BoatBuddy 0.8.1

A suite of tools to help collecting NMEA0183 and other marine metrics in a digital logbook format

BoatBuddy

A suite of tools to help collecting NMEA0183 and other marine metrics in a digital logbook format.

Installation

Requirements: Python 3.x >= 3.5

BoatBuddy can be installed via pip or an equivalent via:

$ pip install BoatBuddy

From Source

You can install BoatBuddy from source just as you would install any other Python package:

$ pip install git+https://github.com/joezeitouny/BoatBuddy.git

This will allow you to keep up to date with development on GitHub:

$ pip install -U git+https://github.com/joezeitouny/BoatBuddy.git

Features

• Ability to generate Excel and / or CSV logs
• Generate GPX file with GPS coordinates combined with timestamps
• Ability to generate a summary log for each session
• Sessions can be tied by the NMEA server, Victron system availability or by a specified time interval

Usage

$ python -m BoatBuddy --config=CONFIGURATION_FILENAME [options]

Where CONFIGURATION_FILENAME points to the file where the JSON configuration file is located on your system.

For the full list of available options

$ python -m BoatBuddy --help