B&G Performance plugin
Hi there!
I'm new to SignalK so please be gentle
I have a B&G Zeus chart plotter and a fairly standard wind sensor (B&G WS310) which generates AWA and AWD. However, I also have a rotating mast...
I am measuring my mast rotation angle using a Honeywell magnetic position sensor and the YachtDevices YDRA (A/D converter that generates either the Rudder Angle PGN or a Trim Tab PGN - I'm using Rudder Angle).
I was excited to see the B&G Performance Plugin, but I don't really understand what it does... It appears to generate the custom B&G PGN 0x1FF08 (130824) that handles multiple key-value pairs to handle parameters that are not explicit PGNs themselves. The B&G key-value data PGN includes a field for mast rotation (key 156).
However, I cannot tell if this plugin emulates an H5000 processor and actually calculates the corrected AWA/AWS/TWS/TWA/TWD itself, or is only a formatter for sending the data to an H5000 for processing?
If the plugin does the mast rotaton processing, then I'm delighted. If it doesn't, then I will use the YDNB (which can act as a little N2K processor itself) to do the calculation.
Can anyone help me understand the purpose and functionality of the Performance plugin?
Sorry for being long-winded!
Cheers,
greg
I'm new to SignalK so please be gentle
I have a B&G Zeus chart plotter and a fairly standard wind sensor (B&G WS310) which generates AWA and AWD. However, I also have a rotating mast...
I am measuring my mast rotation angle using a Honeywell magnetic position sensor and the YachtDevices YDRA (A/D converter that generates either the Rudder Angle PGN or a Trim Tab PGN - I'm using Rudder Angle).
I was excited to see the B&G Performance Plugin, but I don't really understand what it does... It appears to generate the custom B&G PGN 0x1FF08 (130824) that handles multiple key-value pairs to handle parameters that are not explicit PGNs themselves. The B&G key-value data PGN includes a field for mast rotation (key 156).
However, I cannot tell if this plugin emulates an H5000 processor and actually calculates the corrected AWA/AWS/TWS/TWA/TWD itself, or is only a formatter for sending the data to an H5000 for processing?
If the plugin does the mast rotaton processing, then I'm delighted. If it doesn't, then I will use the YDNB (which can act as a little N2K processor itself) to do the calculation.
Can anyone help me understand the purpose and functionality of the Performance plugin?
Sorry for being long-winded!
Cheers,
greg
