Plugin: DashBoard

[GWB]

Thanks for the reply Thomas. Do you know if VHW (speed through water) will be incorporated anytime soon?
Thanks again!

[cagney]

STW is already available!
Time to read the documentation
Dashboard Plugin | Official OpenCPN Homepage
Thomas

[GWB]

Originally Posted by cagney

STW is already available!
Time to read the documentation
Dashboard Plugin | Official OpenCPN Homepage
Thomas

Unless I'm mistaken (this happens a lot!) STW is not the same as VHW ..or at least, OCPN does not recognize the VHW header...

[cagney]

I can't test this myself, but a look at the code for the Dashboard, indicates that it should read VHW sentences.

Thomas

[SethDart]

Yes, Thomas is right (as always ;-) )
VHW NMEA sentence is read by the dashboard. It's values can be used in heading and stw display (also included in the bottom of the speedometer instrument)

Jean-Eudes

[SethDart]

After a truly Epic adventure, the French/Swedish window resizing ninjas presents: THE DASHBOARD REBORN

Features:
- resizable dashboards
- context menu
- timer controller refresh (every 1s)
- new color scheme, can be styled through chartsymbols.xml
- instrument unit defined from nmea input
- new compass dial (HDT), old compass (COG) renamed to "GPS Compass"
- pretty moon phase display
- AWA dial obsoleted (duplicate with AWA+AWS dial)
- cleaner wind instrument naming

It's just pushed to master, to be included in next beta!

[SethDart]

I forgot the most visible part (the resizing feature was such a nightmare..): the new graphics are pretty, antialiased.

Enjoy!

BTW, many many thanks to Jesper for so many hours coding, testing, doing it all over again to achieve the goals, and more. Cheers ;-)

[JesperWe]

...as they say: Pics, or it didn't happen!

[stensmo]

Originally Posted by JesperWe

...as they say: Pics, or it didn't happen!

Looks great!

[rooiedirk]

Hoi,
Looks are definitely improved.
In my copy of master the True Wind & Speed instruments does't show a value and has the background for a app. wind instrument.
WKR
Dirk

[JesperWe]

Originally Posted by rooiedirk

Hoi,
Looks are definitely improved.
In my copy of master the True Wind & Speed instruments does't show a value and has the background for a app. wind instrument.
WKR
Dirk

The naming is not optimal !

True Wind Angle shows the true wind direction actually, and looks correct. The True Wind Angle & Speed shows angle versus the boat, and should look the same as the apparent angle, but show true instead of apparent.

For the True Wind Angle & Speed to show an angle you need that information in your NMEA stream. A lot of systems do not include it by default.

[ChuckSK]

The DashBoard plugin crashes opencpn consistently after 55 minutes. Here are before and after pictures and the log file.

