Fix: not sending delta when next position values are missing

hooks/BWC.js

@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ module.exports = function BWCHook(input) {
         latitude,
       },
     })
+  } else {
+    values.push({
+      path: 'navigation.courseGreatCircle.nextPoint.position',
+      value: null,
+    })
   }
 
   if (parts[9] !== '' && parts[10] !== '') {

hooks/BWR.js

@@ -37,31 +37,38 @@ module.exports = function BWRHook(input) {
 
   debug(`[BWRHook] decoding sentence ${id} => ${sentence}`)
 
+  let timestamp
+  let position
+  let distance
+  const bearingToWaypoint = {}
+
   if (
     upper(parts[0]) === '' ||
     upper(parts[1]) === '' ||
     upper(parts[2]) === '' ||
     upper(parts[3]) === '' ||
     upper(parts[4]) === ''
   ) {
-    return null
+    timestamp = tags.timestamp
+    position = null
+    distance = null
+  } else {
+    timestamp = utils.timestamp(parts[0])
+    position = {
+      latitude: utils.coordinate(parts[1], parts[2]),
+      longitude: utils.coordinate(parts[3], parts[4]),
+    }
+    distance = utils.transform(
+      parts[9],
+      upper(parts[10]) === 'N' ? 'nm' : 'km',
+      'm'
+    )
+    bearingToWaypoint[upper(parts[6]) === 'T' ? 'True' : 'Magnetic'] =
+      utils.transform(parts[5], 'deg', 'rad')
+    bearingToWaypoint[upper(parts[8]) === 'T' ? 'True' : 'Magnetic'] =
+      utils.transform(parts[7], 'deg', 'rad')
   }
 
-  const timestamp = utils.timestamp(parts[0])
-  const latitude = utils.coordinate(parts[1], parts[2])
-  const longitude = utils.coordinate(parts[3], parts[4])
-  const distance = utils.transform(
-    parts[9],
-    upper(parts[10]) === 'N' ? 'nm' : 'km',
-    'm'
-  )
-
-  const bearingToWaypoint = {}
-  bearingToWaypoint[upper(parts[6]) === 'T' ? 'True' : 'Magnetic'] =
-    utils.transform(parts[5], 'deg', 'rad')
-  bearingToWaypoint[upper(parts[8]) === 'T' ? 'True' : 'Magnetic'] =
-    utils.transform(parts[7], 'deg', 'rad')
-
   return {
     updates: [
       {
@@ -82,10 +89,7 @@ module.exports = function BWRHook(input) {
           },
           {
             path: 'navigation.courseRhumbline.nextPoint.position',
-            value: {
-              longitude,
-              latitude,
-            },
+            value: position,
           },
         ],
       },

hooks/RMB.js

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const utils = require('@signalk/nmea0183-utilities')
 const moment = require('moment-timezone')
 
 /*
-RMC Sentence
+RMB Sentence
 $GPRMB,A,0.66,L,003,004,4917.24,N,12309.57,W,001.3,052.5,000.5,V*20
 values:
 
@@ -49,11 +49,17 @@ module.exports = function (input) {
   let vmg = 0.0
   let distance = 0.0
   let crossTrackError = 0.0
+  let position = null
 
   latitude = utils.coordinate(parts[5], parts[6])
   longitude = utils.coordinate(parts[7], parts[8])
   if (isNaN(latitude) || isNaN(longitude)) {
-    return null
+    position = null
+  } else {
+    position = {
+      longitude,
+      latitude
+    }
   }
 
   bearing = utils.float(parts[10])
@@ -78,10 +84,7 @@ module.exports = function (input) {
         values: [
           {
             path: 'navigation.courseRhumbline.nextPoint.position',
-            value: {
-              longitude,
-              latitude,
-            },
+            value: position,
           },
 
           {

test/BWC.js

@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ describe('BWC', () => {
 
     delta.should.be.an('object')
     delta.updates[0].values.should.deep.equal([
+      {
+        path: 'navigation.courseGreatCircle.nextPoint.position',
+        value: null,
+      },
       {
         path: 'navigation.courseGreatCircle.nextPoint.distance',
         value: 40929.20003454424,
@@ -80,6 +84,12 @@ describe('BWC', () => {
 
   it("Doesn't choke on an empty sentence", () => {
     const delta = new Parser().parse('$GPBWC,,,,,,,,,,,,*41')
-    should.equal(delta, undefined)
+
+    delta.updates[0].values.should.deep.equal([
+      {
+        path: 'navigation.courseGreatCircle.nextPoint.position',
+        value: null,
+      },
+    ])
   })
 })

test/BWR.js

@@ -56,6 +56,20 @@ describe('BWR', () => {
 
   it("Doesn't choke on an empty sentence", () => {
     const delta = new Parser().parse('$GPBWR,,,,,,,,,,,,*50')
-    should.equal(delta, null)
+    delta.updates[0].values.should.deep.equal([
+      { path: 'navigation.courseRhumbline.bearingTrackTrue', value: null },
+      {
+        path: 'navigation.courseRhumbline.bearingTrackMagnetic',
+        value: null,
+      },
+      {
+        path: 'navigation.courseRhumbline.nextPoint.distance',
+        value: null,
+      },
+      {
+        path: 'navigation.courseRhumbline.nextPoint.position',
+        value: null,
+      },
+    ])
   })
 })

test/RMB.js

@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ describe('RMB', () => {
 
   it("Doesn't choke on empty sentences", () => {
     const delta = new Parser().parse('$ECRMB,,,,,,,,,,,,,*77')
-    should.equal(delta, null)
+    delta.updates[0].values.should.contain.an.item.with.property(
+      'path',
+      'navigation.courseRhumbline.nextPoint.position'
+    )
+    delta.updates[0].values.should.contain.an.item({
+      path: 'navigation.courseRhumbline.nextPoint.position',
+      value: null
+    })
   })
+
 })