OpenCPN Version 2.6 Beta Build 1125

[bdbcat]

Ahoy, OpenCPN'ers...

OpenCPN Version 2.6 Release Candidate 1125 will soon be available for download from opencpn.org.

Monitor the opencpn.org Downloads page to find and download the latest Beta version binaries.....

Source is available now on sourceforge git repo.

Changelog


1. Implement Smooth Zoom/Pan option.
2. Implement OpenGL option.
3. Correct application startup position algorithm for Windows (FS#591)(FS#627)
4. Correct quilted chart selection logic for "RemoveChartFromQuilt" (FS#609)
5. Correct FullScreenQuilt enable/disable logic. (FS#608)
6. Change "North Up" context menu entry to "Chart Up" for skewed raster charts.
7. Add notation of config file location to Toolbar->Help
8. Improve AIS target removal logic (FS#588)
9. Correct PlugIn chart type initialization logic.
10. Improve NavObj file backup logic to eliminate invalid (FileNotFound) errors.
11. Implement application portability option (-p)
12. Document/update library dependencies to allow sound support for Ubuntu 11.04+ (FS#607)
13. Correct Drop Waypoint by CTRL-M for navobj persistence. (FS#652) Thanks David Tischler!
14. Correct mouse behaviour on Tide/Current window graph (FS#640)
15. Correct Console BRG report field for legs crossing IDL (FS#620)
16. Correct Route/Track delete and update logic (FS#658) Thanks PjotrC
17. Improve cm93 Chart InfoBox "Name" field in single chart mode. (FS#359)
18. Correct behavior on reported AIS Target Lat/Lon "unavailable" (FS#651)
19. Correctly show waypoints with both symbol="empty", and non-empty Name. (FS#612)
20. Correct AIS logic to show Brg=n/a if Range=0.0 (FS#637)
21. Correct TTG/ETA display logic when VMG<0.0 (FS#636)
22. Correct Waypoint edit logic relating to associated route segments(FS#648)
23. Improve GRIB and AIS Target List dialog positioning limits (FS#628)(FS#578)
24. Correct georeferencing for skewed polyconic charts in NorthUp mode (FS#600)
25. Improve sound effects behavior on anchor watch alarm (FS#607)
26. Implement preload of S57 Object Class list prior to initial vector chart load.
27. Correct Toolbar visibility on route create (FS#649)
28. Correct AIS target list sorting algorithm (FS#597)
29. Improve Route/Waypoint add logic (FS#626) Thanks ptizef!
30. Improve daily and import track naming logic (FS#633) Thanks pjotrc
31. Correct Windows HTML Hyperlink load to embedded anchor point. (FS#646)
32. Upgrade to wxWidgets 2.8.12
33. Shift to Microsoft VS2010 for Windows builds
34. Correct chart file update time checking logic (FS#623)
35. Correct Dutch ENC chart rendering (FS#586)
36. Correct Tide column title for Unicode (FS#662) Thanks pjotrc!
37. Optimize track storage in navobj.xml
No GUIDs, point names, symbols, types or opencpn extension attributes on track points
No point timestamps on imported tracks, unless present in import GPX file
38. Optimize Track Properties dialog for improved performance.
39. Add "libsdl1.2debian" as a necessary dependency for .deb packages (FS#603)
40. Correct GPX path memorization logic (FS#625) Thanks ptizef
41. Correct RouteManagerDialog sorting logic (FS#629) Thanks ptizef
42. Apply patch to save layer visibility state (FS#635) Thanks pjotrc
43. Improve AnchorWatch functionality (FS#634) Thanks pjotrc
44. Implement IENC2.0 Overlay cell type rendering. (FS#604)
45. Correct Windows comm port setup for Bluetooth connections (FS#381)

Notes:

2. OpenGL
This will be a significant upgrade for some users of OpenCPN. It is selectable in Toolbox, according to user preference and system capability.

Here is what I have found:
-Performance with even simple low-cost accelerated graphics cards is much improved for some operations, particularly chart rotations and local panning.
-Performance may not be improved with embedded graphics chips as often found in older laptops and netbooks.
-The implementation is not complete for vector charts. Some features may render incorrectly,
or not at all. This is an area of continuing development.
-We can get better "eye candy", such as smooth zoom and pan, with little impact on responsiveness.

