rgarside
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Multiple NMEA inputs to PC for openCPN
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Playtime
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NavMonPC works as an intelligent multiplexer. It has 4 serial input ports and 6 virtual output ports which can provide a filtered subset of the multiplexed data received on the 3 input ports.
You can also use a USB hub to provide a simple multiplex function if you are short of physical serial input ports on the laptop/PC.
I connect 3 USB serial inputs (instruments, AIS and Navtex) into one USB input port on the laptop via a USB hub. Two of the 3 inputs (instruments and AIS) are then routed into NanMonPC where the data is available for display on the various NavMonPC dials and graphs and secondly to provide a single virtual serial port containing the instrument and AIS data multiplexed together. This virtual port is then fed into OpenCPN which displays the AIS data (still the best presentation of AIS available IMHO) and the OpenCPN instrument dashboards.
I think this type of set-up would meet your immediate requirements and provide flexibility for future experimentation.
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RichardS
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Also works in 32 bit Windows and allows me to run several different programs from one GPS NMEA feed.
Richard