2021-10-31, 05:48 PM
I mainly sail by sail, trying to make good use of the shifts in the wind and the more windy areas. So I can't really imagine one day introducing a route in Pypilot. The command interfaces imagined by Sean seem excellent to me with the WEB server, the OpenCpn plugin and the RF remote control.
But Jamos is right that sometimes it is difficult to do certain things with a tablet and wet fingers. For example, I have optimized two quite different BASIC and SIMPLE tuning sets for my boat. I like to switch from one to the other while sailing. But if you have to stay in the cockpit, it's sometimes quite difficult to switch from one setting to another with the tablet. The buttons for changing the setting clearance are very small and very close.
But I think that in my case, the solution would rather be new functions to be associated with the buttons of the RF remote control in order to switch more easily from one setting set to another. Additionally, a third usable tuning set would be fabulous as I currently only manage to use two separate tuning sets.
But Jamos is right that sometimes it is difficult to do certain things with a tablet and wet fingers. For example, I have optimized two quite different BASIC and SIMPLE tuning sets for my boat. I like to switch from one to the other while sailing. But if you have to stay in the cockpit, it's sometimes quite difficult to switch from one setting to another with the tablet. The buttons for changing the setting clearance are very small and very close.
But I think that in my case, the solution would rather be new functions to be associated with the buttons of the RF remote control in order to switch more easily from one setting set to another. Additionally, a third usable tuning set would be fabulous as I currently only manage to use two separate tuning sets.