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Rspi 4.
Moitessier hat 1.
only signal k connection in opencpn.
Everything updated.
I am indoor but with a external GPS antenna close to the window.
OpenCPN does not freezes. Position fix is set quickly and is not lost.
I can not reproduce this issue.
Are you sure you have a good satellite view?
are you indoor?
have you tested this onboard?
Is your boat made of steel?
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2020-09-29, 12:08 PM
(This post was last modified: 2020-09-29, 12:09 PM by Sailoog.)
OK, I think I have something.
If I cover the antenna with a metallic plate to force a signal lost then signal k data for position becomes:
{
"longitude": null,
"latitude": null
}
but OpenCPN is not managing this ok. The expected behavior is to keep the last know position before signal lost but currently opencpn is placing the boat in lat 0, lon 0 or any erratic position.
Is this the issue all of you are experimenting?
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and what says signal k for position when this happens to you?
Besides this opencpn wrong behavior, you have also a reception problem and you should improve your reception conditions:
Are you sure you have a good satellite view?
are you indoor?
have you tested this onboard?
Is your boat made of steel?
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There is some progress on this issue. I have tested an opencpn beta and the boat is no longer jumping when the signal is lost. We will see if this solves the freezing problem too. There is still a problem with the GPS status icon, they are working on it...