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Old 10-02-2016, 08:25   #1
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Object Search not working

Forgive me if I am bringing up a topic thats been rehashed in the past. I am new to OpenCPN and recently installed it on Win10 machine at home. On top I also installed Object Search plugin which is not working. I cannot find anything on the chart using that search. It said I have to visit that chart at least once which I did not it is still not working. Are there any tricks to get this to work?

Also, I tried to build the DB by specifying coordinates (from and to). This also doesnt work. No matter what I do it puts me in middle of the ocean but still not search.

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Object search only works with vector charts (ENC) not BSB.
What charts are you trying it on?
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ps: iF you are talking about building the chart db. just check and let it run til complete.
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Object search only works with vector charts (ENC) not BSB.
What charts are you trying it on?
Sorry I didnt mention. Yes, I am using ENC charts.
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ps: iF you are talking about building the chart db. just check and let it run til complete.
Maybe I am doing something wrong but its not working. In the "populate database" if I click OK. nothing happens except it puts me on the chart in the middle of the ocean
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Maybe I am doing something wrong but its not working. In the "populate database" if I click OK. nothing happens except it puts me on the chart in the middle of the ocean
Maybe you show us some screenshots of what you are doing. Without knowing your settings nobody can help you.

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Re: Object Search not working

vechnyak

Please refer to the Opencpn manual. I think it will help you a lot.
The areas I suggest you read and review are as follows:
Chart Installation | Official OpenCPN Homepage
Charts | Official OpenCPN Homepage
Chart Files Tab | Official OpenCPN Homepage
Chart Groups Tab | Official OpenCPN Homepage
Chart Download Tab | Official OpenCPN Homepage

I believe these will help you understand how to use the tools at hand.
If you have questions after reading and reviewing these, please come back and ask.

vechnvak, I am not trying to put you off, just suggesting that the User Manual may be a very big help, then if you have questions, please put them forth!
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Maybe you show us some screenshots of what you are doing. Without knowing your settings nobody can help you.

Gerhard

Here is the screenshot of window. If I click on with or without entering From/To it the dialog box goes away and it puts the middle of the screen in the ocean off of africa
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vechnyak

Please refer to the Opencpn manual. I think it will help you a lot.
The areas I suggest you read and review are as follows:
Chart Installation | Official OpenCPN Homepage
Charts | Official OpenCPN Homepage
Chart Files Tab | Official OpenCPN Homepage
Chart Groups Tab | Official OpenCPN Homepage
Chart Download Tab | Official OpenCPN Homepage

I believe these will help you understand how to use the tools at hand.
If you have questions after reading and reviewing these, please come back and ask.

vechnvak, I am not trying to put you off, just suggesting that the User Manual may be a very big help, then if you have questions, please put them forth!
The charts are installed and working fine. Its the search thats not working. Are you saying chart installation instructions have something to do with how the search works?
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Re: Object Search not working

vechnyak

I understood you were having trouble with the chart database. That is what happens when people speak in shorthand, and then don't answer a question.

I have tested the objectsearch_pi and confirm that it does not work.
git fetched, and built new with opencpn.lib v4.2

It will have to be fixed.
File a bug report for pi-objectsearch in Tracker.
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vechnyak

I understood you were having trouble with the chart database. That is what happens when people speak in shorthand, and then don't answer a question.

I have tested the objectsearch_pi and confirm that it does not work.
git fetched, and built new with opencpn.lib v4.2

It will have to be fixed.
File a bug report for pi-objectsearch in Tracker.
It would be great to be able to mark the area to be included in the search database with the mouse cursor to fill in the values the same way done for selecting area in Zygrib. The current method of entering the area in numerical format in the menu is not so handsome.
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vechnyak

I understood you were having trouble with the chart database. That is what happens when people speak in shorthand, and then don't answer a question.

I have tested the objectsearch_pi and confirm that it does not work.
git fetched, and built new with opencpn.lib v4.2

It will have to be fixed.
File a bug report for pi-objectsearch in Tracker.
I still don't know what you are doing. It works here for Mac OS X with all OCPN versions. So I tested it now for Windows also using Windows 10, OpenCPN 4.2 and http://opencpn.navnux.org/plugins/ob...-0.6-win32.exe from the official OCPN download site.
Installing this plugin and using CM93 charts I tested an area of 50/0 to 10/20 and got a database called objsearch_pi.db with 918 kilobytes at C:\Programdata\opencpn. Then going to make a search I got the screenshot attached here.
If someone however make a database with coordinates 0/0 to 0/0 as shown in posting #8 above the database will be for sure empty.

So there is nothing to have been fixed although the comment from petter5 is a good hint to make this plugin easier to use.

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Re: Object Search not working

Gerhard,
Yes, indeed ObjectSearch does work with CM93 charts!
but isn't an ENC chart a Vector Chart? -- I was using ENC!

So, the plugin does work as intended.
Sorry about the confusion.

Is there a way to extend it to ENC charts sometime perhaps?
Also the windows version probably uses the extent of display to set the search area, so we don't have Lat/Long showing, but I like ptulp's suggestion too.

Thanks for persisting.

ObjectSearch_pi works only for CM93 Charts currently.

I've uploaded it to OpenCPN Beta File thingie.
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Rick,

one word to you: You are writing very much in this forum. This might lead sometimes to errors. Write a little bit less please.
I admit OpenCPN and its plugins are very bad software because the average user doesn't know how to use it. This software is mostly not intuitive and obviously huge manuals are needed which nobody read. Sometimes even only the developer knows how to use something. Too much functions are not self explaining. This is the dead for any software.
For making more irritations you provide your own compiled software pieces to the public. I think this is a bad idea. You have too less knowledge to be sure your versions are better than the officially ones from opencpn.org
It might make you happy to be able to compile something. But please keep it for yourself.

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I thought S-57 is supported also? Are you now saying only CM93 is supported? I am not aware of any NOAA charts in CM93 format..

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