VDR - Set and drift
$**VDR,x.x,T,x.x,M,x.x,N,*hh <CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Direction, degrees (0.00 - 360.00, null)
2. T=True (fixed)
3. Direction, degrees (0.00 - 360.00, null)
4. M=Magnetic (fixed)
5. Current speed (0 - 99.99)
6. N=Knots (fixed)
VHW - Water speed and headings
$**VHW,x.x,T,x.x,M,x.x,N,x.x,K,*hh <CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Heading, degrees (0.00 - 360.00)
2. T=True (fixed)
3. Heading, degrees (0.00 - 360.00)
4. M=Magnetic (fixed)
5. Speed, knots (0.00 - 9999.99)
6. N=Knots (fixed)
7. Speed, knots (0.00 - 9999.99)
8. K=km/hr (fixed)
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, varialbe number of transducers
5. Transducer "n"
4
5
5
APPENDIX 3 DIGITAL INTERFACE
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