NMEA to Serial to SignalK
Hey. So I’m just looking to set up a signal K server on an intel nuc. I plan to have the NMEA data come through in a NMEA to serial plug. Then serial to usb into the intel NUC running Signal K. Will this work?
navigation track
Hi, do you know if there is a plugin for SK that makes available a file with date/time, lat/long, wind, direction etc.? I used an Unfluxdb database for this purpose but with Grafana I can't create a table that shows all these values. Thanks
Data Connections
Network on the boat is growing a bit and I noticed (duplicate) data coming into SignalK with 'wrong' ID. Let me explain: I already had a "Data Connection" configured with:
- Data Type = NMEA0183
- NMEA 0183 Source = TCP Server on 10110
This worked fine; showing the ID on the Dashboard as active and the expected data is indeed available.
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influxdb
in order to read and display N2K data in SK with Grafana, I installed InfluxDb 1.x with this command "wget -qO- https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdb.key | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://repos.influxdata.com/debian buster stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/influxdb.list" Then I updated repository and installed Influx "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install influxdb" and then started InfluxDB "sudo service influxdb start" Then I created my database "create database XXX" and created a user "create user YYY with password 'zzz' " . I checked that database and user were created with positive result. Then I installed plugin "Signal K to InfluxDb Plugin" by filling Username - Password - Database . Then "use XXX" and "show measurements" to check that the N2K data was present with a positive result. Finally I installed Grafana but when I go to set which database it should read I always get an "Invalid Url, invalid authentication" alarm. How can I find out what I did wrong? Thanks...
is there a reference key for mast rotation?
I've looked at both Appendix A and B in the 1.7.0 spec documentation, but cannot find anything that seems to be defined for mast rotation (searched for mast, rotation, angle). I do see rudderAngle, but I don't really want to 'overload' that.
Is there such a key? If a key doesn't exist, is it possible to define an additional one? I have a PGN for my custom mast rotation reader, and would like to add to the derived-data/truewind plugin a version of truewind that takes mast rotation into account.
Thanks for any tips!...
Signalk on Pi Zero 2w install hangs.
Ah.. Here you all are. I wondered where everyone had got to. I was wandering around the github discussion thinking it was awfully quiet and everyone is here having a party!
Anyway:
Hello
I have been trying to install Signal K on a pi zero 2, just for testing and as an experiment. I have got to the actual installation part (sudo npm install -g signalk-server) and it appears to have hung my Pi zero 2. I can ping the Pi but get no response from my SSH sessions. The CPU seems to max out at 100% and no mouse response if I connect a screen/mouse to the HDMI output. I have left it like that for several hours with no progress. I am running the installation in a screen. Any thoughts or options?
The last output from the installation is:...
Navigation data to MFD
Hello! I am so close to having a fully connected system between my autopilot, MFD, and signalK server. I set the MFD to send and receive navigation destination, and I see that the data for that shows up in the data browser, but it's not showing up in Freeboard. I also don't think setting a destination in Freeboard sends anything to the mfd.
I'm using a ShipModul MiniPlex (ethernet) to handle the communication to the NMEA 2000 MFD. It shows up as NMEA 0183 over TCP for SignalK. The MFD is successfully recieving AIS targets from SignalK....
KIP Tank Contents
I’m trying to display fuel and water tank quantities in litres rather than percentage full. Given that the linear gauge has the option to show maximum and minimum values I would have thought it possible to display quantities knowing the percentage. Eg. If the tank is 0 to 400 litres and the signal is 0.5 or 50% then can the display be made to show 200 litres? If it requires writing code or more complicated stuff then it’s probably beyond me at this stage. I’m hoping it can be done within KIP.
SIgnalK Logs Timestamp Sources
In the SignalK log there is a timestamp line that looks like this:
1731095410848;A;2024-11-08T19:50:10.847Z
or
1731095410840;A;2024-11-08T19:50:10.840Z...
Data refresh issue when connected to AP/HotSpot
Hi everyone,
My SignalK test setup work fine when my Raspberry Pi is connected to my home router (acting as client). Accessing web page and NMEA0183 data refresh work fine.
I configured a HotSpot on my Raspberry to access the Signal K Data browser and KIP plugin web page with the HotSpot IP address. ...
Generating signalk json from saved captures
Is there a way to replay signalk can0 saved logs to generate signalk json into a file for post processing?
And is there a way to log native json to disk like we can log canbus to disc?...
WilmhelmSK on Apple Watch
I have WilhelmSK displaying data on my iPhone. From what I can see, you can also display data on an iPhone. However, there's no Apple Watch app for that, so I'm baffled as how to do this. Any help would be appreciated.
Update freeboard
Hi,
When I try to update freeboard or a other plugin It failed and I get this message
Nov 10 14:34:01 stderr: npm
Nov 10 14:34:01 stderr: ERR! code ENOTEMPTY npm ERR! syscall rename npm ERR! path
Nov 10 14:34:01 stderr: /home/signalk/.signalk/node_modules/@signalk/freeboard-sk...
AIS Target
Hi
My VHF( Icom M605) send AIS message via Nmea2000
I get this message in signalk via the plugin N2K AIS to Nmea 183
I get the target on all my device Freeboard, Navionics, QTVLM ...
but on freeboard all target stay alive for ever, so after several days of sailing I get hundreds of target on my screen, and most off them are fake....
How do I delete SignalK logs after downloading them
I am using SignalK to log everything on the CanBus, this seems to work quite well, but when I download them I can't find a way to delete the ones I have already downloaded, which requires downloading them all again.
How can I purge downloaded logs please?...
Unable to restart server
Having attempted to configure a plugin (NFL) I can't restart the server. I don't getthe "hamburger" top right hand side nor the login or restart prompts. Rebooting the Cerbo GX allows me to bring the Venus GUI up again on windows and allows me to enter the login credentials for admin again. When I do so I get "Security has been enabled, please restart the server" message in red but have no means to do so. I have tried a start also via the CLI interface as well to start the server. The server l...
Can't view the UI at 192.168.4.1 after installing SensESP
I'm looking forward to getting started with sensors but I've been stuck for a few days now. I'm basically not able to get SensESP to connect with Signal K.
My setup is:
Pi5
OpenPlotter 4...
Is there a way to hook up SignalK to networked Garmin plotters?
I'm buying a 722SX to replace my 720S, and the 722SX has LAN ports. It supposedly is able to share sonar data from the transducer, and I would of course love to have that on my forward steering position. I suspect it's totally proprietary, but there's always a small glimmer of hope...or maybe there are other things to read out of the plotter with a network connection to SignalK?
plugin Venus on Sk on Os venus Large
Hi everyone, I'm using SK installed on Venus Os Large on Cerbo Gx, I read that the "Venus Os" plugin does not have to be installed because it is already present in Sk installed on Venus Os Large. In this way, however, for example, I do not see the tanks that arrive at the Cerbo or the RUUVI sensors connected in bluetooth and also other devices connected to the Cerbo. Did I perhaps misinterpret the instructions on signalk-venus-plugin? Thanks