Openplotter and Waterproof Screen - 2 Year Update

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Openplotter and Waterproof Screen - 2 Year Update - Tech E18

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In this episode we look again at my Openplotter system and I give an update on how it is performing after 2 years and the costs involved with such a system.
SV Après is a 1996 Hunter 336 Captained and Maintained by Jason and usually sailing out of Milwaukee's South Shore Yacht Club in Lake Michigan, one of the US's Great Lakes. The filming is done via GoPro's, DJI Mavic drone and iPhone and spliced together a bit hap hazardly.
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Here are links to the products I used - they are Amazon affiliate links, which means I get a little commission and it cost you nothing
Raspberry Pi
Pi 4B 4GB - amzn.to/3J8jvAo
GPIO Terminal - amzn.to/3oxxHeq
Case - amzn.to/34o1iA8
10.1" Touchscreen (Navstation) - amzn.to/3snB74C
15.6" Touchscreen (Helm) - www.sihovision...
- The Spec. for the monitor can be found in the link below:
1drv.ms/i/s!Am...
this the invoice from the supplier and I have edited out my details and the costs as these are from November 2021
Power
Buck converter - amzn.to/3rvaHif
Relay - amzn.to/3LcMuon
Diodes - amzn.to/3gu5wst
Fuse box - amzn.to/3orTeFv
IMU - No longer available
Seatalk1
Item is no longer available, but this is an untested equivalent - amzn.to/3GuPF7m
1-Wire - amzn.to/3LnNl62
USB
USB hub - amzn.to/32YXCUG
Dtech usb to RS422 - amzn.to/3J49WCz
GPS - amzn.to/3smWAuf
AIS (SDR receiver) - amzn.to/34zpRd6
Monoprice USB over Ethernet adapter - amzn.to/4aqSJRg
HDMI over Ethernet adapter - amzn.to/4a3cE9q

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@cheaperukbills774 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to create a follow on video - great content Jason

@ApresSail 8 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it and nice talking to you via email!!

@pieterverbiest4389 6 ай бұрын

Hi Jason thanks for the update, I have the same system running and also a lot of similar sensors and tabs on Kip. Works great as u mention diy saves cost but is also nice to do and get it operational

@ApresSail 6 ай бұрын

you're exactly right! I really enjoyed setting up this project.

@OkanKurtulus 3 ай бұрын

Great content and description. I'll build a similar system for my 30feet boat and its very valuable to hear experiences. Thanks a lot

@ApresSail 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Good luck with your project!

@davidbarrett7424 9 ай бұрын

Thankyou for the update Jason. I have a similar starting point - ST 60 ST 1 instruments on a (British) Hunter 27. I love tinkering with ESP’s electronics & software, and the one thing that has made me hesitate re open plotter is a good, waterproof, visible screen. Great to see you’ve found and proven one 👍

@ApresSail 9 ай бұрын

I was a little worried when I first bought it that it wouldn’t be bright enough and that it wouldn’t survive the environment but it was worth the risk!

@kruzweg3860 9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much Jason! You have been a great inspiration and help like Boating with the Bailies (Mack) has been. I was able to build a similar system with minor differences, as I use it when I am on a charter boat. So I have my magic mobile navigation box with me providing all relevant infos through my mobile network (works great with a small Huaway mobile router) and Ipad, IPhone and / or Mobile computer. My system bases on a Raspi 4 with 8 GB, fully equipped with all relevant sensors and AIS (with a mobile home made dipol coiled antenna sensible for 162 MHz) and a small box with an ESP32 with sensors and wires for the motor data to work with OpenPlotter. I use mainly Kip and AvNav to have a fast Nav info system, and it works great! What I like the most with this awesome tools is the fabulous low power consumption! So keep us updated, and as the winter is now coming show us more of possible additional sensors and tools to your OpenPlotter project! All the best and navigators greetings from Mitch in Switzerland! 😊

@ApresSail 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Mitch, my black water tank sensors are finally fitted and I have some switches/relays ready to start wiring and writing code for.

