2019-09-30, 01:21 AM
It does not output or repeat nmea data to usb serial ports for this reason of creating data loops. It is possible to receive wind, gps, rudder angle, and autopilot apb messages over usb serial ports currently.
For now the easiest way to get rudder angle on usb serial is to receive the tcp socket connection using opencpn or another program, and have it relay the data to the serial port. Usually opencpn dashboard is used for rudder angle which is not a serial connection.
I would make it possible to output nmea on the serial port, but mostly it is not useful, wastes processing time and also produces sentences which are never consumed anyway. There needs to be a config file to determine which sentences to produce, which sentences to forward, and what rate ideally, so for now this not implemented.
For now the easiest way to get rudder angle on usb serial is to receive the tcp socket connection using opencpn or another program, and have it relay the data to the serial port. Usually opencpn dashboard is used for rudder angle which is not a serial connection.
I would make it possible to output nmea on the serial port, but mostly it is not useful, wastes processing time and also produces sentences which are never consumed anyway. There needs to be a config file to determine which sentences to produce, which sentences to forward, and what rate ideally, so for now this not implemented.