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--- venus-os:v2.60 [2020-06-29 22:12] – created mvader
+++ venus-os:v2.60 [2020-06-29 22:21] – [B) Changes to the NMEA2000-out chapter] mvader
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 This draft manual contains notes and/or new texts for the various sections that need changing after releasing v2.60.
-===== Multiple GX Devices for increasing number of tank inputs =====
+===== A) For in chapter 1.4 - Multiple GX Devices for increasing number of tank inputs =====
+(or to be put in a separate chapter)
 ==== Introduction ====
 The number of tank inputs of a GX Device, such as the Cerbo GX and the Venus GX can be expanded by connecting multiple GX devices together in a VE.Can network.
-Make sure to designate one GX device to be the "main" one; and the others the secondary one. There is no practical limit on how many can be used - most likely the number of source addresses on a VE.Can network is the limit, which is 252 addresses. A Cerbo GX, with 4 tank inputs, will use up 5 addresses: one for itself, and one for each tank input.
+Make sure to designate one GX device to be the "main" one; and the other(s) to be the "secondary" one(s). There is no practical limit on how many can be used - most likely the number of source addresses on a VE.Can network is the limit, which is 252 addresses. A Cerbo GX, with 4 tank inputs, will use up 5 addresses: one for itself, and one for each tank input.
 More details regarding the Main unit versus Secondary units:
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   - Only connect the main GX device to the Ethernet network - do not connect the others. For example the MFD App on Marine MFDs is not designed to work with multiple GX devices on one Ethernet network.
   - (optional - only when using ModbusTCP protocol): only enable ModbusTCP on one of the GX Devices
-  - Only connect the main GX Device to VRM
+  - Only connect the main GX Device to VRM; it will also transmit tank levels received from the secondary units.
   - And so forth.
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   - Assign each GX Device its own unique number. Use the test feature when to make sure all went well
+Lastly, on the main GX Device, check if all sensors show up in the Device list and work well.
+===== B) Changes to the NMEA2000-out chapter ====
+Many wording changes: "Send data to VE.Can" was reworded to "NMEA2000-out" and much more.
+Also there is now a menu to change the VE.Can/N2K Device Instances.
+Which means that this document needs amending as well: https://www.victronenergy.com/live/ve.can:changing_nmea2000_instances.
+===== C) Tank input configration ====
+tbd. Include the new min /max, as well as ten point calibration and so forth. Include screenshots.