iX Talk

We would like to use an iX controller with our GPS receiver. While the unit has Standard NMEA 0183 outputs it also has a number of custom outputs, and requires NMEA like inputs to configure its functions.
The data can be on either a serial port or Ethernet socket.
Can we expand the existing NMEA 0183 driver, or is there a genetic serial data driver that we can use to send and receive complete strings, then parse them in the iX device.

You can not modify the iX drivers. You can write your own communication protocol however. Look at this post on how to use C# to communicate to your peripheral using Ethernet or serial.