Signal K Installer

Install this app from the Settings Settings app and open it by clicking Signal K Installer Signal K Installer under Main -> OpenPlotter or typing this in a terminal:

openplotter-signalk-installer

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Help Help opens an offline copy of this documentation in a browser and Settings Settings opens the main app.

Reinstall Signal K

After installing the Signal K Installer Signal K Installer app, the Signal K server should be also installed and you do not have to do anything else to start using it. We add this option in case you need to reinstall the server from scratch if it ever becomes unstable.

Caution

Reinstalling the signal K server will remove the current plugins, login credentials and settings.

Settings

Signal K Installer Signal K Installer app installs the server using port 3000 by default. To access the web administration panel of the Signal K server, you can use this URL from the browser included in OpenPlotter:

http://localhost:3000

Or this one from a browser running on any computer connected to the same network:

http://openplotter.local:3000

If you set the port 80 instead the default port 3000, the URLs would be:

    http://localhost
    http://openplotter.local

You can change the port or enable SSL at any time without losing your current settings. Use Apply Apply to save changes or Cancel Cancel to reload current settings.

Click Vessel Data Vessel Data to set some important data of your boat like name, MMSI, call sign, draft ... You need to login to access this section of the web administration panel.

Logging in

When you first enter the Signal K web administration panel, it will ask you for a name and password to create an administrator account:

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Once you do that you will be offered the login page:

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You can add/delete users and change passwords under Signal K administrator -> Security -> Users.

More info

To know how data is managed in OpenPlotter you should read the chapter How does it work? in the Description section.

On the official Signal K site you will find a lot of valuable information.

In recent versions of the Signal K server, documentation has been introduced in Signal K administrator -> documentation

There are more than 270 plugins and more than 60 apps to extend the Signal K server features. Go to Signal K administrator -> Appstore. to install them:

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