So, user's choice. If OpenGL works better for you, then use it. If not, the present DC based graphics render system is still in place, with performance equivalent to Version 2.5.0
I invite comments on OpenGL performance and compatibility.

3. Especially needs testing with MultiMonitor setups on Windows and linux.

7. By popular request, will help in Forum debugging.

11. Implement Portability option:
Here is how this works in Windows....

The following files/directories/folders must be in the directory containing the OpenCPN executable:

1. OpenCPN.exe (of course)
2. "opencpn portable.bat" (or other name of user choice)
A MSDOS batch file containing the one line:
"opencpn -p"
3. msvcr100.dll
4. msvcp100.dll
5. Seven wxWidgets dlls
6. OCPN data directories
plugins/
s57data/
share/
sounds/
tcdata/
wvsdata/
doc/
7. license.txt

To run OpenCPN portably within this directory, simply execute the "opencpn portable" batch file. There may be a way to build a clickable shortcut to OpenCPN, with the -p option specified in the shortcut. But I could not figure it out. Windows insists upon a drive letter in the command line of the shortcut, which would defeat the whole purpose of portability.
Thus, the batch file....
I find that this works pretty well from a USB stick...

On linux, a similar functionality exists.
Copy the opencpn executable binary and the data directories mentioned above to a local directory.
In that directory, do
$ ./opencpn -p
This will cause all user data files to be created and used from within that local directory.
This can be useful for side-by-side testing...


31. HTML Hyperlinks with embedded anchors requires testing with firefox on Windows....

32. A bit disruptive, but allows simpler access to runtime dlls, also needed for "portable" option.

34. Added "Scan Charts and Update Database checkbox to Toolbox->Charts.
Use this option if you have made any changes to the contents of your chart directories, as for example after downloading new charts from NOAA, etc.
Need not be checked if directories are added or subtracted, as the entire database will be scanned and updated automatically in this case.

35. Dutch ENC logic correction...
If this applies to you, you will need to delete and rebuild the SENC files relating to the Dutch ENCs in order to capture the new code effects.

37. Improved track management.
I took the liberty of simplifying the GPX/XML storage format of tracks. This makes a big difference in performance for large tracks.
Now would be a good time for interested parties to comment on the need for recording extended properties and GUIDs for tracks. I can think of no real reason to retain these properties, other than a satisfying symmetry with Routes...

44. Only known to appear on Austrian IENC cells. Others seen?

45. Tested on simulated environment. Feedback appreciated.

Well, there it is. A big list, but really only a few highly visible fixes and upgrades.
We are working toward a Release of Version 2.7.0, possibly around the beginning of Jan, 2012.

As you may note, there are literally hundreds of Feature Requests being quietly ignored, so far.
More tester input is needed regarding which Feature Requests will impact the most users with the least effort....

Please remember to clear your Flyspray bugs if able, or at least annotate them for developer study...

Thanks
Dave

[cagney]

Dave

Thank you very much for all the work behind this beta.
It looks like we have some nice features to explore!

The package for 32 bit Ubuntu is now available.
Unfortunately the upload to opencpn.org doesn't work so, I have had to use a pita link for now.

There are problems with the 64 bit package. The installation can still not find all the gtk packages. I apply my old trick

ADD_DEFINITIONS("`pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-2.0`")

at ~line 150 in CMakeLists.txt.
Then the compilation works. When starting the program the initial dialog comes up, but the program crashes when clicking the accept button, with the following output:

$ ./opencpn

(opencpn:12766): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_drawable_get_size: assertion `GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed

(opencpn:12766): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_drawable_get_depth: assertion `GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed
netlib_connectsock() returns socket on fd 12
The program 'opencpn' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)'.
(Details: serial 10892 error_code 1 request_code 138 minor_code 66)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

Thomas

[nohal]

Hola testers,
the Windows build of 2.6.1125 beta proved to run on my machines and has been published on Download OpenCPN | Official OpenCPN Homepage
Many thanks to Dave for another impressive release

Happy testing

Pavel

[nohal]

Dave,
it looks like the Dutch charts still refuse to give up:
Ingesting 1R5YM011.000 ends up with an uninited variable crash in iso8211.h

