Ping Viewer Defaults

[patrickelectric (Patrick José Pereira)]

@Johnv

specifying -c /dev/ttyUSB0 causes the debug output to indicate sensor type not provided.

Yes, you need to specify the sensor to connect, like this: Ping360:2:/dev/ttyUSB0:115200 or Ping1D:2:/dev/ttyUSB0:115200 (where 2: is serial and 3: is UDP connection ), where the last argument is the baud rate.
This command lines are not intended to be used by users since it’s a development tool and still pretty simple.

@Johnv

Also, can you point me to the place in the source where the defaults are specified, or how to save them please, in Ping Viewer.conf, I see this: lastLinkConfigurations=@Invalid()
is there documentation as to the options that can be specified here, to achieve an automated startup with a given configuration.

Just reset the settings and check the configuration file, this will be the default settings.
You can check our default settings in the source code:

bluerobotics/ping-viewer/blob/97f26b941beb83b36cd4f329398f781d15b4c1cc/src/settings/settingsmanager.h#L119-L142

@Johnv

I also notice that the 360 degree view uses all the screen, with the menu options appearing on the left, on the 180 degree views, the menu options occupy the top area of the whole screen, forcing the “radar” down the page and making it smaller. is this intentional? on a small screen, this is a pain.

Please share a screenshot and your screen size.