OpenCPN routes to B&G Zeus3 MFD

[SweareDeep]

Originally Posted by Jay P

Bugs: Seems I can only copy into a folder I create during a session on the Zeus. If I go back (after rebooting the Zeus), the folder acts write-protected. For now - create a folder, upload the route, then delete the folder. Looking at the folder permissions, I should be able to upload to and delete...

Jay
s/v Incognito
Salinas, PR

Encountered this bug, too. If you find a way to delete the directory that becomes unwritable after a reboot, please post!

My workaround is to ftp the files to a SD card, i.e. within ftp
ftp> cd "Memory Card - 1"

[rgleason]

Originally Posted by stevead

I think I may have referred to this feature in another thread somewhere and sometime ago.

It's a great undocumented feature to be able to connect to a B&G Zeus/Vulcan chartplotter over the network. Makes it easy to transfer files and to integrate OpenCPN with the chartplotter.

Just for the hell of it, put together a little cheat sheet that may be of benefit to some users.

Some additional features that I added to the TwoCan plugin are also designed for this level of integration.

Firstly if you perform a data capture on the Zeus/Vulcan chartplotter, the TwoCan plugin supports the PCAP file format used by B&G.

Secondly, if a new waypoint is created on the B&G chartplotter, the TwoCan plugin can automagically create the waypoint in OpenCPN.

I also have code to allow you to directly export waypoints from OpenCPN to the B&G chartplotter via the NMEA 2000 network, but I'm still trying to figure out how to package & release that feature. Perhaps just like Windows 95 Power Toys, I'll contemplate a "B&G OpenCPN Toys" plugin that can also control the Day/Night mode and Backlight levels on B&G displays, control B&G autopilots and support the B&G racing features (display lay lines etc. on B&G displays)

Steve, thanks. I am going to add your document to the User Manual under

Navigation Sharing.
https://opencpn.org/wiki/dokuwiki/do...gation_sharing

[bradfordharley]

If you don’t want FTP, nfs is enabled. Or at least it was a few years ago.