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Forum: OpenCPN 06-10-2022, 11:09
Replies: 5
Views: 1,628
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: Watchdog for OpenCpn

I am not having any success generating an AIS Guard Zone Alarm. In testing I can say that an WatchDog Anchor Watch alarm operates. But, Exclusion Zones created with ODraw entered in Watchdog using...
Forum: OpenCPN 05-10-2022, 10:49
Replies: 638
Views: 80,369
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: Watchdog Plugin

Help! Watch Dog AIS Guard Zone

I cannot seem to get Watch Dog to alarm an AIS Guard Zone. I am located where there are plenty of AIS targets (near a ferry route). I have been able to confirm...
Forum: OpenCPN 07-02-2022, 11:54
Replies: 2,451
Views: 370,161
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: Weather Routing/openCPN mounted on a USB drive

I have been experimenting with WR with good results. In the learning phase I have struggled with polar files. At this point I am cleaning and upgrading to the latest version. I want to experiment...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 31-03-2021, 05:41
Replies: 104
Views: 24,549
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: Coolest paint on a sailboat?

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnjHo_SIdUyLoGjK22NzozIVKwoE?e=0JbMXN

Alexseal paint on a Bill Tripp Sr. Yawl predecessor to the Bi 40
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 30-03-2021, 10:51
Replies: 104
Views: 24,549
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: Coolest paint on a sailboat?

https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/0svmtXMbXeIxAYcfXFr0syMcA#View_recent_photos

Trying to post the image one last time
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 30-03-2021, 05:33
Replies: 104
Views: 24,549
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: Coolest paint on a sailboat?

Tried multiple times, not getting anywhere. Sorry......
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 30-03-2021, 04:19
Replies: 104
Views: 24,549
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: Coolest paint on a sailboat?

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0mXA7Ab_r3oPQ9t3RVVF_jx9w

[URL="https://share.icloud.com/photos/0mXA7Ab_r3oPQ9t3RVVF_jx9w"]

This freshly painted boat caught my eye on the AICW. I spoke with...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 08-06-2020, 10:09
Replies: 109
Views: 21,631
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: DIY clean hull without diving

Be careful with kids and Hookah. ShLlow water diving with compressed air an be very dangerous cause (pneumothorax), collapsed lung.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 31-03-2020, 04:19
Replies: 61
Views: 10,985
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: Motoring the ICW with limited experience

While under way, motor with one eye on the Fathometer like a cat fish constantly feeling for the channel edge, the other on the channel markers. The aqua maps app include army corp surveys which can...
Forum: OpenCPN 29-03-2020, 07:10
Replies: 1,668
Views: 259,862
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: WeatherFax ...

I agree...picking the gradient is more difficult especially in shore where the isobars direction are more variable...offshore they are more circular. So, some propose that you can know by looking...
Forum: OpenCPN 27-03-2020, 09:03
Replies: 1,668
Views: 259,862
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: WeatherFax ...

Does this help? The flows are directional...so measure into low pressure and out of high pressure....and derive you hemisphere from you position....
Forum: OpenCPN 27-03-2020, 04:23
Replies: 1,668
Views: 259,862
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: WeatherFax ...

Rick,

I am at Boating on the Thames...up the Thames River...abeam of the Nautilus Museum, just north of Connecticut College...
Forum: OpenCPN 26-03-2020, 10:57
Replies: 1,668
Views: 259,862
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: WeatherFax ...

Roger on the Programmer.

Is there a process? Maybe a OpenCPN programmer society....please excuse my naivete'. Maybe a more generic thread I could post to? This thread might not have enough...
Forum: OpenCPN 19-03-2020, 16:49
Replies: 1,668
Views: 259,862
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: WeatherFax ...

Well apparently Sean doesn’t feel this idea has much utility, or if it does, he doesn’t feel it is appropriate for Weatherfax. It does overlap GRIB strategies, but is more data frugal. (I think the...
Forum: OpenCPN 18-03-2020, 16:50
Replies: 1,668
Views: 259,862
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: WeatherFax ...

David! An excellent demo of the possibilities.....Chuck Wargo
Forum: OpenCPN 18-03-2020, 14:26
Replies: 1,668
Views: 259,862
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: WeatherFax ...

Here’s an example of a output from an iOS app (Windy). It’s too cluttered for our purposes, but the core info is not bad 1 line, wind speed and direction. Simple because the underlying info...
Forum: OpenCPN 17-03-2020, 10:49
Replies: 1,668
Views: 259,862
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: WeatherFax ...

I think the programming to find the inter-isobar distance automatically would be challenging because the isobars/weather fax are crude images. So best to let the human make the value judgement via...
Forum: OpenCPN 16-03-2020, 11:27
Replies: 1,668
Views: 259,862
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: WeatherFax ...

Rick,

All good points. I will reach out to David Burch to see if he and I can agree to some code-able practical answers. He has some more experience to share I’m certain.

Chuck Wargo
...
Forum: OpenCPN 15-03-2020, 18:46
Replies: 1,668
Views: 259,862
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: WeatherFax ...

Maybe we could toggle the measure function to read in knots using the formula when a weatherfax overlay is displayed. It would be more direct than trying to match the geostrophic wind scale to the...
Forum: OpenCPN 18-02-2020, 11:57
Replies: 1,668
Views: 259,862
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: WeatherFax ...

Who Knows how you might embed a Geostrophic Wind Scale on a Weatherfax Synoptic Chart from NOAA OPC ->Atlantic. Some UK synoptic charts have such a scale embedded while NOAA chooses not to include...
Forum: OpenCPN 14-02-2020, 14:37
Replies: 1,668
Views: 259,862
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: WeatherFax ...

I found the file from Mr. Burtch and when I finally got it copied into the right directory, problem solved. I didn't discover any OS/windows formatting issue either with the XML

You guys are...
Forum: OpenCPN 14-02-2020, 06:05
Replies: 1,668
Views: 259,862
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: WeatherFax ...

I have been having trouble importing weatherfax images from NOAA OPC ->Atlantic using the WeatherFax_pi plugin. Other sources seem to work OK though I haven's tested them all.

I am able to...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 27-07-2019, 03:45
Replies: 60
Views: 12,533
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: I DID SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY, STUPID

Lesson learned 40 years ago. Man primarily learn through their mistakes, the lucky ones survive the lesson.

At the time I was surrounded by skilled craftsmen, in the gritty underbelly of a...
Forum: OpenCPN 27-02-2019, 11:57
Replies: 2,028
Sticky: Help / FAQ
Views: 565,338
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: Help / FAQ

Help....

Ive lost access to two pop-ups. Watchdog and the AIS Alert. When a vessel meets the alert criteria, the audible alarm rings but the pop up which includes the acknowledge button does...
Forum: OpenCPN 28-08-2018, 02:47
Replies: 118
Views: 22,516
Posted By BILLY_BUDD
Re: autopilot route plugin

A. This seems like a good idea for a watchdog plugin alarm. It is not difficult to do. I just implemented pypilot specific autopilot alarms for watchdog, but nothing to do with route following yet.
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