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[FreshStartMA]

Hi,

A couple weeks ago I had asked some startup question and how to playback a datafile. I had a chance to try tonight. I started a CLI terminal (on windows) and used the following command to play back the included sample file:

signalk-server.cmd --sample-n2k-data

This played back the supplied aava-n2k.data file. I opened the gui and could see data being updated in the data browser. So that is GREAT! I tried several variations of the command to play back a different data file, but couldn't find anything that worked. Is aava-n2k.data a hardcoded name? I assume there must be a way to specify a path to a particular data file.

More importantly are there any user manuals/end-user documentation available that would describe the various command line arguments to the signalk-server.cmd command and signal k in general. I'm like to familiarize myself without having to post all the time. Apologies if I missed anything, but if you can help me help myself that would be appreciated.

[cmotelet]

--sample-n2k-data is more a quickwin for a test than a working configuration.
The real option is to look and understand how it is done in the GUI.
Start the server with the --sample-n2k-data option
Open the GUI and got to Server / Data Connections
See how it is done:

Then restart the server without the --sample-n2k-data option
and try to do the same configuration manually.
This way you will have control over your configuration.
These command line options are not documented because now the GUI has improved a lot
and this is the easiest way to manage its configuration.