signalk-cyclops-gateway

SignalK server plugin to pull data from a Cyclops Marine Gateway and push it into SignalK

Configuration

• Setup your Cyclops Marine Gateway to connect to your boat's wifi network.
• Setup UDP Streaming:
  • In your Cyclops Marine Gateway web UI and enable "UDP Broadcast" -> "NMEA0183" for every sensor.
  • Set "Address" to the subnet of your SignalK server eg. 192.168.1.255
  • Set "Port" to 50000 (or whatever you choose in your own config if needed)
  • Set "Talker" to AG - Autopilot - General
  • Set "Sentence" to XDR - Transducer: TempAir, C (this sentence allows the gateway to send the name of the unit with the value)
  • Set "Checksum" to checked/enabled
• Enter the IP address of your Cyclops Marine Gateway into the plugin configuration.
• If you don't want to use UDP streaming, set the UDP port to 0 and set the polling interval as desired.

Some Notes:

• Polling will give you access to the low level details like id, name, station, units, rssi, time, age of data, and of course the load values, but its not a good realtime method
• UDP streaming will only give you access to the name and load value, but you get the data into SignalK as quickly as possible and as often as the gateway can send it.
• The plugin defaults to polling every 10 seconds to pull in sensor details, and uses UDP streaming to get realtime sensor data.

Paths

• All sensor names will be converted to lowercase, non alphanumeric characters removed, and spaces converted to _
  • eg Port V0 becomes port_v0
• Sensor data output is stored at rigging.{sensor}.tension and units are in Newtons
  • Newtons to kg: value / 9.80665
  • Newtons to tonnes: value / 9.80665 / 1000
  • Newtons to lbf: value / 4.44822
• Sensor metadata and configuration is stored at cyclops.{sensor}.*