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Page 1: Specifications
GPS 15 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Garmin International, Inc. 1200 E. 151 Street Olathe, KS 66062 USA 190-00266-00, Revision B April 2004 GPS 15 Technical Specifications (P/N 190-00266-00) Rev. B... - Page 3 Garmin. Garmin hereby grants permission to download a single copy of this manual and of any revision to this manual onto a hard drive or other electronic storage medium to be...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
1.5.5.1 GPS 15 Electrical Characteristics... 5 1.5.5.2 Port 1 Protocols... 5 1.5.6 Antenna Specifications ... 6 2 GPS 15 Wire Descriptions and Wiring Diagrams ...7 2.1 GPS 15 Wire Descriptions ...7 2.2 GPS 15 Wiring Diagrams...8 3 Mechanical Characteristics & Mounting...9 4 GPS 15 Software Interface...10... - Page 5 Help Menu ...21 LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Table 1: Gain vs. SNR for Given Noise Figure... 6 Table 2: GPS 15 Wire Descriptions ... 7 Figure 1: Computer Serial Port Interconnection... 8 Figure 2: PDA Serial Port Interconnection... 8 Figure 3: Basic NMEA Device Interconnection...
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Page 7: Introduction
The GPS 15 complies with Part 15 of the FCC interference limits for Class B digital devices FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation, and are more stringent than “outdoor”... -
Page 8: Limited Warranty
Garmin retains the exclusive right to repair or replace the unit or software or offer a full refund of the purchase price at its sole discretion. SUCH REMEDY SHALL BE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY. -
Page 9: Overview
OEM or system integrator. A minimum system must provide the GPS with a source of power, an active GPS antenna, and a clear view of the GPS satellites. The system may communicate with the GPS 15 via its 3.3V CMOS-level serial port. The GPS 15 stores data such as satellite orbital parameters, last-known position, and date and time in battery backed up SRAM. -
Page 10: Technical Specifications
SSH-003T-P0.2. Refer the JST web site at www.jst.com. 1.5.1.4 Antenna Connector The GPS 15 provides a MCX female connector for connection to an active GPS antenna. The antenna should be terminated in MCX male. A suitable antenna is Garmin’s GA 27C Antenna (Garmin Part Number 010-10052-05). -
Page 11: Gps Performance
1.5.5.2 Port 1 Protocols NMEA 0183 Version 2.20 ASCII output sentences GPGGA, GPGSA, GPGSV, and GPRMC (NMEA-approved sentences); PGRME, PGRMM, and PGRMT (Garmin proprietary sentences) NMEA 0183 Outputs (see Section 4.2 Transmitted NMEA 0183 Sentences for full protocol specifications) Position, velocity, and time... -
Page 12: Antenna Specifications
RF Connection: GPS 15 RF Connection: MCX Female connector (on the GPS 15 board) Antenna Connection: MCX Male connector (on the end of the antenna cable) Garmin Antenna: GPS 27C (Garmin Part Number 010-10052-05) provides the required MCX Male connector. -
Page 13: Gps 15 Wire Descriptions And Wiring Diagrams
GPS 15 WIRE DESCRIPTIONS AND WIRING DIAGRAMS The GPS 15-F uses a six-contact flex circuit LIF (low insertion force) connector. The GPS 15-W uses a six- pin JST connector (mating wire harness included). (See Section 1.5.1.3 for details.) 2.1 GPS 15 WIRE DESCRIPTIONS... -
Page 14: Gps 15 Wiring Diagrams
2.2 GPS 15 WIRING DIAGRAMS Figure 1: Computer Serial Port Interconnection Figure 2: PDA Serial Port Interconnection Figure 3: Basic NMEA Device Interconnection GPS 15 Technical Specifications (P/N 190-00266-00) Rev. B Page 8... -
Page 15: Mechanical Characteristics & Mounting
MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS & MOUNTING Figure 4: GPS 15-F Dimensions Figure 5: GPS 15-W Outline Drawing GPS 15 Technical Specifications (P/N 190-00266-00) Rev. B Page 9... -
Page 16: Gps 15 Software Interface