Access violation reading location 0x00000000.
opencpn.exe!DDFField::GetFieldDefn()  Line 577 + 0x11 bytes    C++
     opencpn.exe!S57Reader::ParseName(DDFField * poField=0x00000000, int nIndex=0, int * pnRCNM=0x00000000)  Line 2059 + 0x13 bytes    C++
     opencpn.exe!S57Reader::ReadVector(int nFeatureId=15, int nRCNM=130)  Line 1378 + 0x10 bytes    C++
     opencpn.exe!s57chart::BuildSENCFile(const wxString & FullPath000={...}, const wxString & SENCFileName={...})  Line 4300 + 0x11 bytes    C++

I've also pushed the DEB package to opencpn.org and updated the download link.

Pavel

[nohal]

By the way, if you want to build from source on Windows, make sure to read the updated Compiling - Windows | Official OpenCPN Homepage carefully as there are several changes you must do to be able to build successfully. I've done my best to describe the build process but if it's still not understandable, feel free to ask.

Pavel

[sailorF54]

Unstable NODTA colour (CM93, GL, Windows Vista, for monitor and graphic card... see pic)

Something fishy going on with the NODTA colour

Using the basic S52... file, the color first displayed on opening changes to another color when moving the chart.

Using my own modified S52..file, I get strange colors at different scales...

[lalmic]

I just installed 2.6.1125 on 4 machines: 2 with Windows XP and 2 with Windows 7, 64 bits. Works well on XP but not on 7: After installation on 7, program will not start. There a message from Windows saying that the program stop to work... What did I do wrong ?

[sailorF54]

Zoom using mouse

(For my setup see post #6 in thread)

Immediately after opening OpenCpn, zooming with the mouse wheel will only affect a very tiny part of the screen (see inside the harbor on pic)
This no longer occurs after zooming with the menu buttons.

Added: I get it from time to time afterwards. Cannot find a way to replicate every time

[nohal]

Originally Posted by lalmic

I just installed 2.6.1125 on 4 machines: 2 with Windows XP and 2 with Windows 7, 64 bits. Works well on XP but not on 7: After installation on 7, program will not start. There a message from Windows saying that the program stop to work... What did I do wrong ?

Can't confirm - runs OK in my W7-64 virtual machine. Was it a clean install or did you upgrade from a previous version? If you did an upgrade, please go to C:\ProgramData\opencpn and post the opencpn.ini file here for better simulation of your particular config.

Pavel

[dacust]

Loads and runs on my Win 7 64

I chose my root chart directory and waited while it loaded them all. All is well.

Played around, quilting on, then off. Scrolled up the east coast.

But after a few minutes of moving around it crashed.

I was in New York Harbor, turned quilting back on and displayed ENCs. Zoom out, it ingests a few charts, pauses for redraw, then displays. Zoom out again. Each time, a few more ingests, longer pause times. Then clicked at bottom of screen (recenter, not the green arrow), 1st time, it ingested/paused/redrew. Second time it just went away after a while.

The log is here 1mb.

==>http://www.dacust.com/inlandwaters/o...1-26_08-30.log

-dan

[Capt.Don]

Windows 7 Professional - upgraded from 2.5, keep current settings - crashes on startup. Windows Event Log:
Faulting application name: opencpn.exe, version: 2.6.1125.0, time stamp: 0x4ed0afaa
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17514, time stamp: 0x4ce7b96e
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00052d94
Faulting process id: 0x1638
Faulting application start time: 0x01ccac5177a1c7ec
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\opencpn.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: b7b18077-1844-11e1-82df-001aa03286ea

[nohal]

Capt.Don...
could you post your opencpn.ini, please...

