Dimonic,
I went through the standard horizon manual quickly. Page 93 starts discussion of a "NMEA Display Page" that I believe could be customized to show the data (I think I can even change the labels and track trends).
Richard
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, <electricboats@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Dimonic,
I uploaded everything. If it can't be done, I still appreciate the help. Sorry, but I'm a bit helpless when it comes to this stuff, basic electricity is OK, but anything beyond that starts to make my head hurt.
You'd never guess my dad was a top-notch computer programmer.
Richard
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, <electricboats@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Ok, so from the information supplied, getting a direct display of the information is pretty simple. Making valid NMEA sentences is easy enough. The question I would have is whether your chart plotter will make any sense of them.
I would think the "Engine Room" (ER) monitoring system talker ID would be appropriate for battery monitoring. However, many systems don't use or respect those codes. Will yours display this information?
It would also be possible to use the Raspberry Pi to directly display the data on a screen of its own, or to export the data via a web server (over WiFi) - so you could view it on screen in a browser such as a phone or a tablet.
I note that there is also an Android app (called PakTrakr) which will act as a monitor for PakTrakr systems. It requires you buy a serial/bluetooth dongle and make a small (soldering) adjustment, and will allow you to display your abttery information on your android device.
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Nick" <chernikit@...> wrote:
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> http://www.cloudelectric.com/category-s/7966.htm
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> From: electricboats@yahoogroups.com [mailto:electricboats@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of rwsandersii@...
> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 11:40 AM
> To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Electric Boats] PAKTRAKR question
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> Hello everyone,
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> I did get my electrically powered Compac 27 launched and I'll post a brief summary soon (I keep hoping Yahoo will switch back to the previous format, I hate the way things show in the web version right now, we don't even get our own picture on the front page, right now it is a guy on a mountain bike).
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> Anyway, my PAKTRAKR display is dead. The remote seems to be running correctly as it is still flashing in the proper sequence. I would guess the displays weren't set up for outside use as it appears they were originally intended for electric cars.
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> Before I go buy an entire setup (some guy in Europe has some for sale), I was wondering if anyone here knows if there is a "black box" that I could use to convert the PAKTRAKR output to a NMEA protocol that could be displayed on my Standard Horizon 390i chartplotter.
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> This would have to be a plug and play set up as I'm not knowledgeable enough to program anything to do this.
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> Thanks,
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> Richard
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