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Day 196 (At the desk) Navpod design

Navigation electronics.

Working on navpod for OpenPlotter dashboard. 

Idea to make pedestal guard mounted  dashboard in navpod looking form.

Dashboard will work under OpenPlotter, I am planning to  make button controls (without touch).

In my perspective buttons are much more easy to use in cockpit.

Script will control applications Steat/foreground/background control. Also it will be mouse simulation   with arrows buttons IF i will need to do do something "non standard", but i expect to use this display as dashboard only.

there will be several modes:

  • Map screen (preset OCPN)
  • VNC ( show main navigation screen copy)
  • Sailing dashboard - big wind instrument, speedometer with SOG, STW, day log, DEPTH, Position, COG
  • Engine dashboard - small wind instrument, Tachometer, engine coolant out temperature, oil pressure , aditional temperature gauges (coolant in, exhaust, transmission, drive shaft packing, raw water after exchanger)  and sure  SOG, STW, day log, DEPTH, Position, COG, 
  • Autopilot  controls (popup overlay)
  • Anchor/windlass control/chain counter (popup overlay) 
  • Mast top camera display

 


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