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27-01-2016, 12:46
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#1021
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2011
Location: underway whenever possible
Boat: Rangeboat 39
Posts: 4,702
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Re: Help / FAQ
Input hi = Rx (receive) on the AP side - here goes the Tx from OCPN
Input lo = GND
When talking about lo and hi that's RS422 speak (differential lines) and as Gerhard stated there should be no problem with modern RS232 connectors.
Good luck!
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27-01-2016, 13:17
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#1022
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 267
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Re: Help / FAQ
Thanks
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01-02-2016, 03:21
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#1023
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: France
Boat: 10.50 mètres
Posts: 2,964
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Re: Help / FAQ
Hello All,
This concerns MMSI management in "Options / Boats / MMSI".
What is the effect of tick or not, the box "Persistent"?
I looked in the manuals. Maybe it is, but I have not been able to see it.
Thank by advance. Gilletarom.
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01-02-2016, 11:51
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#1024
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Boston, MA
Boat: 1981 Bristol 32 Sloop
Posts: 17,523
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Re: Help / FAQ
Persistent saves it to a file I believe, so that the next time you open OpenCPN there will be a list of potential AIS boats with details, if there is an MMSI signal for them. Thus it will be much less time to populate the full record for a boat.
I have not tried this feature, so maybe others can advise further. Hakan??
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02-02-2016, 10:35
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#1025
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Orust Sweden
Boat: Najad 34
Posts: 4,119
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Re: Help / FAQ
Gille...., Rick
I think "persistent" works like this:
A standard track is cut to not exceed the time set in AIS target properties, like a normal AIS target. "Always" will not cut the tail after XX minutes but it will be deleted at OCPN closure.
If you in MMSI properties set a boat's track to standard or always AND persistent it will be saved "for ever" e.g. persistent over OCPN closure and reopening. When satisfied you have to delete the track in "Route & Mark manager"
Håkan
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03-02-2016, 06:09
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#1026
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Boston, MA
Boat: 1981 Bristol 32 Sloop
Posts: 17,523
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Re: Help / FAQ
Thanks Hakan. Should I check and augment the documentation accordingly?
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03-02-2016, 06:13
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#1027
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Boston, MA
Boat: 1981 Bristol 32 Sloop
Posts: 17,523
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Re: Help / FAQ
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05-02-2016, 09:18
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#1028
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Chicago summers, gulf during winters
Boat: Endeavour TrawlerCat 36 - My Bluegill Heaven
Posts: 180
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GE plugin instructions?
when downloading the Google Earth plugin it says to be sure and read the instructions to avoid issues in sizing. where do i find the instructions? can't seem to find them in the OCPN manual or in the program files folder.
thanks!
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07-02-2016, 07:07
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#1029
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Minneapolis
Boat: Irwin 37 CC
Posts: 665
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Re: GE plugin instructions?
Quote:
Originally Posted by BluegillBoy
when downloading the Google Earth plugin it says to be sure and read the instructions to avoid issues in sizing. where do i find the instructions? can't seem to find them in the OCPN manual or in the program files folder.
thanks!
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Make sure to read the instructions to avoid view sizing issues.
The word "instructions is a link" to a lot of text.
However I'm having trouble with the GE PI. It seems to work until you try to exit opencpn. Opencpn hangs on exit. There is a GE process running. You have to manually kill this process to for Opencpn to exit normally or to run GE standalone. I don't know if others are having this problem.
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Pegasus IV
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07-02-2016, 08:35
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#1030
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Chicago summers, gulf during winters
Boat: Endeavour TrawlerCat 36 - My Bluegill Heaven
Posts: 180
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Re: Help / FAQ
same here. when i close GE before closing OCPN, OCPN consistently crashes on close.
When GE is active, OCPN closes correctly.
also, if i try to disable GE using the Toolbar/Plugins, GE hangs.
is this the proper forum to post this in? using OCPN 4.2 and the latest GE plugin download on W7.
wdkester - thanks for pointing out that Instructions link. my old eyes didn't see a difference in the displayed text. getting old sure ain't for sissies!
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17-02-2016, 09:47
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#1031
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Central New Jersey USA
Boat: Cape Dory 28 (Sold Nov 2019)
Posts: 236
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Re: Help / FAQ
Quote:
Originally Posted by BluegillBoy
same here. when i close GE before closing OCPN, OCPN consistently crashes on close ...
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Same issue (O hangs on close when either using, or have used and closed, GE).
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19-02-2016, 12:52
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#1032
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Netherlands
Boat: Spirit 36
Posts: 7
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4,2 not replacing older version on macbook
Not sure if this is the right place for this question, but I have some trouble installing the 4.2 Opencpn version on my macbook. When I install, the software doesn't replace the older version - that means I have to install all maps, layers, and so on, all over again.
I have a windows laptop as well. In the windows download everything works out OK, picks up all the old data.
Is the mac version not complete?
Chris
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20-02-2016, 02:08
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#1033
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Hannover - Germany
Boat: Amel Sharki
Posts: 2,537
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Re: 4,2 not replacing older version on macbook
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tilikum
Not sure if this is the right place for this question, but I have some trouble installing the 4.2 Opencpn version on my macbook. When I install, the software doesn't replace the older version - that means I have to install all maps, layers, and so on, all over again.
I have a windows laptop as well. In the windows download everything works out OK, picks up all the old data.
Is the mac version not complete?
Chris
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Could you please tell me how you are trying to install OpenCPN on your Mac? There is sadly no installer of 4.2 for Mac OS X but only the Windows version comes with an installer.
Please explain step by step what you are trying to do.
Gerhard
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20-02-2016, 02:23
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#1034
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 219
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Re: 4,2 not replacing older version on macbook
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tilikum
Not sure if this is the right place for this question, but I have some trouble installing the 4.2 Opencpn version on my macbook. When I install, the software doesn't replace the older version - that means I have to install all maps, layers, and so on, all over again.
I have a windows laptop as well. In the windows download everything works out OK, picks up all the old data.
Is the mac version not complete?
Chris
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With OpenCPN 4.2 the user info is moved from ~/Library/Preferences to ~/Library/Preferences/opencpn
So user info from previous versions is still in ~/Library/Preferences.
Peter
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21-02-2016, 02:02
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#1035
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Netherlands
Boat: Spirit 36
Posts: 7
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Re: 4,2 not replacing older version on macbook
Quote:
Originally Posted by ptulp
With OpenCPN 4.2 the user info is moved from ~/Library/Preferences to ~/Library/Preferences/opencpn
So user info from previous versions is still in ~/Library/Preferences.
Peter
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Thanks for reactions. I shifted my layers and user icons to the other map, and that works now. But I still have to change my settings by hand, although I did replace the OCPN.ini file with the older one. And I lost my 'swedish colour' plug-in - not anymore on the download page.
Well, that's life, I guess.
Chris
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