NMEA sentence for the dashboard

[Nick_Currawong]

Hello and thanks in advance.

Sorry to start a new thread but I could not find the answer to my question.

What is the NMEA sentence for pressure, pitch , heel/roll so it be displayed in the dashboard?

I have tried $xxSHR,,hdt,T,roll,pitch,,,,,1,

Where pitch and roll are degrees -/+

I tried the $WIMDA sentence for pressure but no joy.

Is there a list of sentences somewhere I can look at?

Thanks

[Nick_Currawong]

Hi guys,

I had a look through the source code for the dashboard_pi and found that the XDR sentences are being handled in a restrictive manner, i.e. they were only being processed if the transducer name matched ( ¨AirTemp¨ ).

I have rework a copy of dashboard_pi.cpp to work based on transducer type that way the transducer name can be anything the XDR writer wants as with openplotter itś name for air temp is i2ct.

This also allows for other XDR sentence development, I believe.

My copy works with the following XDR transducer types;

XDR,C,n.n,C,aaaaa - Air temp
XDR,A,n.n,D,aaaaa - Heel/Roll
XDR,D,n.n,D,aaaaa - Pitch
XDR,P,n.n,B,aaaaa - Barometric pressure

here is my changed code; I have copied/pasted here as file is too big to upload to forum.

if (m_NMEA0183.LastSentenceIDReceived == _T("XDR")) { //Transducer measurement
/* XDR Transducer types
* AngularDisplacementTransducer = 'A',
* TemperatureTransducer = 'C',
* LinearDisplacementTransducer = 'D',
* FrequencyTransducer = 'F',
* HumidityTransducer = 'H',
* ForceTransducer = 'N',
* PressureTransducer = 'P',
* FlowRateTransducer = 'R',
* TachometerTransducer = 'T',
* VolumeTransducer = 'V'
*/

if (m_NMEA0183.Parse())
{ //SendSentenceToAllInstruments( OCPN_DBP_STC_ATMP, m_NMEA0183.Xdr.TransducerCnt,_T("\u00B0") );
wxString xdrunit;
double xdrdata;
for (int i = 0; i<m_NMEA0183.Xdr.TransducerCnt; i++){
xdrdata = m_NMEA0183.Xdr.TransducerInfo[i].MeasurementData;
// XDR Airtemp
if (m_NMEA0183.Xdr.TransducerInfo[i].TransducerType == _T("C")){
SendSentenceToAllInstruments(OCPN_DBP_STC_ATMP, m_NMEA0183.Xdr.TransducerInfo[i].MeasurementData, m_NMEA0183.Xdr.TransducerInfo[i].UnitOfMeasurement);
}
// XDR Pressure
if (m_NMEA0183.Xdr.TransducerInfo[i].TransducerType == _T("P")){
SendSentenceToAllInstruments(OCPN_DBP_STC_MDA, m_NMEA0183.Xdr.TransducerInfo[i].MeasurementData, _T("Bar") );
}
// XDR Pitch (=Nose up/down)
if (m_NMEA0183.Xdr.TransducerInfo[i].TransducerType == _T("D")) {
if (m_NMEA0183.Xdr.TransducerInfo[i].MeasurementData > 0){
xdrunit = _T("\u00B0 Nose up");
}
else if (m_NMEA0183.Xdr.TransducerInfo[i].MeasurementData < 0) {
xdrunit = _T("\u00B0 Nose down");
xdrdata *= -1;
}
else {
xdrunit = _T("\u00B0");
}
SendSentenceToAllInstruments(OCPN_DBP_STC_PITCH, xdrdata, xdrunit);
}
// XDR Heel
if (m_NMEA0183.Xdr.TransducerInfo[i].TransducerType == _T("A")) {
if (m_NMEA0183.Xdr.TransducerInfo[i].MeasurementData > 0)
xdrunit = _T("\u00B0 to Starboard");
else if (m_NMEA0183.Xdr.TransducerInfo[i].MeasurementData < 0) {
else if (m_NMEA0183.Xdr.TransducerInfo[i].MeasurementData < 0) {
xdrunit = _T("\u00B0 to Port");
xdrdata *= -1;
}
else
xdrunit = _T("\u00B0");
SendSentenceToAllInstruments(OCPN_DBP_STC_HEEL, xdrdata, xdrunit);
} //Nasa style water temp
if (m_NMEA0183.Xdr.TransducerInfo[i].TransducerName == _T("ENV_WATER_T")){
SendSentenceToAllInstruments(OCPN_DBP_STC_TMP, m_NMEA0183.Xdr.TransducerInfo[i].MeasurementData,m_NMEA0183.Xdr.TransducerInfo[i].UnitOfMeasurement);
}
}

