"John Proctor" wrote in message
news:2005020207275816807%lost@nowhereorg...
On 2005-02-02 04:08:52 +1100, Larry W4CSC said:

BTW don't trash the technology just because the NMEA marketing arm has
it's 'head stuffed where the sun don't shine' It works very well in the
auto industry worldwide and should work as well in the marine industry
if the NMEA can get over their big boys club attitude to licensing IP!

Meindert is right TCP/IP is just plain stupid overkill!

Hear hear!

And indeed, NMEA should drop the prices. It's just too expensive for small
companies to pay $10,500 to get on the NMEA2000 train....

B.t.w.: it is not that hard to come up with a protocol/interface that
combines the simplicity of NMEA, the multi-talker features of SeaTalk and
the robustness of CAN for just a $1-2 per unit.

Meindert