Tactics Plugin

[Gilletarom]

hello,

I just worked on the language file. I have not finished.

I have some items that I do not know how to translate, because:
- on the one hand, I never used "Tactic",
- on the other hand, certain words can be translated in many ways with very different meanings.

So help:

What do you mean by the items:
"Use Heel Sensor"
"Pitch"

Thank by advance. Gilletarom.

[LeaseOnLife]

Originally Posted by tom_BigSpeedy

Hi there,
I finished my works for now uploaded a new version of the plugin to github.

....... snip.....

I developed with VC2013, wxWigets 3.0.2

I need someone to compile and test under Linux ... volunteers welcome

I'd call it a release candidate ...


BR,

Thomas

it compiled just fine on my Raspberry PI3 with current Raspian Linux

Dirk

[Gilletarom]

Hello,

Still in order to make a good translation in the language file, there is the item "Current damping factor [1-400]:"

On the one hand what is the damping factor?
What does "Current damping factor" mean? Is it related to the current of water?
Why a value between 1 and 400?

Thank you in advance. Gilletarom.

[tom_BigSpeedy]

Hi Gilletarom,

Heel = Gîte
Pitch = Tangage du bateaux

Use heel sensor = utilisation du capteur de Gîte

Current damping factor : the display is very nervous if you do not filter at all. So it is about filtering (=damping->filtrage) the display.
The numbers 1...400 are just numbers which turned out to be OK for the algorithm used ...

Thanks for your support :-)

BR,

Thomas

[tom_BigSpeedy]

Originally Posted by LeaseOnLife

it compiled just fine on my Raspberry PI3 with current Raspian Linux

Dirk

Thanks Dirk for the info

Thomas

[tom_BigSpeedy]

FYI:
I just committed once more again.
No code change, just the usual, annoying Windows CR/LF --> LF problem ...
I converted some of the files from a CR/LF mixture to LF only...
Thomas

[Gilletarom]

Hello tom_BigSpeedy,

Originally Posted by tom_BigSpeedy

Hi Gilletarom,
Heel = Gîte
Pitch = Tangage du bateaux
Use heel sensor = utilisation du capteur de Gîte
Current damping factor : the display is very nervous if you do not filter at all. So it is about filtering (=damping->filtrage) the display.
The numbers 1...400 are just numbers which turned out to be OK for the algorithm used ... Thomas

Thank you. I will improve the translation today.

Besides, I installed (successfully) and tried to make this plugin work.

Unfortunately, even using the 3 NMEA data files I found at RGleason, I did not know how to make it work.

B.R. Gilletarom.

[rgleason]

Thomas, I had a request from J35M8 Robert G. to update Tactics_pi in OpenCPN File Thingie. Which I have done, along with the two files tactics_pi-renamed.odt.pdf and tactics_pi.pdf.

Before I uploaded to File Thingie I gave it a spin in OpenCPN v4.5. See the screenshot. Very nice!!

I note here that you have corrected opencpn.lib for correct TWD calculation. Should Dashboard be corrected in a similar way too?

Will be transferring your documentation into OpenCPN wiki next. Robert said he would Edit and update if needed. I believe he is going to be using your plugin quite extensively.

OpenCPN Beta File Thingie rguser, rgpass look in Tactics_pi directory.

Big_Speedy going upwind, powered up with Tactics_pi and OpenCPN!

[rgleason]

@J358M Robert, I tried copy of the Tactics.odt html and paste into OpenCPN Dokuwiki Page for Tactics using CKG Editor with "Source" turned on. In short, it did not work very well.

See this. Tactics [Opencpn]

Perhaps you can get these pages fixed with images uploaded?
Thanks

I've been so busy with the wiki, I'd gotten rusty compiling! Now I've got to get back to Architecture jobs for awhile. Sorry.

[tom_BigSpeedy]

Originally Posted by rgleason

I note here that you have corrected opencpn.lib for correct TWD calculation. Should Dashboard be corrected in a similar way too?

Rick,
thanks for helping.
opencpn.lib ? No, I don't think so.
I'd exchanged my old laptop with a new one and set up everything from scratch.
I think that was the reason why I copied a latter version of opencpn.lib ...

Thanks again.

Thomas

[tom_BigSpeedy]

Originally Posted by Gilletarom

Hello tom_BigSpeedy,



Unfortunately, even using the 3 NMEA data files I found at RGleason, I did not know how to make it work.

B.R. Gilletarom.

Gilletarom,

please explain, what is the problem ?
It's like another dashboard_pi, you have to define the instruments you want to use ...

BR,

Thomas

[Gilletarom]

hello tom_BigSpeedy,

Originally Posted by tom_BigSpeedy

Gilletarom,
please explain, what is the problem ?
It's like another dashboard_pi, you have to define the instruments you want to use ...
Thomas

1 ° Gilletarom is a stupid man ... GOAL, it happens to progress from time to time. .... In short, now I understood that the plugin works like the dashboard. I used the VDR plugin to read one of the data files (1, 2 or 3) that I found in the thingie. I added instruments in the preferences. So for the basic principle, I got out of it.

2 ° Today RGleason has added two files: tactics_pi-renamed.odt.pdf and tactics_pi.pdf

I can not open the file "tactics_pi.pdf." My pdf file reading software tells me that this file is corrupt.

What are they used for?

Gilletarom.

[rgleason]

Gille, you are not stupid! It's complex sometimes.

Use these files with VDR to Play them. Then start up Tactics_pi and see what it does, learn about how the plugin works and get yourself and system working with it.

Then you can connect to a real nmea data stream from your instruments on your boat, later and know what you are doing!

The three files are different wind, etc conditions, you will see Big_Speedy somewhere in the Adriatic, running a race fast, or testing the plugin and recording... By using Tactics controls and preferences you can set it up the way you'd like and see how Nmea instrument data appears in the various Racing Instrument Panels.

Hope that helps.

[rgleason]

Thomas and others, the SHA for the file I compiled and uploaded this morning is
VirusTotal and this is what I got.

SHA256: a39de3c82965f6cfd1e12851053d1aec94ecf9a4c5945788c3 7c917112130e64 File name: tactics_pi-1.0000-win32.exe Detection ratio: 1 / 55 Analysis date: 2017-01-09 16:07:38 UTC ( 1 minute ago )

The one detection was the same as yours.
Bkav W32.eHeur.Virus04 20170109

I have Norton Security 2017 on all our machines.
When I compiled this Norton did not complain.
I have done a live up date of Norton and it is current.
Then I did a quick scan and no threats were found.
So this may be a false positive from that service.

Note that none of the other services have found it, including Norton.

--Perhaps we should just use the DLL that you have? Maybe that is best... until we know more! Can you delete my file and add yours with the SHA text file uploaded to Tactics_pi directory?
Thanks.

[Gilletarom]

Hello Tom_BigSpeedy,

Generally, items in French are longer, after translations, than items in English.

This is still the case in the tactics language file. I will try to shorten several translations. But I shall not be able to attain the objective of making all the translations short enough to fit in the space assigned in width for each instrument.

Just look at the attached screen shot to understand that many of the headlines at the top of the instruments are incomprehensible.

It would be necessary to be able to modify:
- the width of the columns of each instrument in the case of a horizontal arrangement,
- the width of the overall column in the case of a vertical arrangement.

Unless I am mistaken, it is not currently possible. However, this is possible in the Dashboard plugin displays.

If possible, could you do the same, moreover, this will also make the instruments more readable.

Best regards, Gilletarom.