BSB4, 2011 Canadian Chart Problem [pics]

[makonnen]

Hi everyone,

First off, I apologize that my first post is a call for help, hopefully others can benefit from this question. So I'm doing some trip planning to Vancouver Island BC, here is what I'm using:

OpenCPN v.2.4.720
2011 Cdn Hydrographic Service PAC02 BSB4charts (East Vancouver Island)
BSB4 v1.0
Windows 7 Starter netbook
Globalsat BU353 USB mouse

Problem: Everything looks right but charts are not showing up in OpenCPN.

Here is the product: 2011 CHS PAC02 BSB4 charts, it was installed successfully on the computer after entering the product ID / Key


After the installation, it created these two folders:


The "encryption" folder has a couple of dll's, not sure if they should go somewhere (ie: the plugins folder?)


Got the BSB4 v1.0 plugin enabled in OpenCPN


Chart folder added


And no charts!

[cagney]

Your log, opencpn.log will probably tell you the answer.
See FAQ | Official OpenCPN Homepage
Publish the log file here if you need further help.

Thomas

[makonnen]

Thanks for the tip, here is the log:

I'm going to guess that OCPN can't find any of those encryption files. I have nothing in my encryption folder wth those file extensions.

10:40:16 CH: Searching directory: C:\ChartKit\Encryption for *.kap
10:40:16 CH: Searching directory: C:\ChartKit\Encryption for *.geo
10:40:16 CH: Searching directory: C:\ChartKit\Encryption for *.000
10:40:16 CH: Searching directory: C:\ChartKit\Encryption for *.s57
10:40:16 CH: Searching directory: C:\ChartKit\Encryption for 00300000.a
10:40:16 CH: Searching directory: C:\ChartKit\Encryption for *.CAP

=====================================
22:19:43: 2011-07-22
22:19:43: -------Starting opencpn-------
22:19:43: Version 2.4.720 Build 2011-07-20
22:19:43: MemoryStatus: mem_total: 1013 mb, mem_initial: 9 mb
22:19:43: SData_Locn is C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\
22:19:43: Using existing Config_File: C:\ProgramData\opencpn\opencpn.ini
22:19:43: Setting Viewpoint Lat/Lon 48.1818, -127.28
22:19:43: Setting Ownship Lat/Lon 33.358, -79.282
22:19:43: System default Language: en_CA
10:19:43 PM: Opencpn language set to: en_US
10:19:43 PM: Using s57data in C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\s57data
10:19:43 PM: Using Tide/Current data from: C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\tcdata\
10:19:43 PM: Setting Viewpoint Lat/Lon 48.1818, -127.28
10:19:43 PM: Setting Ownship Lat/Lon 33.358, -79.282
10:19:44 PM: NMEA Data Source is....None
10:19:44 PM: AIS Data Source is....None
10:19:44 PM: Using WVSChart datafile: C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\wvsdata\wvs43.dat
10:19:44 PM: NMEA AutoPilot Port is....None
10:19:44 PM: PlugInManager searching for PlugIns in location C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\plugins
10:19:44 PM: PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\plugins/bsb4_win32_pi15_v10_pi.dll
10:19:44 PM: PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\plugins/dashboard_pi.dll
10:19:44 PM: PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\plugins/grib_pi.dll
10:19:44 PM: ChartDB Cache policy: Application target is 506 MBytes
10:19:44 PM: Loading chart db version: V016
10:19:44 PM: Chartdb: Chart directory list follows
10:19:44 PM: Chart directory #0: C:\ChartKit\BSBChart
10:19:44 PM: GPS Watchdog Timeout is: 6 sec.
10:20:07 PM: EnumerateSerialPorts() Found Garmin USB Driver.
22:22:12: Error: Cannot set locale to language Arabic (Uae).
10:22:25 CH: LOGBOOK: 2011-07-23 05:22:25 UTC DR Lat 33.35800 Lon -79.28200
10:30:00 CH: LOGBOOK: 2011-07-23 05:30:00 UTC DR Lat 33.35800 Lon -79.28200
10:30:53 CH: EnumerateSerialPorts() Found Garmin USB Driver.
10:33:55 CH: EnumerateSerialPorts() Found Garmin USB Driver.
10:36:42 CH: EnumerateSerialPorts() Found Garmin USB Driver.
10:40:16 CH: No change detected on directory C:\ChartKit\BSBChart
10:40:16 CH: Searching directory: C:\ChartKit\Encryption for *.kap
10:40:16 CH: Searching directory: C:\ChartKit\Encryption for *.geo
10:40:16 CH: Searching directory: C:\ChartKit\Encryption for *.000
10:40:16 CH: Searching directory: C:\ChartKit\Encryption for *.s57
10:40:16 CH: Searching directory: C:\ChartKit\Encryption for 00300000.a
10:40:16 CH: Searching directory: C:\ChartKit\Encryption for *.CAP
10:40:25 CH: EnumerateSerialPorts() Found Garmin USB Driver.
10:40:44 CH: No change detected on directory C:\ChartKit\BSBChart
10:40:51 CH: PlugInManager: Deactivating PlugIn: C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\plugins/bsb4_win32_pi15_v10_pi.dll
10:40:51 CH: opencpn::MyFrame exiting cleanly.
10:40:51 CH: PlugInManager: UnLoading PlugIn: C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\plugins/bsb4_win32_pi15_v10_pi.dll
10:40:51 CH: PlugInManager: UnLoading PlugIn: C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\plugins/dashboard_pi.dll
10:40:51 CH: PlugInManager: UnLoading PlugIn: C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\plugins/grib_pi.dll
10:40:51 CH: LOGBOOK: 2011-07-23 05:40:51 UTC OFF: Lat 33.35800 Lon -79.28200
10:40:51 CH: opencpn::MyApp exiting cleanly...

