignalK and Sailboats so I might be able to muddle my way through it.
I think I read somwhere (not sure it was here or someplace else) where it was suggested it was better and more reliable to interconnect these systems with a LAN network rather than WiFi? Any suggestions/recommendations?
Many thanks,
Rick
Rick