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Easy answer: Just don't send motor1/2 in the first one. The data will be merged correctly.

You should ask yourself the question why there are two different sources of data for the same joints. Are they sending the same values? Then just use the first message. Are they sending different values? Then something in the system is wrong as one is sending bad data.

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