[cagney]

makonnen
It looks like you are pointing OpenCPN to find charts in C:\ChartKit\Encryption folder, instead of, as I would expect from your pictures, C:\ChartKit\BSBChart.
Change this and try again.
Thomas

[makonnen]

Thanks Thomas,

Actually what I did was I put all the *.BSB, *.CAP, *.cet, chartreg.dll, crypt0201.dll files into one single folder then pointed OCPN to that folder and it worked.

The CHS program has an installer, and when installed, the above listed files are spread between three different folders.

edit: Thanks again for the tip on the log file, I wouldn't be able to fix it without first seeing that file. Hopefully this will help others.

[makonnen]

Hey guys,

I'm posting this for anyone installing Canadian BSB4 charts in the future...

I just installed OpenCPN on a second computer and had no problems installing the BSB4 encrypted charts ... the simple trick is that you must add the folder called "Encryption" FIRST and then EXIT openCPN.

Then start OpenCPN again and all the BSBCharts folder.

[Kudalufi]

I'm quite surprised the charts are encrypted. None of the stuff we get in the navy from CHS is. I guess we're spoiled.

I have to say, though, that it really... really irks me that UKHO and CHS both charge for charts. That is one thing the Americans got right.

[HappySeagull]

excuses?..Uk is broke.Canada has a huge coastline and a small taxbase.Both make excellent charts at great cost in equipment and training.Plus,Yachties aren't a big voter base...Finally Paper Charts always did cost money,everywhere.

If you like,the USA are an exuberant and generous folk ...

[Kudalufi]

The issue of chart cost isn't about how much of a lobby group yacht-owners have. In fact it's not about yacht-owners at all. It's about maritime safety. I've boarded a whole lot of merchies, and I can't tell you how often I find they are coming into our harbours with badly outdated, wrong scale, or even missing charts. Or worse, they are navigating in our waters off of some terrible, ancient American DNC chart that came with their ECDIS. And yet their charts of US waters are almost always complete and relatively up-to-date.

ECDIS systems are a boon for yacht-owners - they have the money and inclination to keep good, up-to-date charts. But merchant ship groundings and collisions with nav aids have increased in Canadian waters since they were adopted.

[HappySeagull]

it's a bit off topic,but aren't foreign ships without a Canadian-ticketed skipper supposed to engage a Pilot?

[Kudalufi]

Yes, they do get pilots but some of our pilot stations are pretty close in - like in the St. Lawrence. And surprisingly large ships will get nervous and tuck into some little nook when a nor'easter blows in. West coast (Guilf Island area) has some pretty tight navigation areas that you don't necesarily have a pilot on board for. And besides that, there's a lot of buoyage in traffic lanes out beyond pilotage areas. The Canadian Coast Guard spends a small fortune replacing ODAS buoys and other stuff that big merchies run over because their charts don't show them, or show them wrong.

[HappySeagull]

the B*ggers,eh?!True enough,I see that now..but you're scarin' me,Kudalfi!
I can't help but imagine foreign tankers "tucking into little nooks" ... on their way to Kitimaat.We'll need more coastal patrol in that event...
Aaargh!

