S63 Plugin Update

[conachair]

Originally Posted by jariolle

By the way, what is your recommendation for the OS distro for the system basically running just OpenCPN in Raspberry Pi3?

Like BCN said, openplotter is just fantastic, extremely powerful. Sailing with free hardware | Sailoog

[jariolle]

Originally Posted by bcn

For the RasPi get OpenPlotter.

Thanks for the idea. Sounds like a plan. I will definitely give it a try!

- Jari -

[OZwingle]

Are you still recommending against using S-63 on Win10 platform due to Windows background update? Has there been any progress on this issue? This actually happened to me in the Sea of Cortez last year. Lost all S-63 charts for Mexico.

Thanks.

[bcn]

The issue should be resolved with the latest version of the plug-in.
You might need to create a new InstallPermit though.

Just install it and test it.

[OZwingle]

Installed and activated ver 1.6. Fails at creating fingerprint file. Uninstalled and reinstalled. Log attached. Any advice?

Lenovo laptop, Win10, Intel i5.
Log (truncated) attached
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10:27:03 AM: PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\s63_pi.dll
10:27:03 AM: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\s63_pi.dll
API Version detected: 111
PlugIn Version detected: 106
10:27:03 AM: Path to OCPNsenc is: "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\s63_pi\OCPNsenc.exe"
10:27:03 AM: PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\weather_routing_pi.dll
10:27:03 AM: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\weather_routing_pi.dll
API Version detected: 110
PlugIn Version detected: 182
10:27:03 AM: PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\wmm_pi.dll
10:27:03 AM: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\wmm_pi.dll
API Version detected: 108
PlugIn Version detected: 101
10:27:03 AM: WMM: WMM model data loaded from file C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\wmm_pi\data\/WMM.COF.
10:27:03 AM: Opencpn language load for: en_US
10:27:03 AM: Loading catalog for: opencpn-climatology_pi
10:27:03 AM: Loading catalog for: opencpn-ge2kap_pi
10:27:03 AM: Loading catalog for: opencpn-grib_pi
10:27:03 AM: Loading catalog for: opencpn-iacfleet_pi
10:27:03 AM: Loading catalog for: opencpn-ocpn_draw_pi
10:27:03 AM: Loading catalog for: opencpn-route_pi
10:27:03 AM: Loading catalog for: opencpn-s63_pi
10:27:03 AM: Loading catalog for: opencpn-weather_routing_pi
10:27:03 AM: Loading catalog for: opencpn-wmm_pi
10:27:03 AM: Loading catalog for opencpn core.
10:27:03 AM: Getting DefaultSystemLocale...
10:27:03 AM: Found LanguageInfo for: English
10:27:03 AM: PlugInManager: Calling LateInit PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\ocpn_draw_pi.dll
10:27:04 AM: ***GPS Watchdog timeout at Lat:-18.6588 Lon: -173.982
10:28:01 AM: LOGBOOK: 2017-06-16 21:28:01 UTC DR Lat -18.65880 Lon -173.98180
10:28:54 AM: Create FPR command: -w -o "C:\ProgramData\opencpn\
10:28:54 AM: s63_pi: Checking OCPNsenc utility at {C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\s63_pi\OCPNsenc.exe}
10:28:54 AM: s63_pi: OCPNsenc Check OK...OCPNsenc: Version 1.10a
10:28:54 AM: "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\s63_pi\OCPNsenc.exe" -w -o "C:\ProgramData\opencpn\
10:29:04 AM: s63_pi: OCPNsenc results:
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End of log file


(I tried to attach the whole log file as txt. But got error that file is too big. What is the better way to do this? "openCPN.Log.17June.txt:
Your file of 7.8 KB bytes exceeds the forum's limit of 1,000 Bytes for this filetype. ")

Thanks.

[Gilletarom]

Hello OZwingle

Originally Posted by OZwingle

Installed and activated ver 1.6. Fails at creating fingerprint file. Uninstalled and reinstalled. Log attached. Any advice?