@jeremyoftitirangi7770 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the update Jason, I commented on your previous openplotter update as I also have a monitor from Sihovision, a 10.1" which I had to replace the main board on a couple of months ago (Sihovision sent a new one out as it was still under warranty), it's been working fine since and I'm testing it regularly however 1 issue is that it radomly looses power, I turn the power on and off at the instrument panel and it comes back to life so I think the problem is with the monitor, I've asked Sihovision for their help. I'm also running Rpi4 and openplotter/opencpn and get my data from Garmin instruments over nmea2k and a gps dongle, I like your setup and am working towards the same especially the race screen as I race regularly as well. Thanks again for the video!

@ApresSail 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the update on your situation. Let us know if you do something different on the race screen? Anything that might help us I would appreciate

@Steve-uy9lj 9 ай бұрын

Very nice! Thanks for the update. Great to see its working good! Over the winter I'm setting up my boat electronics outside the boat, then I'll install them in spring. I've got a pi 4 with OpenCPN tied into the NEMA2000 network that I would like to see remotely so i can monitor the weather and other boat systems. A little at a time I suppose. Hopefully I'll see you out on the lake next year!

@ApresSail 9 ай бұрын

I setup my system in my basement before transferring to the boat in spring also.

@andersnygren9939 9 ай бұрын

Great update

@ApresSail 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

@jillesspruyt7003 3 ай бұрын

Hello Jason, great video and good to hear that the screen is holding up the elements. You speek of VHF integration on 2:15, can you elaborate a bit more about this integration what you integrate and why? In the end of the video you talk about the maiana ais 14:55. Do you have a video about that? Thx.

@ApresSail 3 ай бұрын

I have Maiana connected to both the VHF (via High Speed NMEA0183) and the RPi via USB. Maiana provides GPS data (Position, COG, SOG, Satellite info, time) and AIS info. The VHF is then connected to the RPi via NMEA0183 (4800 baud), this is mainly so the VHF can provide Digital Selective Calling call data sent to the RPi. An example of this was that during a race last year, a bot near us hit the distress button on the back of their VHF by accident, and Immediately we had a notification on the screen and OpenCPN plotted a course to the distress signal location. Another Connection from the VHF to the RPi is an Audio connection - this is a 'Speaker out' port on the VHF to a 'Mic in' or a USB sound card. This allows the VHF audio to be passed though from the RPi to be Broadcast on the boat stereo which is connected to the 'Speaker out' from the USB Sound Card. As for Maiana, I have recorded footage about the installation, set up and usage but I have not made it into a video

@jillesspruyt7003 3 ай бұрын

@@ApresSail thanks for the info and great example. To split the maiana to vhf and the rpi, do you make use of the MAIANA AIS USB + CAN ADAPTER? Or do you do some voodoo with the new MacArthur Hat?

@ApresSail 3 ай бұрын

@@jillesspruyt7003 I bought the Maiana version that has USB and NMEA0183 (RS485) output. I kept my new VHF backwardly compatible with some of my old electronics incase i need to reverse some of these installs if we ever sell

@ciclico45 3 ай бұрын

Have the same setup and made the multitouch work in open cpn using "twofing". I wrote a detail explanaiton but youtube erased it

@ApresSail 3 ай бұрын

I will give that another try!!

@jamesneirinck413 9 ай бұрын

Great update. Can you share more specifics on the monitor that would allow me to order the same setup? Cheers Jim your neighbour to the North in Canada (who has same / similar sailing season to you)

@user-cd2cy5cg6n 9 ай бұрын

I would like the specs as well.

@ApresSail 9 ай бұрын

Sorry, I have been away for a couple of weeks. I have updated the description with a link to the Invoice with the spec, order number and part number involved: 1drv.ms/i/s!AmZj-tob5pZoknOlzCnOhpcJ9Tvv?e=lpBtxM

@ApresSail 9 ай бұрын

1drv.ms/i/s!AmZj-tob5pZoknOlzCnOhpcJ9Tvv?e=lpBtxM

@djmydlack 9 ай бұрын

Excellent video and project! Could you give a sense of the cost for the monitor? Thank you!

