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With the new tanks system, NMEA2000 tank systems have no way to name tanks. My TankRepeater (no longer usable as of v2.70~15 ) provided a /CustomName property and as I understand it, the analog tank inputs also have a way to customize the name.
I don't know where the service names are coming from but "Black water (sewage) tank (1)" is wayyyyyy over the top in terms of a label for the tank tiles in the Mobile Overview. Even "Fresh water tank (2)" is more than will fit on the tile.
I would agree that having the same name on all devices would be ideal, but there needs to be a fall-back mechanism that provides useful information to the end user.
Because not all sensors are going to have a way to name tanks, it then becomes the responsibility of the system collecting data from multiple sensors to provide meaningful identification to the end user. That brings me back to requesting that Venus provide custom naming for all tanks it displays.
You DO provide a way to change the fluid type within Venus so why not the tank's name too?
RVs often have two waste (aka Gray) water tanks and I've seen boats with multiple fresh water and fuel tanks. There is facility to change the fluid type but doing so would end up with very similar names, differentiated only by a number at the end of the name which is often not visible on the overview. The need is to label one waste tank "Galley" or fuel tanks "Port fuel" and "Starboard Fuel" so the user can know which tanks are which without resorting to a piece of paper taped next to the Venus display.
Another point in favor of custom tank names inside Venus: this is my ONLY tank display in my RV so there won't be any naming conflicts.
You should be able to provide local names for tanks and push those to the sensor if it's supported. But if not I don't want to be stuck with a tank named "Black water (sewa".