[P_Dub]

Happy Seagull, I was there in 1964 (Kitimat) and at the time we did not have all that technology and we made it safely; but in those days there were iron man doing their jobs. Forget about the navy they are 20 on the bridge looking outside!
Bye

[HappySeagull]

I read from history that "overmanning" in the Navy has a bloody purpose...anyways we're off the topic and sorry.

[PeterVS]

Hi everyone,

I'm brand new to the group, and I'm sure glad this group exists.

I am having a problem getting my OpenCPN to "Initialize" my new CHS BSB4.0 charts in C:\ChartKit
I point at C:\ChartKit and OpenCPN gives it the name "Chart directory #1: C:\ChartKit", but as you can see, it doesn't "Install" any BSB4 charts.


Latest Opencpn.txt

11:51:46: 2012-10-10
11:51:46: -------Starting opencpn-------
11:51:46: Version 3.0.2 Build 2012-07-07
11:51:46: MemoryStatus: mem_total: 5939 mb, mem_initial: 8 mb
11:51:46: SData_Locn is C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\
11:51:46: Using existing Config_File: C:\ProgramData\opencpn\opencpn.ini
11:51:46: Setting Viewpoint Lat/Lon 48.9215, -122.981
11:51:46: Setting Ownship Lat/Lon 48.6291, -122.418
11:51:46: System default Language: en_US
11:51:46 AM: Opencpn language set to: en_US
11:51:46 AM: ChartSymbols loaded from C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\s57data\chartsymbols.xml
11:51:46 AM: Using s57data in C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\s57data
11:51:46 AM: Setting Viewpoint Lat/Lon 48.9215, -122.981
11:51:46 AM: Setting Ownship Lat/Lon 48.6291, -122.418
11:51:46 AM: NMEA Data Source is....None
11:51:46 AM: AIS Data Source is....None
11:51:46 AM: Using WVSChart datafile: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\wvsdata\wvs43.dat
11:51:46 AM: NMEA AutoPilot Port is....None
11:51:47 AM: PlugInManager searching for PlugIns in location C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins
11:51:47 AM: PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins/bsb4_win32_pi15_v12_pi.dll
11:51:47 AM: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins/bsb4_win32_pi15_v12_pi.dll Version detected: 105
11:51:47 AM: PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins/dashboard_pi.dll
11:51:47 AM: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins/dashboard_pi.dll Version detected: 106
11:51:47 AM: PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins/grib_pi.dll
11:51:47 AM: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins/grib_pi.dll Version detected: 107
11:51:47 AM: OpenGL-> Renderer String: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
11:51:47 AM: OpenGL-> Detected Intel renderer, disabling stencil buffer
11:51:47 AM: OpenGL-> Framebuffer Objects unavailable
11:51:47 AM: OpenGL-> Using Depth buffer clipping
11:51:47 AM: OpenGL-> Estimated Max Resident Textures: 98
11:51:47 AM: ChartDB Cache policy: Application target is 1024 MBytes
11:51:47 AM: Loading chart db version: V016
11:51:47 AM: Chartdb: Chart directory list follows
11:51:47 AM: Chart directory #0: C:\Users\Peter\Documents\NOAA BSB V3 WA Charts
11:51:47 AM: Chart directory #1: C:\ChartKit
11:51:47 AM: GPS Watchdog Timeout is: 6 sec.
11:51:47 AM: Initializing Chart C:\Users\Peter\Documents\NOAA BSB V3 WA Charts\18421_1.KAP
11:51:52 AM: EnumerateSerialPorts() Found Garmin USB Driver.
12:26:52 PM: LOGBOOK: 2012-10-10 19:26:52 UTC DR Lat 48.62910 Lon -122.41840
12:26:56 PM: opencpn::MyFrame exiting cleanly.
12:26:56 PM: Chart cache purge
12:26:56 PM: PlugInManager: UnLoading PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins/bsb4_win32_pi15_v12_pi.dll
12:26:56 PM: PlugInManager: UnLoading PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins/dashboard_pi.dll
12:26:56 PM: PlugInManager: UnLoading PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins/grib_pi.dll
12:26:56 PM: Chart cache purge
12:26:56 PM: LOGBOOK: 2012-10-10 19:26:56 UTC OFF: Lat 48.62910 Lon -122.41840
12:26:56 PM: opencpn::MyApp exiting cleanly...

Please help.
Thanks, PeterVS