@ApresSail 9 ай бұрын

The Monitor was $624 in November 2021. It did have some custom features that may have driven the cost up over a more generic version. For instance, the dimmer

@benmason1980 4 ай бұрын

Hi Jason, this is all so impressive. I'm currently fitting out a 1991 50 foot beneteau to go cruising, including ripping out a 'Raytheon Electronic Chart Plotter' which even had a cathode ray screen. I'm totally onboard with your amazing screen, the pi running the core computing and all the amazing sensors in the boat. But I feel like Open CPN is a bit clunky for world cruising. Is it just something you get used to? I'm considering keeping Navionics as the main route planner (currently on an ipad but could change that) and passage view but using a pi to send AIS and other data to it. I'm open to all ideas and will build the system slowing, so keen to hear your thoughts. Mostly now I'm just trying to get safe enough to hop over to the bahamas from Florida in a month's time.

@ApresSail 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, I just ripped out my 1996 radar with a Cathode Ray Tube screen as I never used it and it did not work. I guess I have gotten used to OCPN and it does great for me. AVNav and QtVlm are other options for the Pi. Having AIS is great for safety and I would recommend a personal AIS or AIS/PLB device for your PFD. I did the hop across from Ft Lauderdale to Bimini last February it was awesome and the water in the Bahamas is so clear! Let me know if you need crew!!

@antoniopicotperez8744 5 ай бұрын

Hello, How you connect the touch screen to the Raspberry?

@ApresSail 5 ай бұрын

The Touchscreen has a USB interface which is connected to a USB hub in the console/Binnacle. The Hub is connected to a "USB over Cat5E" connector and then I have run a Cat5E (well Cat6) cable back to the Nav station where it is reconverted to USB and connected to the Pi. All the parts are in the video description - Hope this helps!

@antoniopicotperez8744 5 ай бұрын

@@ApresSail Very thanks

@davethemmp 7 ай бұрын

Jason if you had to do Navigation again from scratch what system would you build?

@ApresSail 7 ай бұрын

@davethemmp I am very happy with my Openplotter setup. Navigation using NOAA maps in the US with OpenCPN is very straight forward. I use KIP for my gauge Dashboard (and not the OCPN plug-in). For weather routing I use QtVLM very straightforward and easy to use - I then import the route into OCPN. if I was to start over, I would use the setup described above. Does that answer your question?

@davethemmp 7 ай бұрын

@@ApresSail Jason thanks very much, I have seen a number of DIY sailors using the same setup depending on their sensors, I just need to find an appropriate wind and depth instruments to send signals to the Pi, I found some at Digital Yacht and purchased some charts from O-Charts only $40 for my region of Pacific North West, thanks for the tip on QtVLM it looks interesting, I will checkout the functionality, and do some work on Kip I appreciate all your advise, winter has arrived so when not skiing Whistler I’ll be on RasPi 👍

@ApresSail 7 ай бұрын

I think depth is a little tricky for a DIY solution but check out the Open Boat Project Wind sensors like this one: open-boat-projects.org/en/windsensor-yachta/. QtVlm is worth checking out and I think I am going to put together a video on it if I get chance. I had a few days in Breckenridge over the Christmas Break and now back to work, currently in India for a product launch!

@davethemmp 7 ай бұрын

@@ApresSail Good Luck Happy New Year. Many thanks

@Ecusfug 8 ай бұрын

how is the display connected to the pi?

@ApresSail 8 ай бұрын

The Pi is in the Nav station, a 30+ft cable run from the Screen, so I ran 2x Cat6 cables that distance and then have Cat5 to HDMI converters on either end

@Ecusfug 8 ай бұрын

@@ApresSailand the signal from the display back?

@ApresSail 8 ай бұрын

@@Ecusfug I have a USB Hub in the console with the touch Screen and Maiana connected. This is connected to a USB over Cat5 connector and then a 3rd Cat5 cable goes back to the Nav station where it is connected back to USB and into the Pi

@opaezosu 6 ай бұрын

Do you have/had any issues with the touchscreen and the opencpn tool bar ?

@opaezosu 6 ай бұрын

I just installed a touchscreen, everything works in opencpn except the main toolbar