Chapter 5 Serial Interface (Iec 61162-1) - Furuno VR-5000 Operator's Manual

Chapter 5 SERIAL INTERFACE (IEC 61162-1)

Notes: Some sentences described here are proposed ones by the recent IEC TC80/WG6
(Digital Interface Working Group) at the time of this publication. They are marked with
PAS 101, PAS 102, etc.
ALA - Set detail alarm condition
0 1
$xxALA, hhmmss.ss, aa, aa, xx, xxx, A, A, c—c *hh<CR><LF>
0: Header 1: Event time (Optional) 2: System indicator of alarm source
3: Sub-system/equipment/item indicator of alarm source 4: Number of equipment / units / items
5: Number of alarm source 6: Alarm condition 7: Alarm's acknowledge state
8: Alarm's description text 9: Check-sum
ALR – Set alarm status
Updated the text label of the alarm identification field to be the same as that field in the ACK
sentence.
$--ALR,hhmmss.ss,xxx,A,A,c--c*hh<CR><LF>
Time of alarm condition change, UTC
DPT - Depth
IMO Resolution A.224 (VII). Water depth relative to the transducer and offset of the measuring
transducer. Positive offset numbers provide the distance from the transducer to the waterline.
Negative offset numbers provide the distance from the transducer to the part of the keel of
interest.
$--DPT, x.x, x.x*hh<CR><LF>
Offset from transducer, in meters = distance from transducer to water-line
Water depth relative to the transducer, in meters
DTM - Datum reference (to be further developed)
Local geodetic datum to which a position location is referenced.
$--DTM, ccc, a*hh<CR><LF>
Country sub-division code
W72 - WGS 72, W84 - WGS 84,
IHO - datum code,
999 - user defined
2 3 4 5 6 7
(PAS 101)
Alarm's description text
Alarm's acknowledge state, A = acknowledged, V=
unacknowledged
Alarm condition (A = threshold exceeded, V = not exceeded)
Unique alarm number (identifier) at alarm source
Checksum
8 9
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