New Watchman Plugin

[rgleason]

I am going to git clone this later. I am getting various results, can't figure out why. Don't do anything with it until I get back to you please.
Sorry
Rick

[seandepagnier]

I really don't think this plugin can work with opencpn 3.2. Maybe it compiles but it will not load.

[rgleason]

Sean, You are correct. I tried it in 3.3.1824 and it works. Then tried it in 3.2.0 and it does not show in the Plugins list and I have the 7/1/14 dll in the plugins folder...

Okay, I am moving watchman back up to 3.3.1824
but should I compile it with a opencpn.lib v3.3.1824? <----????
even thought he plugin API says use the earlier v3.2?

[rgleason]

PLEASE NOTE

Watchdog presently does not have alarms and access to instrument data for depth and wind. The reason for this is Sean does not have instruments that output Nmea data so he has difficulty testing and programming for test features.

What is needed is to find some older unused instruments (Raymarine, Simrad, B&S, Garmin, whatever) which output Nmea data, and send those to him.

So please, if you are changing some 10 year old instruments to a new instrument package, please help yourself and everyone, and find out how to send those instruments to Sean. He will put them to very good use.

This will permit Watchdog to have alarms for Wind settings and depth.

(He certainly would not mind a fluxgate compass and autopilot either, although he does have Wind Self-steer).

PS: Sean did not ask me to write this, but I believe that not having instruments is the reason these alarms are not there. Being a practical person, if he did have instruments, he would have a much bigger reason to write the alarms code for those features.

[CarCode]

Rick,

it would be easy to use some recorded files of VDR with wind and depth for this task.

Gerhard

[seandepagnier]

It would be possible to implement this feature without the hardware, but I have no interest or reason to do so. I am always accepting patches if someone else would like to.

[rgleason]

Thanks Gerhard, thats a good suggestion, but I am not really a programmer and I also regard Sean as a long distance friend.

Ok, so perhaps someone in our group is changing to new instruments this fall and has a nice set of older but fully operational depth, wind, gyro, and why not tillerpilot or wheelpilot.. I am sure Sean would accept these instruments for his boat!

With instruments, at some point he'll be inclined to add these alarms for himself and the rest of us too. So let Sean know if you have some extra instruments that output Nmea hanging around your garage or basement shop. He will put them to good use and I am sure there will be more alarm improvements to Watchdog eventually once Sean has a good reason to do so.

[rgleason]

Found watchdog had changed.. Git pull. cmake..
Don't know why cpack worked but there is an error.

Build FAILED.

"C:\Data-Dart\Up-Soft\Navigation\o-plugin\watchdog_pi\build\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj" (default target) (1) ->
"C:\Data-Dart\Up-Soft\Navigation\o-plugin\watchdog_pi\build\watchdog_pi.vcxproj"
(default target) (3) ->(ClCompile target) ->
  ..\src\Alarm.cpp(741): warning C4800: 'long' : forcing value to bool 'true' or 'false' (performance warning) [C:\Data-Dart\Up-Soft\Navigation\o-plugin\watchdog_pi\build\watchdog_pi.vcxproj]

"C:\Data-Dart\Up-Soft\Navigation\o-plugin\watchdog_pi\build\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj" (default target) (1) ->
"C:\Data-Dart\Up-Soft\Navigation\o-plugin\watchdog_pi\build\watchdog_pi.vcxproj"
 
(default target) (3) ->(ClCompile target) ->
  ..\src\WatchdogDialog.cpp(36): error C2668: 'wxConfigBase::Read' : ambiguous call to overloaded function [C:\Data-Dart\Up-Soft\Navigation\o-plugin\watchdog_pi\build\watchdog_pi.vcxproj]

    1 Warning(s)
    1 Error(s)

CPack: Create package using NSIS
CPack: Install projects
CPack: - Install project: watchdog_pi
CPack: Create package
CPack: - package: C:/Data-Dart/Up-Soft/Navigation/o-plugin/watchdog_pi/build/wat
chdog_pi-1.1-win32.exe generated.

C:\Data-Dart\Up-Soft\Navigation\o-plugin>

void Alarm::ConfigItem(bool read, wxString name, wxControl *control)
{
    wxFileConfig *pConf = GetConfigObject();

    wxCheckBox *cb = dynamic_cast<wxCheckBox*>(control);
    if(cb) {
        if(read)
741--->            cb->SetValue(pConf->Read(name, (long)cb->GetValue()));
        else
            pConf->Write(name, cb->GetValue());
        return;
    }

[seandepagnier]

trying to fix a warning I made an error

Try now

[rgleason]

Sorry about that. Compile no Errors.
Uploaded to Opencpn Beta File Thingie
Checked it and it works.
2 bells ding,ding
3 bells goes ding,ding ...ding
4 bells goes ding,ding...ding,ding

Build succeeded.

"C:\Data-Dart\Up-Soft\Navigation\o-plugin\watchdog_pi\build\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj" (
default target) (1) ->
"C:\Data-Dart\Up-Soft\Navigation\o-plugin\watchdog_pi\build\watchdog_pi.vcxproj"
(default target) (3) ->(ClCompile target) ->
..\src\WatchdogDialog.cpp(36): warning C4800: 'long' : forcing value to bool '
true' or 'false' (performance warning) [C:\Data-Dart\Up-Soft\Navigation\o-plugin
\watchdog_pi\build\watchdog_pi.vcxproj]
1 Warning(s)
0 Error(s)
CPack: - package: C:/..../o-plugin/watchdog_pi/build/watchdog_pi-1.1-win32.exe generated.

[rgleason]

See for update to the plugin
Sean Depagnier's Plugins - Page 11 - Cruisers & Sailing Forums

Please test and advise.

[rgleason]

New update to plugin fixes starboard alarm.

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ml#post1618511

[Hakan]

Sean...
In WinXP Plugin ver: 1.1 from OpenCPN.org
Alarm message box is not automatically reset
If for example anchor alarm is close to a limit and the alarm is frequently trigged a new message box is loaded for each trig.

A Tracker note is added: FS#1635 : Alarm message box is not automatically reset
Here's picture attached which I couldn't load in Tracker.

Thanks
Håkan

[ptulp]

Sean,

I also updated the watchdog plugin for build and execution for OSX.
Again tested for OSX and Ubuntu, NOT for Windows.

Peter

[Gilletarom]

Hello Sean d'Epagnier,

There is somme new items, in the file language. I need clarification on two of them.
- Second deadman,
- Second deadman activity.

What do you understand for each of them ?

Thank by advance.

Gilletarom.