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Forum: OpenCPN 15-07-2014, 20:10
Replies: 16
Views: 3,832
Posted By night0wl
Re: OpenCPN loses Position & Heading

i just swapped serial/usb cables, and everything just works, no errors, no checksum clashes....all good. im ordering some higher quality ftdi chipset cables now.

thanks all for the assist!
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Forum: OpenCPN 14-07-2014, 21:43
Replies: 16
Views: 3,832
Posted By night0wl
Re: OpenCPN loses Position & Heading

The raymarine interface does have a nmea out thats going to my ICOM vhf (gps for DSC) and to the AIS data input. I'd like to use this RS232 for ease of use.

I've ordered new FTDI based chipset...
Forum: OpenCPN 13-07-2014, 21:28
Replies: 16
Views: 3,832
Posted By night0wl
Re: OpenCPN loses Position & Heading

Pavel,

Can you suggest additional tests?

As it stands, I'm thinking there could be 2 issues. First is some kind of driver issue with the PL2303 on Debian/Raspbian. The other is that its an...
Forum: OpenCPN 11-07-2014, 21:07
Replies: 16
Views: 3,832
Posted By night0wl
Re: OpenCPN loses Position & Heading

Pavel -

I've been working to simplify things. So far, I've determined now that the AIS is rock solid. It works, the data stream is clean. its the NMEA0183 4800 baud instrument stream thats...
Forum: OpenCPN 10-07-2014, 20:10
Replies: 16
Views: 3,832
Posted By night0wl
Re: OpenCPN loses Position & Heading

i stand corrected. got my new tablet, and this issue has returned. im stumped. Any advice????
Forum: OpenCPN 07-07-2014, 23:00
Replies: 16
Views: 3,832
Posted By night0wl
Re: OpenCPN loses Position & Heading

EUREKA!

I figured out my problem. Turns out, the AIS bare wire to DB9 connections were *just* a bit loose. Apparently, this causes interference, resulting in screwing heading data coming from...
Forum: OpenCPN 07-07-2014, 22:35
Replies: 16
Views: 3,832
Posted By night0wl
Re: OpenCPN loses Position & Heading

Ok, i got ZTERM and did a capture with JUST the NMEA instruments. Interestingly enough, no issues at all. No collisions, no mess-ups.

Here is the capture

https://www.filedropper.com/test7-8-14
Forum: OpenCPN 07-07-2014, 21:48
Replies: 16
Views: 3,832
Posted By night0wl
Re: OpenCPN loses Position & Heading

What would cause odd characters in the data stream?
Forum: OpenCPN 07-07-2014, 21:21
Replies: 16
Views: 3,832
Posted By night0wl
Re: OpenCPN loses Position & Heading

Here is what I did to record the nmea stream. First, I turned OFF the kplex service. Then I launched kplex via standalong command line, redirecting the output to a flat flie (nmeastream). I then...
Forum: OpenCPN 07-07-2014, 20:21
Replies: 16
Views: 3,832
Posted By night0wl
Re: OpenCPN loses Position & Heading

Pavel - the data is coming entirely through my Raspberry Pi running kplex right now. That is why everything is coming over TCP. These errors occur regardless of whether I'm getting the data via TCP...
Forum: OpenCPN 07-07-2014, 19:26
Replies: 16
Views: 3,832
Posted By night0wl
OpenCPN loses Position & Heading

hi all,

just working to get my NMEA / AIS streams active in OpenCPN after a long absence from the boat. When I left, everthing seemed to work just fine. Now, however, I'm seeing really weird...
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