OpenPlotter
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general
Aim
- fit a cheap and open source ECDIS on board of a sailing vessel
analog
- rudder angle sensor (VDO 10-180 Ohm) not yet connected
- fuel-level port (???) not yet connected
- fuel-level starboard (???) not yet connected
- drinking water (???) not yet connected
nmea0183
- VHV radio (Navman VHF 7100) RS-422, differential
- gps (Garmin GPS 126) RS-232, single-ended
SeaTalkng network
- (AIS Class-B transceiver) ( http://www.allaboutais.com/index.php/en/products/products-on-the-market )
- autopilot control unit (Raymarine ACU-200)
- autopilot sensor (Raymarine EV1)
- autopilot instrument (Raymarine p70s)
- battery monitor (Victron BMV-702, 'VE.Direct to NMEA2000 interface')
- battery inverter/charger (Victron MultiPlus, 'VE.Bus to NMEA2000 interface')
- Raymarine iTC-5 converter
- sumlog (VDO, Model?)
- depth sounder (Airmar, Model?)
- Raymarine SeaTalk-SeaTalkng converter
- instrument (ST70)
- autopilot remote Raymarine A18106
- wind & close hauled/VMG instrument (Raymarine Wind ST50 Plus)
Parts (boat specific)
- Seatalkng extensions:
- Spur-Kabel mit 1 offenen Ende 3m Art.-Nr: A06044 EUR 40,-
- 5-Wege-Verbinder Art.-Nr: A06064 EUR 35,- (alternativ T-Stück Art.-Nr.: A06028 EUR 25,-)
- Backbone-Kabel 0,40m - A06033 EUR 30,-
Mini-PC
- Raspberry Pi 3 Model B EUR 33,50 or Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ EUR 35,-
- 16GB MicroSD Card EUR 10,-
- PiCAN 2 EUR 45,- or PiCAN 2 incl. SMPS EUR 52,-
openPlotter
- hardware
- Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
- PiCAN 2
- eth0 IP set to static (192.168.1.112)
Setup Pi:
- see also
- connect to openplotter-UI (eg. VNC)
- update openCPN
- upgrade Raspbian
- upgrade to openPlotter 0.17.1
- Preferences > Raspberry Configuration > Interfaces > SSH:enable (Remote-access via WinSCP and Putty defaults pi:raspberry)
- (sudo apt-get install tightvncserver (make RDP working))
- sudo apt-get install can-utils
- sudo apt-get install mc
- update node
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash - sudo apt install nodejs
- update signalk to latest
- kill running signalk-server process
cd /home/pi/.config rm -rf signalk-server-node_tmp git clone https://github.com/SignalK/signalk-server-node.git signalk-server-node_tmp cd signalk-server-node_tmp npm install && npm run prepublishOnly npm install mdns cd /home/pi/.config rm -rf signalk-server-node mv signalk-server-node_tmp signalk-server-node
- restart signalk @ openplotter-UI
Setup Android:
- RDC from playStore (working)
- aRDP free from playStore (suits my needs best)
Setup piCAN2:
- see also
- (in case you want to play with virtual-can-interfaces) add to /etc/modules
vcan
- add to /boot/config.txt
dtparam=spi=on dtoverlay=mcp2515-can0,oscillator=16000000,interrupt=25 dtoverlay=spi-bcm2835-overlay
- add to /etc/network/interfaces (might be overwritten by /home/pi/.config/openplotter/wifi_server.py!)
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
- add to /etc/network/interfaces/interfaces.d/can0
#physical can interfaces allow-hotplug can0 iface can0 can static bitrate 250000 down /sbin/ip link set $IFACE down up /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE txqueuelen 10000
- (in case you want to play with virtual-can-interfaces) add to /etc/network/interfaces/interfaces.d/vcan0
#virtual can interfaces auto vcan0 iface vcan0 inet manual pre-up /sbin/ip link add dev $IFACE type vcan up /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE up
- restart interfaces
service networking restart
- check interfaces (can0 and vcan0)
ifconfig
- install canboat
mkdir ~/canboat cd ~/canboat sudo apt-get install xsltproc git clone git://github.com/canboat/canboat cd canboat sudo make sudo make install
- add data-providers @ signalk web-interface
- NMEA2000 > canbus (canboat) (working)
- NMEA2000 > canbus (canboatjs) (not working https://github.com/SignalK/signalk-server-node/issues/489)
- working admin-ui generated canboat sample
{ "id": "canboat", "pipeElements": [ { "type": "providers/simple", "options": { "logging": false, "type": "NMEA2000", "subOptions": { "type": "canbus", "interface": "vcan0" } } } ], "enabled": false }
- not working admin-ui generated canboatjs sample
{ "id": "canboatjs", "pipeElements": [ { "type": "providers/simple", "options": { "logging": false, "type": "NMEA2000", "subOptions": { "type": "canbus-canboatjs", "interface": "vcan0" } } } ], "enabled": true }
- working canboatjs sample
{ "id": "canbus-canboatjs", "enabled": true, "pipeElements": [ { "type": "providers/canbus", "options": { "canDevice": "vcan0" } }, { "type": "providers/canboatjs" }, { "type": "providers/n2k-signalk" } ] }
- old working canboat sample
