Work around NMEA window disparition

[Didier B]

isn't it much easier just to use nmea on port 10110? Signalk from the server to opencpn is just another option, how it worked before still works.

Yes PaddyB (in fact I have a 3rd inactivated connection for that, just in case). 
And we shall always need this way for NMEA to be collected from or distributed to our legacy instruments,

But  thing don't happen by pure Hazard ! The upcoming of Signal K in both Openplotter and OpenCPN show than  both dev teams are going in the same direction, and I could feel a kind guidance to go that way, so I wouldn't be surprised if Signal K became the only way to follow further future developments ...

Therefore, the GPSD path, with its automatic hidden  signal K connection, could be the solution as a single connection (with a priority set to >0). Wait and see ...

Just seems like another program with compex setup running for no reason, nmea will always pass straight through.

I noticed that, when disabling the signal k connection, all I²C and pypilot info (boat attitude and environment data) disappeared from OpenCPN dashboard ;
When enabling back the signal K connection they re-appeared ! Makes me think that Signal K connection is a must have !