skipperearly, thanks for the feedback. Features that could be considered for a future release (or incorporated into the Dashboard Tactics plugin)
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In my opinion The Race Start Display is not useful at the current state of development. Dont get me wrong, what is there works but would not consider using it in a regatta
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The Race Start Display was initially designed for friends who were new to sailing &
racing where I thought "simple" countdown timer would be of assistance to them. It was never intended for real
racing where one would expect additional features such as determining the favoured end etc.
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sync of count down timer to last full minute
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Do you want additional buttons for 4' and 1'
guns ?
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resetting/correcting Port and Starboard location and showing them within Ocpn
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OK, could implement, but on the other hand why not just close and reopen the dialog ? I personally have never encountered a situation where the start line is moved during the 5' start sequence. BTW the port & starboard ends are "dropped" onto the chart as temporary marks. not sure what you mean by "showing them within OpenCPN" ?
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regatta clock: meaning show time and when start sequence has expired continue showing lapsed race time
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OK, easy to do. At present I think the countdown timer continues to run and probably displays a negative value for the elapsed time.
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Finally - this race start time pi would be most useful if run on a mobile device and connected to ocpn on the navi desk. Have tried VNC on mobile phone connected to ocpn on raspi without joy. Would vote for a dedicated app communicating with ocpn rather than a plugin.
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As the code is open source, feel free to dissect it and port to your favourite mobile platform. It ain't rocket science. And as most mobile device incorporate a
GPS and can obtain their own position fix, a standalone app need not have any dependencies or connections to
OpenCPN.