Update Venus OS GPS position from other provider

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Hello,

I would like to be able to update Venus OS GPS information (installed on RaspberryPi 4) using informations from a router (i,.e. Pepwave)
I have seen a solution in the Victron communitity that requires SSH access and the creation of a virtual tty device (
https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/17470/venus-gx-to-pull-gps-coordinates-from-onboard-rout.html)

Same need is describe in this post (https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/198384/i-have-gps-information-over-tcp-in-nmea-formats.html)

I was wondering if it would be possible to request this feature in Venus OS?

  1. Preference
    Virtual tty device in venus os that listen to udp/tcp for GPS data

  2. Preference
    Expose Venus OS GPS information in writable format in Node Red

  3. Preference
    Use Signal K to receive GPS information from a provider (i.e. router) and push data to Venus OS

Thanks
Andrea

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well the solution from the first thread you posted works rock solid even after many updates of venus os without any changes … so why don´t you like this simple solution?

it is just a startup script added to venus os …

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Exactly because I recognise it as brilliant solution I would like to see it implemented as standard component in Venus OS (as i specified as priority 1)

For me it is obvious that Venus OS should have a built in mechanism to update its GPS position from external source. That is why I added option 2 and 3 as alternative suggestions

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sorry, then I didn´t understand what you meant. I guess 1) would be the way to go - venus os acting as a nmea183 server to recieve gps data (like the described solution).

and also in addition venus should provide its GPS data to signal k and/or to nmea2000. atm even if you directly connect a gps reciever to cerbo gx venus can only use it on its own without providing it to signal k … That´s why I had to modify my router to send gps data to venus os AND in addition to signal-k (which is on the same machine) which isn´t very nice: all GPS recivers can provide data to one machine out of the box - but broadcasting to more than one machine is not possible without modifcations most times!