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17:33:15: 2012-10-11
17:33:15:  ------- Starting OpenCPN -------
17:33:15: Version 3.1.919 Build 2012-09-19
17:33:15: wxWidgets version: wxWidgets 2.8.12
17:33:15: MemoryStatus:  mem_total: 3573 mb,  mem_initial: 13 mb
17:33:15: SData_Locn is C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\
17:33:15: Using existing Config_File: C:\ProgramData\opencpn\opencpn.ini
17:33:15: Styles loading from C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\uidata\styles.xml
17:33:15: No styles found at: C:\ProgramData\opencpn\
17:33:15: No styles found at: C:\ProgramData\opencpn\.opencpn\
17:33:15: Setting Viewpoint Lat/Lon 33.9429, -118.696
17:33:15: Setting Ownship Lat/Lon 34.2338, -118.268
17:33:15: System default Language:  en_US
17:33:15: Opencpn language set to:  en_US
17:33:16: ChartSymbols loaded from C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\s57data\chartsymbols.xml
17:33:17: Using s57data in C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\s57data
17:33:17: Setting Viewpoint Lat/Lon 33.9429, -118.696
17:33:17: Setting Ownship Lat/Lon 34.2338, -118.268
17:33:17: NMEA Data Source is....Serial:COM7
17:33:18: AIS Data Source is....Serial:COM5
17:33:18: OpenPD: 320, new_count = 1 for COM7
17:33:19: NMEA AutoPilot Port is....None
17:33:20: PlugInManager searching for PlugIns in location C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\plugins
17:33:20: PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\plugins/dashboard_pi.dll
17:33:20:   C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\plugins/dashboard_pi.dll Version detected: 106
17:33:20: PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\plugins/grib_pi.dll
17:33:20:   C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\plugins/grib_pi.dll Version detected: 107
17:33:20: OpenGL-> Renderer String: Intel 965/963 Graphics Media Accelerator
17:33:20: OpenGL-> Detected Intel renderer, disabling stencil buffer
17:33:20: OpenGL-> Detected Intel renderer, disabling FBO
17:33:20: OpenGL-> Framebuffer Objects unavailable
17:33:20: OpenGL-> Using Depth buffer clipping
17:33:20: OpenGL-> Estimated Max Resident Textures: 172
17:33:20: ChartDB Cache policy:  Application target is 1024 MBytes
17:33:20: Loading chart db version: V017
17:33:20: Chartdb: Chart directory list follows
17:33:20:   Chart directory #0: C:\Users\Chuck\Charts\BSB_charts
17:33:20:   Chart directory #1: C:\Users\Chuck\Charts\ENC_charts
17:33:20:   Chart directory #2: C:\Users\Chuck\Charts\CM93January2011
17:33:20:   Chart directory #3: C:\Users\Chuck\Charts\Google_charts
17:33:21: GPS Watchdog Timeout is: 6 sec.
17:33:21: Initializing Chart C:\Users\Chuck\Charts\CM93January2011\CM93January2011\00300000\A\00300000.A
17:33:21: CM93Composite Chart Root is C:\Users\Chuck\Charts\CM93January2011\CM93January2011\
17:33:21: Loaded CM93 Dictionary from C:\Users\Chuck\Charts\CM93January2011\CM93January2011\
17:33:21: Loading CM93 cell C:\Users\Chuck\Charts\CM93January2011\CM93January2011\03300720/C/03660720.C
17:33:22: Loading CM93 cell C:\Users\Chuck\Charts\CM93January2011\CM93January2011\03300720/B/03600720.B
17:33:23: LOGBOOK:  2012-10-12 00:33:23 UTC  GPS Lat   34.23387 Lon -118.26820 COG  190.13000 SOG   0.97
18:00:00: LOGBOOK:  2012-10-12 01:00:00 UTC  GPS Lat   34.23374 Lon -118.26810 COG  253.45000 SOG   0.18
18:00:00: Using bells sound file: C:\Program Files\OpenCPN\sounds\4bells.wav
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\font.cpp(395): 'CreateFont' failed with error 0x00000000 (the operation completed successfully.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dc.cpp(2563): assert "hdcDst && hdcSrc" failed in AlphaBlt(): AlphaBlt(): invalid HDC
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dc.cpp(2590): 'AlphaBlend' failed with error 0x00000057 (the parameter is incorrect.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dib.cpp(134): 'CreateDIBSection' failed with error 0x00000057 (the parameter is incorrect.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dc.cpp(2626): 'BitBlt' failed with error 0x00000006 (the handle is invalid.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dc.cpp(2634): assert "dataDst && dataSrc" failed in wxAlphaBlend(): failed to get raw data in wxAlphaBlend
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\font.cpp(395): 'CreateFont' failed with error 0x00000000 (the operation completed successfully.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\font.cpp(395): 'CreateFont' failed with error 0x00000000 (the operation completed successfully.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\font.cpp(395): 'CreateFont' failed with error 0x00000000 (the operation completed successfully.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\font.cpp(395): 'CreateFont' failed with error 0x00000000 (the operation completed successfully.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dc.cpp(2563): assert "hdcDst && hdcSrc" failed in AlphaBlt(): AlphaBlt(): invalid HDC
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dc.cpp(2590): 'AlphaBlend' failed with error 0x00000057 (the parameter is incorrect.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dib.cpp(134): 'CreateDIBSection' failed with error 0x00000057 (the parameter is incorrect.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dc.cpp(2626): 'BitBlt' failed with error 0x00000006 (the handle is invalid.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dc.cpp(2634): assert "dataDst && dataSrc" failed in wxAlphaBlend(): failed to get raw data in wxAlphaBlend
