Dual CAN bus systems

Guys,

We have been asked to propose a system based on a dual CAN bus system with fallback redundancy running NMEA2000 protocol.

Can anybody point us in the best direction to monitor the primary network, detect a system failure and fall back to the secondary network? I cant see a protocol issue but wondered about the practical issues of detecting a failed network and switching the network. Any pointers?

Best regards

Bruce Coward

Offshore Systems (UK) Ltd

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