Pavel

[Capt.Don]

Pavel, Here you go - I hope it helps,
Don

[ChartDirectories]
ChartDir1=C:\\Charts^5469826399941
ChartDir2=C:\\Temp^330163428940
[Settings]
ConfigVersionString=Version 2.5.0 Build 2011-07-26
NavMessageShown=1
ShowDebugWindows=1
ShowPrintIcon=0
SetSystemTime=0
ShowGrid=1
PlayShipsBells=0
FullscreenToolbar=1
TransparentToolbar=1
ShowLayers=1
ShowDepthUnits=1
AutoAnchorDrop=0
ShowChartOutlines=0
GarminPersistance=0
UseGarminHost=0
SDMMFormat=0
FilterNMEA_Avg=0
FilterNMEA_Sec=1
CM93DetailFactor=0
CM93DetailZoomPosX=200
CM93DetailZoomPosY=200
ShowCM93DetailSlider=0
AllowExtremeOverzoom=1
SkewToNorthUp=1
UseRasterCharts=1
UseVectorCharts=0
UseCM93Charts=0
CourseUpMode=0
LookAheadMode=0
COGUPAvgSeconds=15
OwnshipCOGPredictorMinutes=5
ChartQuilting=1
FullScreenQuilt=1
ChartQuiltingInitial=1
NMEALogWindowSizeX=400
NMEALogWindowSizeY=100
NMEALogWindowPosX=10
NMEALogWindowPosY=10
PreserveScaleOnX=0
StartWithTrackActive=0
AutomaticDailyTracks=0
InitialStackIndex=0
InitialdBIndex=387
AnchorWatch1GUID=
AnchorWatch2GUID=
ToolbarX=0
ToolbarY=0
ToolbarOrient=4
PlanSpeed=6
Locale=en_US
KeepNavobjBackups=5
[Settings/GlobalState]
VPLatLon=" 31.5312, -116.8382"
VPScale=0.00236291
OwnShipLatLon=" 43.2500, -144.7916"
bFollow=0
nColorScheme=0
FrameWinX=1300
FrameWinY=1006
FrameWinPosX=24
FrameWinPosY=90
FrameMax=0
bShowS57Text=1
bShowS57ImportantTextOnly=1
nDisplayCategory=83
nSymbolStyle=82
nBoundaryStyle=78
bShowSoundg=1
bShowMeta=0
bUseSCAMIN=1
bShowAtonText=1
bShowLightDescription=0
bDeClutterText=0
S52_MAR_SAFETY_CONTOUR=8
S52_MAR_SHALLOW_CONTOUR=3
S52_MAR_DEEP_CONTOUR=10
S52_MAR_TWO_SHADES=1
S52_DEPTH_UNIT_SHOW=0
[Settings/AIS]
bNoCPAMax=0
NoCPAMaxNMi=20
bCPAWarn=0
CPAWarnNMi=2
bTCPAMax=0
TCPAMaxMinutes=30
bMarkLostTargets=1
MarkLost_Minutes=8
bRemoveLostTargets=1
RemoveLost_Minutes=10
bShowCOGArrows=1
CogArrowMinutes=6
bShowTargetTracks=0
TargetTracksMinutes=20
bShowMooredTargets=1
MooredTargetMaxSpeedKnots=0.2
bAISAlertDialog=0
bAISAlertAudio=0
AISAlertAudioFile=
bAISAlertSuppressMoored=0
AlertDialogSizeX=200
AlertDialogSizeY=200
AlertDialogPosX=200
AlertDialogPosY=200
QueryDialogPosX=200
QueryDialogPosY=200
AISTargetListPerspective=
AISTargetListRange=40
AISTargetListSortColumn=2
bAISTargetListSortReverse=0
AISTargetListColumnSpec=
S57QueryDialogSizeX=200
S57QueryDialogSizeY=200
bAISRolloverShowClass=0
bAISRolloverShowCOG=0
bAISRolloverShowCPA=0
bAISAlertAckTimeout=0
AlertAckTimeoutMinutes=0
[Settings/NMEADataSource]
Source=None
BaudRate=4800
[Settings/NMEAAutoPilotPort]
Port=None
[Settings/WiFiServer]
Server=NONE
[Settings/AISPort]
Port=None
[Settings/MSWFonts]
FontConsoleLegend=Console Legend:0;-8;0;0;0;400;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;MS Sans Serif:rgb(0, 0, 0)
FontConsoleValue=Console Value:0;-8;0;0;0;400;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;MS Sans Serif:rgb(0, 0, 0)
