Josh, Thanks! That's a lot of info to digest!
Joel On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 8:43 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Joel, > > SignalK is barely compatible with anything. Nobody has really developed > any end of line applications or hardware. It is really most useful for IoT > situations. What OpenPlotter does is pull together a bunch of off the > shelf open-source linux apps and dresses them up in a python script gui > interface. > > One of the most powerful apps is kplex. It takes input signals, processes > the signals according to your rules and then multiplexes them to various > outputs as a stream of applicable data. I don't know if it takes SignalK > inputs. > > SignalK simply takes that multiplexed signal stream, processes the > sentences into json web script, and serves them back out on a specific > tcp/ip port (usually localhoat:3000). The strength of SignalK is that it > is open source and natively tcp/ip compatible. If you wanted to serve > refrigerator temperature out as part of the available ships info then you > could write a simple Json script to name, calibrate, format and serve the > signal out on the network. To do that with NMEA 0183 or 2k the industry > would have to develop and release additional sentences for the nmea > protocol. 0183 is at least a public standard and the sentences are made > public for device development. 2k is actually closed and the only reason > the public knows the sentences is because users have backwards engineered > (hacked) the signal stream. If you just want to see standard info > wirelessly on remote devices then kplex or a wifi to nmea multiplexer is > the way to go. Your end of line device/app is unlikely to be able to > interpret SignalK anyway. For example OpenCPN. OpenPlotter is generating > the SignalK on port 3000. It is up to the app or hardware as to whether or > not to receive it. I'm not sure if kplex will take input from SignalK but > I don't think so. > > Your IKommunicate IS a wifi-nmea multiplexer. The signal that it is > likely serving out on tcp/ip port 10110 (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:10110) is a > standard tty nmea signal. And OpenCPN can take it as an input. It is also > serving SignalK on port 3000. I believe the IKommunicate IS a wifi router > with a single cat5e port. If you absolutely need to serve other hardwired > devices then connect the cat5e to the lan ports of a router and set the > IKommunicate to DHCP and client mode. In the router set the IKommunicate's > ip address as static dhcp and assign a hostname to it. When you go to your > web browser or when you are entering the ip:port in opencpn you will be > able to use the hostname which you set or the ip and probably port 10110 > (hostname:10110 or xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:10110). I like host names since they > are easy to remember and often can be shorter but some MFDs may force ip > addresses. Either way it will work. > > The last I checked the PI is available on the OpenPlotter website as a > pre-configured package. Even if it isn't, the setup and acquisition of the > necessary hardware/software is not terribly hard. And costs less than > $200 total. > > My pi hw/sw has been further modified to include the: > *UPSpico - onboard power management UPS hardware including: fan, Real time > clock, file safe shutdown, and 7-32vdc input. > *NoVNC software - allows for clientless remote desktop access via a remote > web browser > *Fan control scripts - linked to overclock and overvoltage settings to > improve performance but maintain reliability > *Apache Web service and webpage - makes attaching to the OpenPlotter and > viewing data easy. No need to remember ip addresses, urls, or port numbers > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > > On Mar 30, 2017 4:28 PM, "Joel Aronson via CnC-List" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Josh, > > OpenCPN is not Signal K compatible despite what is on the OpenPlotter > website. Maybe in release 5.something. > > Can you buy the Pi preloaded or do you have to assemble it yourself? > > I am hoping to get my Signal K to output to a router, but I'm hoping to do > 20 projects first. I'm several software releases behind on the Signal K > box. > > Joel > > On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Its definitely not an off the shelf setup which I have. It took a >> considerable amount of learning on my part but if anybody has any questions >> just let me know. >> >> Josh >> >> On Mar 30, 2017 11:46 AM, "E Morgan via CnC-List" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> REALLY slick, Josh! I've been playing with OpenCPN on my Pi3 and this >>> clarified some questions I had. Planning on using a similar setup as a >>> backup on my Pearson, but with NMEA2K and Signal K interfacing. In other >>> words, something to play with while at anchor. lol >>> >>> Thanks for the vids! >>> >>> Evan >>> Wind Affair, C&C 26 Encounter (for sale in Indianapolis) >>> Revery, Pearson 424 cutter (Merritt Island, FL) >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you >>> wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: >>> https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >>> >>> All Contributions are greatly appreciated! >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. 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