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\font.cpp(395): 'CreateFont' failed with error 0x00000000 (the operation completed successfully.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dc.cpp(2563): assert "hdcDst && hdcSrc" failed in AlphaBlt(): AlphaBlt(): invalid HDC
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dc.cpp(2590): 'AlphaBlend' failed with error 0x00000057 (the parameter is incorrect.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dib.cpp(134): 'CreateDIBSection' failed with error 0x00000057 (the parameter is incorrect.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dc.cpp(2626): 'BitBlt' failed with error 0x00000006 (the handle is invalid.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dc.cpp(2634): assert "dataDst && dataSrc" failed in wxAlphaBlend(): failed to get raw data in wxAlphaBlend
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\font.cpp(395): 'CreateFont' failed with error 0x00000000 (the operation completed successfully.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\font.cpp(395): 'CreateFont' failed with error 0x00000000 (the operation completed successfully.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dc.cpp(2563): assert "hdcDst && hdcSrc" failed in AlphaBlt(): AlphaBlt(): invalid HDC
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dc.cpp(2590): 'AlphaBlend' failed with error 0x00000057 (the parameter is incorrect.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dib.cpp(134): 'CreateDIBSection' failed with error 0x00000057 (the parameter is incorrect.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dc.cpp(2626): 'BitBlt' failed with error 0x00000006 (the handle is invalid.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dc.cpp(2634): assert "dataDst && dataSrc" failed in wxAlphaBlend(): failed to get raw data in wxAlphaBlend
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\bitmap.cpp(1108): 'SelectObject(destBitmap)' failed with error 0x00000006 (the handle is invalid.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\bitmap.cpp(1114): 'BitBlt' failed with error 0x00000006 (the handle is invalid.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\bitmap.cpp(1108): 'SelectObject(destBitmap)' failed with error 0x00000006 (the handle is invalid.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\bitmap.cpp(1114): 'BitBlt' failed with error 0x00000006 (the handle is invalid.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\bitmap.cpp(1108): 'SelectObject(destBitmap)' failed with error 0x00000006 (the handle is invalid.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\bitmap.cpp(1114): 'BitBlt' failed with error 0x00000006 (the handle is invalid.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\bitmap.cpp(1108): 'SelectObject(destBitmap)' failed with error 0x00000006 (the handle is invalid.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\bitmap.cpp(1114): 'BitBlt' failed with error 0x00000006 (the handle is invalid.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dib.cpp(134): 'CreateDIBSection' failed with error 0x00000057 (the parameter is incorrect.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\bitmap.cpp(1092): assert "ret.Ok()" failed in wxBitmap::GetSubBitmapOfHDC(): GetSubBitmap error
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\bitmap.cpp(1108): 'SelectObject(destBitmap)' failed with error 0x00000006 (the handle is invalid.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\bitmap.cpp(1114): 'BitBlt' failed with error 0x00000006 (the handle is invalid.).
18:27:52: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dc.cpp(1181): assert "bmp.Ok()" failed in wxDC::DoDrawBitmap(): invalid bitmap in wxDC::DrawBitmap
18:27:53: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\dib.cpp(134): 'CreateDIBSection' failed with error 0x00000057 (the parameter is incorrect.).
18:27:53: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\font.cpp(395): 'CreateFont' failed with error 0x00000006 (the handle is invalid.).
18:27:53: Debug: ..\..\src\msw\font.cpp(395): 'CreateFont' failed with error 0x00000006 (the handle is invalid.).

Chuck

[kiltym]

Originally Posted by JesperWe

For the True Wind Angle & Speed to show an angle you need that information in your NMEA stream. A lot of systems do not include it by default.

Don't most Nav instrument displays, like PolarCom and NavMonPC simply use the TWA and Heading to calculate the True Wind Direction?

Seems like a simple calculation to do, but don't know anything about how the plugin works.

[kiltym]

Originally Posted by kiltym

Don't most Nav instrument displays, like PolarCom and NavMonPC simply use the TWA and Heading to calculate the True Wind Direction?

Seems like a simple calculation to do, but don't know anything about how the plugin works.

Sorry, think I was confused.

Seems the True Wind Direction is correct, just not data for the TWA and TWS.

My bad.

[SethDart]

Originally Posted by ChuckSK

The DashBoard plugin crashes opencpn consistently after 55 minutes. Here are before and after pictures and the log file.

Chuck, I cannot reproduce that. It's been running here for more that 3 hours without crashing. Your debug trace has nothing related to the dashboard plugin. Can you try to reproduce with the dashboard plugin disabled?
Are you playing some specific nmea stream? Is it plugged to your nmea network or is it just left running as is, without any input?

Thanks,
Jean-Eudes