How-to guides

Task-oriented instructions for people who already know what they want to achieve.

• Install on Windows, macOS or Linux, including the one-time warnings shown for unsigned software.
• Build from source on any of the three platforms.
• Run the simulator headless to feed a plotter, broadcast on a network, record or replay a log, or generate test fixtures from the command line.
• Follow a track from a GPX or KML file, on its own timing or at a set speed.
• Set a destination so that the autopilot sentences describe a leg.
• Connect a Signal K server or any Signal K client to the delta stream.
• Follow the vessel in Google Earth with ViewSync packets.
• Submit the package-manager manifests to winget, Scoop, Homebrew and Flathub after a release (maintainers).