APPENDIX 3 DIGITAL INTERFACE
VTG - Course over ground and ground speed
$**VTG,x.x,T,x.x,M,x.x,N,x.x,K,a,*hh <CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Course over ground, degrees (0.00 - 360.00)
2. T=True (fixed)
3. Course over ground, degrees (No use)
4. M=Magnetic (No Use)
5. Speed over ground, knots (0.00-99.94)
6. N=Knots (fixed)
7. Speed over ground (0.00-99.94)
8. K=km/h (fixed)
9. Mode indicator (A=Autonomous, D=Differential E=Estimated (dead reckoning)
M=Manual input S=Simulator P=Precision)
XDR - Transducer measurements
$**XDR,a,x.x,a,c,c,.....................a,x.x, a,c...c*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3
1. Transducer type, transducer no. (C, A, F, N, P, R, T, H, V)
2. Measurement data, transducer no. (Transducer no. N)
3. Units of measure, transducer no. (Transducer type, transducer no. N)
#1=C C
#1=A D
#1=D M
#1=F H
#1=N N
#1=P B
#1=R I
#1=T R
#1=H P
#1=V M
4. Data, variable number of transducers
5. Transducer "n"
ZDA - Time and date
$**ZDA,hhmmss.ss,xx,xx,xxxx,xx,xx<CR><LF>
1
2 3
1. UTC (000000.00 - 235960.99)
2. Day (01 - 31)
3. Month (01 -12)
4. Year (UTC, 1970 - 2037)
5. Local zone, hours (No use)
6. Loca zone, minutes (No use)
Output sentences
See input sentences for OSD, RRT, TTD, VBW, VDR
ABM - UAIS Addressed binary and safety related message
!**ABM,x,x,x,xxxxxxxxx,x,x.x,s--s,x,*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3
4
1. Total number of sentences needed to transfer the message (1 - 9)
2. Message sentence number (1 - 9)
3. Message sequence identifier (0 - 3)
4. The MMSI of destination AIS unit for the ITU-R M.1371 message (9 digits)
5. AIS channel for broadcast of the radio message (0 - 3)
6. VDL message number (6 or 12), see ITU-R M.1371
7. Encapsulated data (1 - 63 bytes)
8. Number of fill-bits (0 - 5)
AP-28
4
5
5
4
5 6
5 6
7 8