{ "id": "n2k-vcan0", "pipeElements": [ { "type": "providers/execute", "options": { "command": "candump vcan0 | candump2analyzer " } }, { "type": "providers/liner", "options": { "rawlogging": true, "logdir": "logs", "discriminator": "2" } }, { "type": "providers/n2kAnalyzer" }, { "type": "providers/n2k-signalk" } ] }
configure kplex and signalk
- 'Signal K Server Plugin Configuration' > activate 'Convert Signal K to NMEA0183'
- select sentences you are interested in
- NMEA0183 (this is kplex) > Advanced >
- add input channel tcp:localhost:10110
- remove filter at opencpn out channel
[tcp] name=signalk_in direction=in address=localhost port=10110 [tcp] name=opencpn direction=out mode=server port=10109
experimental
- https://github.com/chacal/signalk-socketcan-device
- add to add to /home/pi/.openplotter/openplotter-settings.json
{"pipeElements": [ {"type": "providers/execute", "options": {"command": "candump can0 | candump2analyzer | analyzer -json -si -nv"}}, {"type": "providers/liner"}, {"type": "providers/from_json"}, {"type": "signalk-socketcan-device", "options": {"n2kAddress": 110, "canDevice": "can0"}}, {"type": "providers/n2k-signalk"} ],"id": "n2k-can0" }
blackBox
- hardware
- Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+
- PiCAN 2 incl. SMPS
- eth0 IP set to static (here 192.168.1.111)
setup Raspbian Stretch Lite
- download Raspbian Stretch Lite and copy image to SD-card (Etcher or win32diskimager)
- log in (hdmi) as pi:raspberry (us-keboard-layout!)
- start sudo raspi-config
- enable ssh
- resize SD-card
- set wifi locale
- ...
- reboot
- connect via ssh or scp
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install mc
- enable root login over SSH
- add to /etc/ssh/sshd_config
PermitRootLogin yes
- restart service
sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart
- set root password
sudo passwd root
- add to /etc/ssh/sshd_config
- set up static IP at /etc/dhcpcd.conf
interface eth0 static ip_address=192.168.1.111/24 static routers=192.168.1.1 static domain_name_servers=192.168.1.1
setup piCAN2 (as root)
- see also:
- install can-utils
apt-get update apt-get install can-utils
- add to /boot/config.txt
dtparam=spi=on dtoverlay=mcp2515-can0,oscillator=16000000,interrupt=25 dtoverlay=spi-bcm2835-overlay
- add to /etc/modules
vcan
- add to /etc/network/interfaces
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
- add to /etc/network/interfaces/interfaces.d/can0
#physical can interfaces allow-hotplug can0 iface can0 can static bitrate 250000 down /sbin/ip link set $IFACE down up /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE txqueuelen 10000
- add to /etc/network/interfaces/interfaces.d/vcan0
#virtual can interfaces auto vcan0 iface vcan0 inet manual pre-up /sbin/ip link add dev $IFACE type vcan up /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE up
- install canboat
apt-get install xsltproc apt-get install git mkdir ~/canboat cd ~/canboat git clone git://github.com/canboat/canboat cd canboat make make install
install signalK (as root)
apt-get update apt-get install -y curl git build-essential dialog curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | bash - apt-get install nodejs apt-get install libnss-mdns avahi-utils libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev npm install -g --unsafe-perm signalk-server
setup signalK (as pi)
sudo signalk-server-setup reboot
- in your browser, start signalk-web-interface (eg. http://192.168.1.111:3000)
- add admin-user via admin-ui and log-in (here admin:A****M**)
- add canboat Data-Provider via Admin-UI (stored in home/pi/.signalk/settings.json )
{ "id": "canboat", "pipeElements": [ { "type": "providers/simple", "options": { "logging": false, "type": "NMEA2000", "subOptions": { "type": "canbus", "interface": "vcan0" } } } ], "enabled": true }
- alternative add canboatjs Data-Provider via Admin-UI (stored in home/pi/.signalk/settings.json )
{ "id": "canboatjs", "pipeElements": [ { "type": "providers/simple", "options": { "logging": false, "type": "NMEA2000", "subOptions": { "type": "canbus-canboatjs", "interface": "vcan0" } } } ], "enabled": true }
signalk sandbox
signalk-server --sample-nmea0183-data sudo systemctl stop signalk.service sudo systemctl stop signalk.socket sudo systemctl start signalk.service sudo systemctl start signalk.socket sudo systemctl disable signalk.service sudo systemctl disable signalk.socket sudo systemctl status signalk* export DEBUG=signalk-server:udp-provider export DEBUG=signalk-parser-nmea0183 ./signalk-server
aisdispatcher
- see also
- add data-provider via admin-ui
{ "id": "AIS-udp", "pipeElements": [ { "type": "providers/simple", "options": { "logging": false, "type": "NMEA0183", "subOptions": { "type": "udp", "port": "77777" } } } ], "enabled": true }
raymarine autopilot
- see also
samba
wifi client and access-point
- see also
- issues