Expedition Navigation Software 
1 | Software Releases » Expedition 12 » 4/22/2024 9:00 pm |
- jreisberg
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Running Windows 10 on primary PC and Windows 11 on tablet backup. Have used C-Map in the past because I've had performance issues with quilting ENCs. Should I be using the 32-bit 4D application still? Or, is the 64-bit version the better performing version and I should move away from C-Map to Navionics?
Didn't see anything in the help file addressing this issue.
| Technical Q&A » Tablet running expedition data to take place of displays » 4/01/2024 2:05 am |
- jreisberg
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Completely an option. I ended up going with a tough book cf-33 tablet to allow for the option of running a separate instance of expedition natively. Now looking at PC-based options.
Went with a tough book cf-33 because the screen is bigger and has better brightness than the sailproof (1200 bits vs 1000).
| Technical Q&A » Tablet running expedition data to take place of displays » 3/10/2024 9:24 am |
- jreisberg
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Yup. familiar with that functionality. But it's limited. Just wondering whether there was a way to dig into Expedition program files to adjust the number boxes even more than what's allowed in the number boxes UI itself.
| Technical Q&A » Tablet running expedition data to take place of displays » 3/10/2024 8:19 am |
- jreisberg
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Thanks. Checking out Spacedesk. In Expedition, there are options to increase the size of number boxes. But they only get so large. Is there a way to modify the text size (e.g., in some settings files) to make them even bigger. Just to expand on the Option 3 solution, if there were a way to manipulate the number boxes with even more flexibility, a $1k refurbished Panasonic tablet could literally take the place of $5k B&G Nemesis display.
| Technical Q&A » Tablet running expedition data to take place of displays » 3/08/2024 10:53 pm |
- jreisberg
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I have a J/120. Struck by lightning last summer. Destroyed everything on the NMEA network, including my 4 Garmin GNX120 mast displays and 3 B&G GFDs above the companionway. Insurance fucked me on the replacement. But then I realized...I'm a solo sailor. I don't need all these displays. The autopilot drives most of the time. I just need some key pieces of data when I'm on deck or hand steering. I'm confident I get this information to be displayed in a single tablet rather than 7 friggin' displays. Sure, it'd be great to have a few B&G Nemesis displays. But for now, I'm trying science the hell out of this like the Martian. Ok, maybe not the same level as the Martian.
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I'm looking for the best solution to display Expedition data on a tablet that I will have in the companionway and that can swivel in place in the companionway to show me on deck (Mini 6.50 style) or that I can mount at the helm. I see 3 options, described below. I'd love anybody's thoughts (especially Nick's) on the best solution. I like option 3, but don't like the fact that I'll probably need to buy a second license for Expedition. : - (
Option 1: At nav station, I have a Panasonic CF54 toughbook running Expedition. Laptop is connected to NMEA2000 network via Actisense NGT-1-USB. Rest of data on network is is NMEA2000. I could use an Actisense W2K-1 WiFi gateway to send all my NMEA2000 data, including the Expedition data to be read on a tablet (e.g., one like Sailproof running Android) connected to the WiFi gateway and using an app that displays NMEA data. The downside is that I haven't found any great third-party Android apps that give you the flexibility to display NMEA data in a great way. And Stripchart is literally the best thing ever. Would hate to not have that functionality in a roaming display.
Option 2: Panasonic CF54 running Exp at nav station. No NGT-1-USB. No W2K-1 Wifi gateway. Instead, use a WiFi router along with a remote deskt
| Technical Q&A » Upwind/Downwind Polar% Optimal Routing » 8/30/2023 7:12 am |
- jreisberg
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I have to imagine there's a thread somewhere about this. But couldn't find it. My sleuthing skills are clearly lacking this morning.
If I have polars loaded, is there a way that I can easily modify the polars to reduce performance upwind (e.g., 90%) and increase performance downwind (e.g., 110%) for purposes of modifying optimal routing?
Thanks,
Josh
| Technical Q&A » current 180 degrees wrong direction » 6/14/2023 1:39 pm |
- jreisberg
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The log files and grib are at the Dropbox link in the post. Can you access them?
| Technical Q&A » current 180 degrees wrong direction » 6/14/2023 10:07 am |
- jreisberg
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Thanks, Ernie. This is more of a technical Expedition question about creating gribs from log data. When I load my track based on log files and change settings to show wind and current along my track, the vectors are correctly facing E-SE in the meander. But when I create a grib from the log data, the current vectors are 180 degrees off (pointing 330 deg M).
| Technical Q&A » current 180 degrees wrong direction » 6/14/2023 8:16 am |
- jreisberg
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Log files and GRIB I created are located here:
| Technical Q&A » current 180 degrees wrong direction » 6/14/2023 8:10 am |
- jreisberg
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Hey folks. Just sailed from Newport, RI to Bermuda as part of the Bermuda 1-2. Plotting my return. I wanted to create a current GRIB from my log files to make sure I avoid the meander. I found the meander (4.2 knots of favorable current) coming down. But when I create GRIB file from log files to plot current, the current in meander shows a NW flow instead of the correct SE flow. Anybody know why?
Trying to link my log files and GRIB but dropbox not syncing right now.