autopilot route plugin

[ironman]

I'd like to test this plugin. I have a pypilot and a raymarine st2000+ available for it. Seeing that video of it was the reason I built a pypilot in the first place. I would like to test whether it behaves better than the XTE based algorithms. If it does, I think it's about time to make it part of the standard distribution, so people can use it instead of discussing it on forums ;-)

Until now, I compile from source, but I ran into opencpn segmentation faults at various points, and got behaviour I did not understand, which made me not want to run it on the boat. Since the last try, I get some more results, but still segmentation faults. If we can get that fixed first, I can put it on the boat and start using it. Where can I submit detailed test results? Is github all right?

Kind regards,

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[seandepagnier]

the best option is to raise a github issue. If you can provide a backtrace from the debugger it would be most helpful if a crash occurs. Also describing what settings, and making trying mercator vs great circle calculations will prevent the crash in some cases.


I realize there are bugs and I just don't have enough time to work on everything as well as develop my efficienct $25 wind turbine that can produce more than 100 watts which is what has my attention at the moment.

[ironman]

Ok I'll raise them in github then. What debugger you mean?

Re: wind turbine sounds great - I want one!

[rgleason]

Have you tried one of these? The files beginning with "opencpn" are exe, deb and pkg files


https://cloudsmith.io/~opencpn/repos...lpha/packages/

[ironman]

No, I had already compiled from github source. I saw the link but assumed this is the underlying store for some automated package manager I was not aware of.

[rgleason]

I assume you read this.

https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...ml#post3241264


The interface does not have the normal menu, just preferences. If you are raspberry pi you need one of these deb files


https://cloudsmith.io/~opencpn/repos...ges/?q=opencpn
Hoover to see full file name, probably the first two files showing.

raspian-armhf-buster v0.4.0.17

raspian-armhf-stretch v0...4.0.17

I don't know which one as I do not know raspberry. Good luck. Would like to know how it goes.

[ironman]

Yes, I read this thread and another 13-page one on the subject ;-) In the meantime, I located the right tarball in your link but it appears of minor difference. I'll continue with raising my issues in github. Will keep you posted.

Thx,

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[keoe]

Originally Posted by rgleason

I've updated Sean's Autopilot_Route_pi for the new Plugin Manager and has all environments build except Xenial.

Rick, have you published the plugin for Plugin Manager? I can't see it in either master or beta.

[rgleason]

It has not been updated for Plugin Manager yet. I'll get to it eventually, but I am involved in watchdog right now.

[rgleason]

This plugin Autopilot_route by Sean, has been updated and is in PIM. I have not tested it and do not know if it is working. Would be interested in any results.

[mgrouch]

I’ve downloaded and installed from PIM URL. How can I use it? I can see its settings in plugin settings. There is no icon on plugins toolbar to activate/deactivate it. If I enable it what happens? What does it do? There is no help page in plugin settings either.

[ironman]

For using the plugin, check out this movie https://youtu.be/5TtgoWs6RhU?t=62 at 1:02; the movie was to prove something else but this part might answer your question.

In short, just activate a route in openCPN and it starts generating the smooth APB messages.

[ironman]

Originally Posted by rgleason

This plugin Autopilot_route by Sean, has been updated and is in PIM. I have not tested it and do not know if it is working. Would be interested in any results.

I have tested it last year and documented my issues in github, some of which prevented me from using this plugin on the boat. As far as I can see these issues have not been resolved.

At the moment I am having very good results with the standard, XTE-based route facility that is default in OpenCPN, in conjunction with pypilot. I have no reason to pursue this plugin for the time being.

[rgleason]

This plugin provides using several different calcs for routing.

1create route.
2 activate a serial connection.
3 activate the plugin
4 activate the route.
5 note the smoothed ecap data stream

I need to find a way to test this when not on the boat.

Others please report.

[rgleason]

Thanks Ironman will look for your comme ts.