tack button or +1 +10 ?

[seandepagnier]

The only reason I wouldn't want a dedicated "tack" button is in case of an accidental press. Would it be possible to display an "Are you sure? Yes/No" popup?

Also are you only talking about the web interface? Are there enough spare buttons on a remote control fob to add a tack button?

The web interface can do something different.    Also,  remote control fobs can as well.    I am trying to design a specific remote control for use with the tinypilot display so...   

Hello Sean,

I really appreciate your pilot and his ergonomics.

It seems to me that we have already broached the subject together quite a while ago. You surprised me a lot by telling me the same day that you had finished implementing what we had mentioned. I thought at the time that you implemented it for the pi buttons which I don't have on my boat.

I had but, it is not fully refined. Multiple buttons can already be programmed to do things.

But this week, a French user told me that by holding down the +1 or -1 button on the RF remote, you go from an order of 1 degree (or more depending on configuration) to 10 degrees and then to 100 degrees . I admit that I had never thought of trying with the RF remote control. He indicated that he preferred to keep an eye on the display to follow the sequence.

It depends which pypilot version and software. pcnautic made some changes here too and I have adopted the feature in my code. Supporting holding +1 or -1 to get greater changes which is useful if there are not +10 and -10 buttons.

Unfortunately, I couldn't go try on my boat. But I can't wait to try. Currently, I initiate the compass tack by pressing the -10 or +10 button on the RF remote ten times or by using the tablet to initiate a tack. A long press of the -1 or +1 key would work fine for me. In solo navigation, it is not easy to press two keys simultaneously with one hand while doing something else with the other hand.
Can you tell us what you have already implemented and for which mode so that we can test it?

It is possible to program multiple button presses to do things already. What doesn't happen yet, is holding them for a certain amount of time, and by default no actions are assigned to multiple buttons down at the same time. The logic with different tack speeds, or other features I am discussing in my last post is not yet implemented.