Lenovo laptop, Win10, Intel i5.
Log (truncated) attached
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10:27:03 AM: PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\s63_pi.dll
.....
(I tried to attach the whole log file as txt. But got error that file is too big. What is the better way to do this? "openCPN.Log.17June.txt:
Your file of 7.8 KB bytes exceeds the forum's limit of 1,000 Bytes for this filetype. ")
Thanks.

If you change the extension as ".txt" to ".txt.doc", then you can probably send the file without problem. And, if not because the txt file is really too big,, you can also zip the txt file before and then send it with the extension ".zip.doc".

[bcn]

10:28:54 AM: s63_pi: OCPNsenc Check OK...OCPNsenc: Version 1.10a
10:28:54 AM: "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\s63_pi\OCPNsenc.exe" -w -o "C:\ProgramData\opencpn\
10:29:04 AM: s63_pi: OCPNsenc results:
------
End of log file

Does OpenCPN crash here?

Can you please try the following:

At the plug-in directory
C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\s63_pi\OCPNsenc.exe

launch directly from the command prompt:
OCPNsenc.exe -w -o C:\ProgramData\opencpn\

(under W10 you might need to place .\ before the command)

What is the result?

Hubert

[OZwingle]

Hubert,

Yes, OpenCPN crashed there.
BTW: earlier this morning I disabled and uninstalled s_63, deleted all files, downloaded the setup files again and completely reinstalled. Same results.

I tried launching directly from the command prompt in the s_63 subdir and got the same crash:

"OCPNsenc.exe has stopped working" dialogue box from MS.

Thanks,
OZwingle

[bcn]

Quite spooky....

Can you please attach the complete log-file?
As Gilletarom explained: just rename it to .doc and it should be accepted as attachment.

Hubert

[OZwingle]

Here is the log file attached. You might start at:

2017-06-19
9:08:59 AM: Using s57data in C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\s57data


That is, yesterday in the log.

[bcn]

Thanks...

looks all pretty normal.

What I interpret from the log is that the program does not crash.
It just does not do anything and the after an hour and a half or so - the log-book entries in the file - you are closing it.

....
....
3:57:31 PM: s63_pi: Checking OCPNsenc utility at {C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\s63_pi\OCPNsenc.exe}
3:57:31 PM: s63_pi: OCPNsenc Check OK...OCPNsenc: Version 1.10a
3:57:31 PM: "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\s63_pi\OCPNsenc.exe"  -w -o "C:\ProgramData\opencpn\
3:57:43 PM: s63_pi: OCPNsenc results:
4:00:00 PM: LOGBOOK:  2017-06-18 03:00:00 UTC  DR Lat  -18.65880 Lon -173.98180
4:30:00 PM: LOGBOOK:  2017-06-18 03:30:00 UTC  DR Lat  -18.65880 Lon -173.98180
5:00:00 PM: LOGBOOK:  2017-06-18 04:00:00 UTC  DR Lat  -18.65880 Lon -173.98180
5:30:00 PM: LOGBOOK:  2017-06-18 04:30:00 UTC  DR Lat  -18.65880 Lon -173.98180
5:40:36 PM: PlugInManager: Deactivating PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\wmm_pi.dll
......
......

What I don't understand is this entry at this place:

3:57:43 PM: s63_pi: OCPNsenc results:

At this moment the PI should copy the file onto the desktop.
But as you said, no for file in \ProgramData\OpenCPN....

Do you use any virus checker?
Windows might ask you as well - happens for example under W8.1 - if you want to allow the program to copy a file.

Hubert

[OZwingle]

Yes, using ESET. Windows Defender thus turned off. There has been no Win10 dialogue box asking to allow a file to be written, that I can see.

So I disabled all ESET protections (virus, HIPS, file/registry write, etc.) temporarily. No change in results.

openCPN.Log.20June.doc

[bcn]

Can you send us a mail to o-charts? I would like to check some other basic methods.

Hubert

[OZwingle]

Hubert,
Just sent an email to you at info@o-charts.org
Thanks.

[bcn]

Did not drop in yet....