}
}

this part is the replacement for the XDR section, and then a small change to the format of the pressure display from nnnnn.n to nnnnn.nnn .

case ID_DBP_I_MDA: //barometric pressure
instrument = new DashboardInstrument_Single( this, wxID_ANY,
getInstrumentCaption( id ), OCPN_DBP_STC_MDA, _T("%5.3f") );
break;


I don´t know where to upload the complete file to be included/reviewed for inclusion into the github?

Thanks

[bobmor99]

Hi Nick,
I ran into the same problem today.
However, my Pololu MinIMU-9 v2 (L3GD20 + LSM303DLHC) I2C IMU outputs both the pitch and roll as "A" transducer types.

$OSXDR,A,-29.8,D,I2CX,A,-11.3,D,I2CY*53

--Bob M

You wrote:

XDR,C,n.n,C,aaaaa       -  Air temp
XDR,A,n.n,D,aaaaa       - Heel/Roll
XDR,D,n.n,D,aaaaa       - Pitch
XDR,P,n.n,B,aaaaa        - Barometric pressure

here is my changed code; I have copied/pasted here as file is too big to upload to forum. 

 if (m_NMEA0183.LastSentenceIDReceived == _T("XDR")) {  //Transducer measurement
                        /*  XDR Transducer types
                         * AngularDisplacementTransducer = 'A',
                         * TemperatureTransducer         = 'C',
                         * LinearDisplacementTransducer  = 'D',

[rgleason]

Nick would you please make a travker entry for this, including you code and a link to this thread? Under Dashboard of course. Thanks so much.

[skipperearly]

Have just tested with Dashboard 1.2 on latest ocpn 4.6.1 to display the pressure.
NMEA sentence OCXDR is sent but nothing shown in Dashboard.

Has above solution not been carried forward or is it my setup?

[Hakan]

Nick......

For hell and pitch look here:
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ml#post2327822

For air pressure the $xxMDA is used:

****MDA,x.x,I,x.x,B,x.x,C,x.x,C,x.x,x.x,x.x,C,x.x,T,x.x,M,x.x,N,x.x,M*hh<CR><LF>
**      |   |  |  |          Dew point, degrees C
**      |   |  |  |          Absolute humidity, percent
**      |   |  |  |          Relative humidity, percent
**      |   |  |  |        Water temperature, degrees C
**      |   |  |  |          Air temperature, degrees C
**      |   |  |----Barometric pressure, bars
**      |----- Barometric pressure, inches of mercur

Håkan

[skipperearly]

@Hakan: could we (op users) please have alternatively also the XDR sentence solution as written by Nick_Currawong above? Maybe a simple ini setting to select either option

PS: have also tried NMEA coverter_pi but seems its not supported in 4.6.1 anymore.

[Hakan]

skipperearly...
I'm not a OCPN coder although I sometimes share some very small suggestions I've made for my own OCPN copy. My info above was based on what's in the official code maintained by bdbcat/Dave and Nohal. The way to suggest code changes are to make a Tracker request or a push to GitHub.
Håkan

[skipperearly]

Thanks Hakan, for explanation.
Have now after some more testing and research raised a code change request in flyspray #2233.
Maybe you could vote also for it to get more attention - thanks.