Ping360 auto_transmit update

Blue Robotics Products Ping Sonar Devices
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Hi all,

New to the forum and BlueRobotics. We have purchased two Ping360s and are interfacing to them with ping-python. I noticed the auto_transmit option for data return from the devices is as yet unreleased and appears to have been intended but unimplemented for some time.

I was wondering if there is an update on this feature and if it has been deprioritised for now or if we can expect it to be released any time in the future?

Cheers!

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Hi @lewisjluck, welcome to the forum! :slight_smile:

This has indeed been in the works for quite a while. Good news is that active work on it recently resumed :slight_smile:

In terms of what’s left to do:

  • There’s an open Pull Request to Ping Viewer that will allow it to update a Ping360’s firmware
    • Without this firmware updates are only supported for the Ping(/2) Sonar devices
  • A Ping360 firmware with auto_* support is in the repository but is currently under evaluation
    • if that evaluation goes well we’ll start recommending it (hopefully some time next month, if all goes to plan), but
    • we have had a couple of previous candidates we’ve needed to pull due to firmware bugs, so we need to do some more testing internally before we’ll be comfortable suggesting others try it
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Hi Eliot,
Thanks a lot for your response.
The team and I will start working on our solution using the manual mode and will await updates on the auto mode!

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Hi Eliot, I too am looking for the auto_transmit option to integrate in Cerulean Sonarview.
You say " There’s an open Pull Request to Ping Viewer that will allow it to update a Ping360’s firmware"
Is there a version of this link that gives a method that can be understood by non-computer programmers, please?

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A Pull Request is a proposed code change (not a validated software state or release). They are sometimes accompanied by an automatic workflow that builds the software and provides the results as temporarily downloadable files, but in this case those files have expired.

Ping Viewer context aside, I asked for a status update on the new Ping360 firmware and was told our evaluation unfortunately did not go as hoped. More specifically:

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The latest release of Cerulean SonarView supports the Ping360 in whichever mode it is capable of based on f/w version. Performance (ping rate) is higher with the auto function, but Ping360 with SonarView is a great combination either way.

Here’s the link Release 1.10.0 · CeruleanSonar/SonarView · GitHub

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