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How to use the tack function
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The pypilot plugin for opencpn does allow you to configure the angles... So you could put +- 90 there. If you put 180 I don't know what it will do, + or - won't affect which way around the boat goes (yet) so it would be better to have +-90 buttons, and use them a second time once the boat has turned sufficiently so that it will continue to turn the right way.

The lcd display with remote allows you to configure the big/small steps. So you could change the +- 10 button to do +- 90. I'm not sure this is what you want. Eventually you are going to need more buttons. The next version of pypilot hat has 8 main buttons with 7 more extended buttons as well as supporting RF remotes, and these remotes typically have 4 buttons but I'm trying to design one with 8 that runs on aaa batteries.

In the next version (I hope to make a beta image this week) All the buttons can be reconfigured. I'll add the +- 90 course as possible actions.
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How to use the tack function - by rastam4n - 2020-08-02, 02:35 PM
RE: How to use the tack function - by seandepagnier - 2020-08-02, 07:12 PM

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