WeatherRouting_pi in ver 4.4 - Working for anyone?

[norulz]

I'm unable to get WR to work in ver 4.4
Has anyone been successful?

I'm using the newest version (weather_routing_pi-.-ov4.4-39e448-improv-gui-sean-master-win32.exe) and also tried the WR version that worked with 4.2.

There are some changes in the boat and polar setup. I may have missed some setting.


Thanks,
David

[.Paul.]

David,

Rick's (rgleason) post

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ml#post2145730

contains a screenshot that shows it worked for him.

My own builds of the Weather Routing plugin with OpenCPN 4.4.0 (downloaded from OpenCPN.org) works for me.

A "polar" file for the boat is needed in this version. The WR plugin for OpenCPN 4.2.0 could use the "sailboat transform" as an approximation to the polar data. I found that OpenCPN 4.4.0 and the latest code for WR will fail if the "sailboat transform" from OpenCPN 4.2.0 and an older WR is still in "C:\programdata\opencpn...". Switching the boat configuration to use a polar data file fixed it.

Paul

[rgleason]

Paul is correct about the location of the polar files. See the weather_routing thread please.

[norulz]

I was using a polar in the previous versions.
In 4.4 I created a new boat.xml file and "added" the original polar.
This did not work.
I then tried some of the given polars and still could not get it to work.

[norulz]

Issue resolved.

Moved the polar file from its usual place in the Program File tree and put it in a writable folder (without admin rights)

[rgleason]

Sorry, its beta. You will have to read the other post carefully or wait for release. It works if you set it up properly.

[seandepagnier]

I am sorry about the writable error. I have fixed the error reporting to inform this, but more importantly, I am going to figure a way to make it work correctly without requiring the polars to be writable.

[Andreas29]

Hi,

got (maybe the same?) prob.

Using a pi2 with newest jessie, oc 4.4 wr-plugin and climatology plugin. Using the ready-build packages from the ppa.

When starting the wr-plugin I get an error message like (in short words) "no climatology data" but before starting wr I activate the climatology plugin and I can see the climatology data on the screen.
Trying to copy the data Folder to an other place but this does not solve the prob.

In the config-window the climatology-button is greyed out.
Using the grib optin produce an error "incompatible grid data"

Sugestions?

Thanks

Andreas

[seandepagnier]

did you try building weather routing from source?

The packaged plugins are in sync with 4.2 not 4.4 but the source of the plugins works in 4.4

[Silver_Surfer]

I'm sorry I don't follow what you did to solve the same issue I'm having with WR. my boat polar is opencpn/plugins/weather_routing are you saying put it some other file location? meaning the boat polar? or the whole weather_routing folder?

[rgleason]

Opencpn v4.4 Weather_Routing_pi -Read Carefully.
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ml#post2148486

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ml#post2148389

Get the Opencpn v4.4 Windows Weather_routing_pi plugin here
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ml#post2147539

Older post
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ng-100060.html

[Silver_Surfer]

not sure whats going on but when I try to pick a xml file I get an error message saying no file exists. when I import my boats polar to weatherrouting plugin I get this error message. I had opencpn 4.2 and the default boat.xml existed I exchanged it for my own file. not able to do it here.
this plugin came from the thingy file location and most recent fixes 4.4pi Win location
when I had 4.2 ver. I believe I created a boat charteristic file or xml file, not sure where that appears now. kinda lost

[rgleason]

Silver Surfer, the file from thingie works but you have to change paths for polar files etc from ProgramFiles (x86) to ProgramData ....

Look back in the thread I describe this more completely.

[Silver_Surfer]

Thx but I think this is beyond my skills in setting up the WR to work fine for me. Don't not see where I configure my boat for a .xml file. Have a .pol polar file but get an error message again. Uninstalling 4.4 and going back to 4.2 I guess
Thx again

[rgleason]

Sorry about that. I understand. It is beta. Hopefully this will get sorted out soon.