FontToolTips=ToolTips:0;-8;0;0;0;400;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;MS Sans Serif:rgb(0, 0, 0)
FontExtendedTideIcon=ExtendedTideIcon:0;-8;0;0;0;400;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;MS Sans Serif:rgb(0, 0, 0)
[Settings/Others]
ShowRadarRings=0
RadarRingsNumberVisible=1
RadarRingsStep=1
RadarRingsStepUnits=0
WaypointPreventDragging=0
EnableZoomToCursor=0
ShowTrackIcon=1
TrackIntervalSeconds=60
TrackDeltaDistance=0.1
EnableTrackByTime=1
EnableTrackByDistance=0
[Settings/ObjectFilter]
vizUNSARE=1
vizLNDARE=1
vizDEPARE=1
vizSEAARE=1
vizDMPGRD=1
vizCTNARE=1
vizCBLARE=1
vizPRCARE=1
vizPILBOP=1
vizOBSTRN=1
vizMIPARE=1
vizRESARE=1
vizCBLSUB=1
vizBUAARE=1
vizLNDMRK=1
vizWRECKS=1
vizUWTROC=1
vizSBDARE=1
vizLOCMAG=1
vizLNDRGN=1
vizRDOSTA=1
vizLNDELV=1
vizBUISGL=1
vizDEPCNT=1
vizOFSPLF=1
vizPILPNT=1
vizRECTRC=1
vizPIPSOL=1
vizSOUNDG=1
vizRTPBCN=1
vizFOGSIG=1
vizSLCONS=1
vizCOALNE=1
vizDAYMAR=1
vizLIGHTS=1
vizBOYSPP=1
vizMORFAC=1
vizBOYLAT=1
vizBCNSPP=1
vizBCNLAT=1
vizTSEZNE=1
vizFAIRWY=1
vizTSSLPT=1
vizBRIDGE=1
vizRIVERS=1
vizWEDKLP=1
vizWATTUR=1
vizSILTNK=1
vizTSSBND=1
vizBOYSAW=1
vizLAKARE=1
vizADMARE=1
vizDRYDOC=1
vizCANALS=1
vizSLOTOP=1
vizNAVLNE=1
vizTOPMAR=1
vizSLOGRD=1
vizM_NPUB=1
vizM_COVR=1
vizM_QUAL=1
vizM_NSYS=1
vizM_ACCY=1
[Directories]
S57DataLocation=C:\\Program Files\\OpenCPN\\s57data
SENCFileLocation=C:\\ProgramData\\opencpn\\SENC
PresentationLibraryData=
CM93DictionaryLocation=
InitChartDir=C:\\Temp
GPXIODir=
[PlugIns]
[PlugIns/Dashboard]
bEnabled=0
[PlugIns/GRIB]
bEnabled=0
[PlugIns/BSB4]
bEnabled=1
[PlugIns/GoogleEarth]
WindowWidth=610
WindowHeight=626
WindowFloating=1
AlwaysStartHidden=0
DisconnectOnGEAction=1
UpdateSettingsFromGE=1
ShowBoatInGE=1
WhatToFollow=3
CameraAzimuth=0
CameraTilt=0
CameraRange=1538
WindowOpacity=255
bEnabled=1
[AUI]
AUIPerspective=layout2|name=ChartCanvas;caption=;s tate=768;dir=5;layer=0;row=0;pos=0;prop=100000;bes tw=1286;besth=928;minw=-1;minh=-1;maxw=-1;maxh=-1;floatx=-1;floaty=-1;floatw=-1;floath=-1|name=PianoStats;caption=;state=764;dir=3;layer=0 ;row=0;pos=1;prop=100000;bestw=1286;besth=22;minw=-1;minh=-1;maxw=-1;maxh=-1;floatx=-1;floaty=-1;floatw=-1;floath=-1|name=GoogleEarth;caption=GoogleEarth;state=1999; dir=4;layer=0;row=0;pos=0;prop=100000;bestw=610;be sth=626;minw=300;minh=300;maxw=-1;maxh=-1;floatx=1409;floaty=80;floatw=626;floath=660|dock _size(5,0,0)=289|dock_size(3,0,0)=24|

[Capt.Don]

Pavel,
I removed Google Earth plugin and the c:\temp directory - now runs on startup,
Don

[janp391]

Thanks for the new update.
Installed on my Eeepc 900 netbook running XP, over my previously installed 2.5
Installed without any problem and running ok.
But............
When checking "Use Open GL" all lighthouses disappear on the cm93 chart. When unchecking it is back again. Everything else is the same.