Trip Log, Sum Log activate

[AA_is_it]

New user of OpenCPN from polar. I cant seem to get trip log or sum log to show any activity. I was able to put them on dashboard along with other features, those two are the only ones not functioning. Recent download 4.8.2, recent plugins, Windows 10 on Surface Pro, using handheld gps to feed. Any Ideas. Thank You

[rgleason]

I no longer enter other peoples tracker requests. Sorry.

[nohal]

Originally Posted by AA_is_it

New user of OpenCPN from polar. I cant seem to get trip log or sum log to show any activity. I was able to put them on dashboard along with other features, those two are the only ones not functioning. Recent download 4.8.2, recent plugins, Windows 10 on Surface Pro, using handheld gps to feed. Any Ideas. Thank You

The dashboard simply shows data received from your instruments, it does not calculate any values for you. In this case your handheld GPS probably does not produce such data.

[Baikal]

Originally Posted by nohal

The dashboard simply shows data received from your instruments, it does not calculate any values for you. In this case your handheld GPS probably does not produce such data.

For a long time asked that at least an odometer added that would count trips from a conventional GPS receiver.
It turns out that someone who does not measure the speed relative to water can not get Trip Log ((((

[Hakan]

Originally Posted by AA_is_it

......... I cant seem to get trip log or sum log to show any activity. I was able to put them on dashboard along with other features, those two are the only ones not functioning. ............... Any Ideas. Thank You

AA...
Just to complete others answer:
All data to Dashboard Trip and Sum_log instruments are read from the NMEA sentence: VLW. In my case it looks like this:
$IIVLW,2356.766,N,2340.382,N*44
My sentence originates from the on-board Simrad IS15 system.
So - You've to have some instrument feeding the NMEA --VLW. Check your instrument specification to find out. And a handheld GPS is probably not including that data.
Here's the VLW specification:

VLW - Distance Traveled through Water

1 2 3 4 5
| | | | |
$--VLW,x.x,N,x.x,N*hh<CR><LF>

Field Number:
1) Total cumulative distance
2) N = Nautical Miles
3) Distance since Reset
4) N = Nautical Miles
5) Checksum

[Baikal]

Restrictions!
Miles but how about kilometers?
All calculations from water(((
The odometer should be considered and based on the usual GPS
So works in any chartplotter

[Hakan]

Originally Posted by Baikal

...
Miles but how about kilometers?...r

Depends on the user units set in Dashboard:

[Baikal]

If this can work only if you have a GPS receiver, then it's great!

[Hakan]

Not very likely. Most GPS wont send --VLW. Some plotters and navigation system may.

[Baikal]

Originally Posted by Hakan

Not very likely. Most GPS wont send --VLW. Some plotters and navigation system may.

most connect to CPN only USB GPS receiver. It is a pity that even a simple odometer is not!

[LennartG]

Please note that this is on the request list, see request #1506. Just go there and up-wote it, please.

[Baikal]

For a long time, the wish to add a regular odometer to CPN
Can someone take a dashboard for an ordinary odometer that works only from GPS readings with the option to reset the odometer?