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NOTE: THIS IS ALL SPECULATIVE. THERE ARE NO RELEASES YET! THE SOFTWARE IS REALLY A WORK IN PROGRESS!

radar_pi is a plugin for OpenCPN that allows full integration of certain radar scanners.

The following radar scanners are supported:

• Navico Broadband Radar BR24
• Navico Broadband Radar 3G
• Navico Broadband Radar 4G
• Navico HALO
• A simple emulator

The following types will be added over time:

• Garmin HD
• Garmin xHD

The plugin can be operated as the only control station for your scanner, as it allows access to all setup operations such as antenna direction correction and antenna height, as well as cooperate in a multi-station setup -- whether multiple OpenCPN installations or one or more MFDs/plotters. In fact using a mixed setup is what 2 out of 3 developers use, and recommend (our laptops and tablets don't work nearly as well outside as the dedicated plotters.)

The plugin has class leading ARPA and MARPA support, supporting 50 ARPA and MARPA targets as well as target trails support comparable to commercial level radars as well as guard zone support. It supports two guard zones per radar as well as two Electronic Bearing Lines (EBL) and Variable Range Markers (VRM) per radar.

1. Requirements
2. Hardware installation (Navico)
3. Software installation
4. Basic operation
5. Target trails
6. Cursor, EBL and VRM
7. Guard zones
8. Timed transmit

Credits

This plugin was initially developed as a BR24 plugin by Dave Cowell who took Dave Register's Garmin plugin and modified it to work with the BR24. Over the years code was contributed by @Hakansv, @douwefokkema, @seandepagnier, @nohal, @chucksk and @canboat. After v3.0 was released the code was changed again to support multiple radar types, and adding Garmin support back in.