GPS 15 SOFTWARE INTERFACE The GPS 15 interface protocol design on COM 1 is based on the National Marine Electronics Association’s NMEA 0183 ASCII interface specification. This standard is fully defined in NMEA 0183, Version 2.20. Copies may be obtained from NMEA, www.nmea.org. -
Page 17: Sensor Configuration Information
Command, where: B = change to power save mode G = change to Garmin proprietary data format for the remainder of the power cycle. N = change to normal (as opposed to power save) mode. GPS 15 Technical Specifications (P/N 190-00266-00) -
Page 18: Transmitted Nmea 0183 Sentences
“$” and the termination delimiter <CR><LF>. The factory set defaults will result in a once-per-second transmission at the NMEA 0183 specification transmission rate of 4800 baud. GPS 15 Technical Specifications (P/N 190-00266-00) Sentence GPRMC... -
Page 19: Transmitted Time
Horizontal dilution of precision, 0.5 to 99.9 <9> Antenna height above/below mean sea level, -9999.9 to 99999.9 meters <10> Geoidal height, -999.9 to 9999.9 meters <11> Not Used. <12> Not Used. GPS 15 Technical Specifications (P/N 190-00266-00) Page 13 Rev. B... -
Page 20: Gps Dop And Active Satellites (Gsa)
Estimated position error (EPE), 0.0 to 999.9 meters 4.2.8 Map Datum (PGRMM) The Garmin Proprietary sentence $PGRMM gives the name of the map datum currently in use by the GPS sensor. This information is used by the Garmin MapSource real-time plotting application. $PGRMM,<1>*hh<CR><LF>... -
Page 21: Sensor Status Information
4.2.9 Sensor Status Information (PGRMT) The GARMIN Proprietary sentence $PGRMT gives information concerning the status of the GPS sensor. This sentence is transmitted once per minute regardless of the selected baud rate. $PGRMT,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>,<9>*hh<CR><LF> <1> Product, model and software version (variable length field, e.g., “GPS 15 VER 2.05”) <2>... -
Page 22: Appendix A: Earth Datums
APPENDIX A: EARTH DATUMS The following is a list of the Garmin GPS 15 Earth datum indices and the corresponding earth datum name (including the area of application): ADINDAN - Ethiopia, Mali, Senegal, Sudan AFGOOYE - Somalia AIN EL ABD 1970 - Bahrain Island, Saudi Arabia... - Page 23 NAHRWAN - Masirah Island (Oman) NAHRWAN - Saudi Arabia NAHRWAN - United Arab Emirates OBSERVATORIO 1966 - Corvo and Flores Islands (Azores) OLD EGYPTIAN - Egypt OLD HAWAIIAN - Mean Value GPS 15 Technical Specifications (P/N 190-00266-00) Page 17 Rev. B...
- Page 24 WORLD GEODETIC SYSTEM 1984 ZANDERIJ - Surinam CH-1903 - Switzerland Hu - Tzu - Shan Indonesia 74 Austria Potsdam Taiwan - modified Hu-Tzu-Shan GDA - Geocentric Datum of Australia Dutch GPS 15 Technical Specifications (P/N 190-00266-00) Page 18 Rev. B...
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Page 25: Appendix B: Sensor Configuration Software
GPS 15H. Selecting a Model After opening the program (snsrcfg.exe), the following screen appears. Select the radio button next to the type of Garmin sensor you are configuring. Connecting to the Sensor After selecting the type of sensor, the following window opens. This is the Main Interface Screen for the program. -
Page 26: Comm Menu
Click the box to enable or disable to the sentence. GPS 15 Technical Specifications (P/N 190-00266-00) Setup: Opens the Comm Setup Window, shown to the left. Select the Serial Port to which the sensor is connected from the drop- down list. -
Page 27: View Menu
Switch to Garmin Mode (F11): Switches the unit to Garmin Mode. Update Software (F12): Not applicable for the GPS 15. After you have downloaded a new software version for the sensor, you can update the sensor with the new software. Select Update Software and then select the file using the Open dialog box. - Page 28 For the latest free software updates (excluding map data) throughout the life of your Garmin products, visit the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. © Copyright 2004 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151 Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, U.S.A.