Re: ✘NMEA2000 and issue #176

[Reinhard Arlt]

Hello Gary

On 12/15/21 7:39 PM, Gary E. Miller wrote:
> Yo Reinhard!
>
> On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 09:22:34 +0100
> Reinhard Arlt <reinhard.arlt@t-online.de> wrote:
>
> > > > In my normal testcase, and in my usecase on the boat, i have always
> > > > two or three n2k gps receiver on the n2k bus.
> > >
> > > Huh.  How do you tell them apart?
> >
> > well, i allow, that the data flicker.
>
> Your use case is only going to get more common.  gpsd supports multiple
> serial devices, and separates them by device "path".  I guess nmea2000
> should do that too?

That was my intention.
> Can you send here a regression log with multiple receivers?  That way
> we can ponder the problem in public.

Of course i can, but the file in test/nmea2000/ already use provide the 
data from two gps reciever:

Garmin AIS600         : AIS Transmitter

Garmin GPS17x NMEA2000: NMEA2000 GPS Receiver at 10 Hz update rate

Garmin GPSMAP 720     : Chart Plotter with internal GPS 1 Hz update rate

> RGDS
> GARY
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Kind regards

Reinhard