Rudder

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The Rudder shows the angle of a rudder on a half-circle scale, with port to the left and starboard to the right. It is found in the Maritime - OpenBridge section of the Perspective Component Palette as Rudder.

The parts of the instrument:

1. Scale — from -maxAngle to maxAngle, with zero at the bottom. See Range.
2. Value — the rudder angle, as a bar from zero or as a needle. See Angle.
3. Setpoint — the ordered angle. See Setpoint.

The Rudder is one of the maritime instruments. State, priority, the setpoint, advice zones, the scale and sizing are shared by all of them and are described in Maritime Instruments — Common Features. This page covers what is specific to the Rudder. For a small symbol of the rudder, see the Rudder Indicator.

A Rudder dropped from the palette spans ±90° and has no labels:

Angle

Bind angle to the rudder angle in degrees. Positive is starboard (to the right), negative is port (to the left).

variant selects how the angle is shown:

variant	Starboard (12)	Port (-30)
bar (default)
needle

The bar fills the scale from zero to the angle. The needle is a pointer from the centre, as on a traditional rudder angle indicator.

Properties

Name	Description	Property Type
angle	Rudder angle in degrees; positive is starboard. Default 0.	value
variant	bar or needle. Default bar.	value

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Range

maxAngle is the largest angle of the scale, to each side. Set it to the mechanical limit of the rudder.

35	45

90 (default)

A scale with a small range is a short arc that leaves much of the box empty. Set zoomToFitArc to true to enlarge the arc so that it fills the box. The blue frame is the component’s box:

zoomToFitArc = false	zoomToFitArc = true

Properties

Name	Description	Property Type
maxAngle	Largest angle of the scale, to each side. Default 90.	value
zoomToFitArc	Enlarge the arc to fill the box. Default false.	value

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Common Properties

These work in the same way on every maritime instrument, and are described in Maritime Instruments — Common Features:

• State — state.
• Priority — priority.
• Setpoint — hasSetpoint, setpoint, autoAtSetpoint, autoAtSetpointDeadband, atSetpoint, touching, hasNewSetpoint, newSetpoint, animateSetpoint, setpointAtZeroDeadband, setpointOverride.
• Advice Zones — advices, with minAngle and maxAngle in degrees.
• Scale — showLabels, tickmarksInside, tickmarkStyle.
• Size — hasFaceDiameter, faceDiameter.
• Style and Events — style.

Component Events

The Rudder has no component events of its own.

Examples

Example 1 — Rudder with Order and Limits

1. Drop a Rudder into the view and make it about 300 px wide.

2. Set maxAngle to 35, showLabels to true and zoomToFitArc to true.

3. Bind angle to [default]Steering/RudderAngle.

4. Set hasSetpoint to true and bind setpoint to [default]Steering/RudderOrder. Set autoAtSetpoint to true and autoAtSetpointDeadband to 1.

5. To mark the range beyond 30° as one to be careful with, set advices to:

   [
     {"minAngle": 30, "maxAngle": 35, "type": "caution", "hinted": false},
     {"minAngle": -35, "maxAngle": -30, "type": "caution", "hinted": false}
   ]