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Proprietary and Confidential
WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual
(Derivative Products Include 300WXR, 300WX, 150WX, 100WX w/CAN,
This document is PRELIMINARY and Subject to Change.
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
THIS DOCUMENT AND THE DATA DISCLOSED HEREIN OR
HEREWITH IS NOT TO BE REPRODUCED, USED, OR DISCLOSED
IN WHOLE OR IN PART TO ANYONE WITHOUT THE
PERMISSION OF AIRMAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION.
PRELIMINARY - DRAFT
WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000
100WX)
Revision 1.000
05/11/11
- DRAFT -
AIRMAR Technology Corporation
35 Meadowbrook Drive
Milford, NH 03055-4613
(603) 673-9570
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  • Page 1 Milford, NH 03055-4613 (603) 673-9570 PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL THIS DOCUMENT AND THE DATA DISCLOSED HEREIN OR HEREWITH IS NOT TO BE REPRODUCED, USED, OR DISCLOSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART TO ANYONE WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF AIRMAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION. PRELIMINARY - DRAFT...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential Table of Contents Introduction NMEA 0183 Interfaces 1.1. Transmitted NMEA 0183 Sentences ..............5 $GPDTM......................9 $GPGGA ......................11 $GPGLL ......................13 $GPGSA ......................14 $GPGSV ......................15 $HCHDG ......................17 $HCHDT ......................
  • Page 3 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential $PAMTC,ERST ....................71 $PAMTC,HEATER ..................72 $PAMTC,LAMP ....................74 $PAMTC,OPTION ................... 75 $PAMTC,POST ....................79 $PAMTC,QPS ....................81 $PAMTC,QV ....................82 $PAMTC,RESET....................83 $PAMTC,RESET,GPS ..................84 $PAMTC,RESET,RAIN,RAIN ................ 85 $PAMTC,RESET,RAIN,RATE ............... 85 $PAMTC,SIM ....................

  • Page 4: Introduction

    • Heading relative to true north • Apparent wind chill temperature • True wind chill temperature • True wind speed relative to water (with optional Airmar® Smart™ speed sensor, not included) MEMS is an acronym for Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems PRELIMINARY - DRAFT...

  • Page 5: Nmea 0183 Interfaces

    National Marine Electronics Association (www.nmea.org). NMEA 0183 Interfaces The Airmar WX Series WeatherStation Sensor may have a single standard NMEA 0183- compliant output channel, and a single standard NMEA 0183-compliant input channel. If so, the unit transmits standard NMEA 0183 sentences on its output channel. It also recognizes standard and proprietary NMEA 0183 sentences received on its input channel.
  • Page 6 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential hexadecimal characters. In the detailed specifications to follow, these hexadecimal characters are designated by “hh”. The standard NMEA 0183 sentences provided by the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor are summarized in Table 1. Each of the transmitted sentences in Table 1 is described in detail on the subsequent pages.
  • Page 7 GPS and compass. $WIVWT True Wind Speed and Angle referenced to water is provided only if water referenced speed is available via the NMEA 0183 input or from the NMEA 2000® bus from an Airmar® Smart™ speed sensor.
  • Page 8 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential Sentence Description WXR300 Enabled Maximum Length Default (chars) $YXXDR Transducer Measurements: wind (type A) chill, heat index, and station pressure $YXXDR Transducer Measurements: vessel (type B) attitude (pitch and roll) $YXXDR Transducer Measurements: Accelerometers...

  • Page 9: Gp Dtm

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTC,EN: DTM Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary NMEA 0183 standard Datum Reference. Syntax $GPDTM,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>*hh<CR><LF> Fields Three character alphabetical code for local datum: <1>...
  • Page 10 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential See also the proprietary NMEA 0183 command $PAMTC,DATUM. PRELIMINARY - DRAFT...

  • Page 11: Gpgga

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTC,EN: GGA Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: Yes Summary NMEA 0183 standard GPS Fix Data. Syntax $GPGGA,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>, <9>,<10>,<11>,<12>,<13>,<14>*hh<CR><LF> Fields UTC of position, in the form hhmmss <1>...
  • Page 12 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential Geoidal separation, meters (to the nearest whole meter). In the WX <11> Series WeatherStation Sensor, this field contains the separation data, if available, otherwise, it is not provided, and appears as a null field. M.

  • Page 13: Gp Gll

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTC,EN: GLL Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary NMEA 0183 standard Geographic Position – Latitude/Longitude. Syntax $GPGLL,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>*hh<CR><LF> Fields Latitude, to the nearest .0001 minute <1>...

  • Page 14: Gp Gsa

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTC,EN: GSA Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary NMEA 0183 standard GNSS DOP and Active Satellites. Syntax $GPGSA,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>,<9>,<10>,<11>, <12>,<13>,<14>,<15>,<16>,<17>*hh<CR><LF> Fields M = Manual, forced to operate in 2D or 3D mode <1>...

  • Page 15: Gp Gsv

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTC,EN: GSV Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary NMEA 0183 standard GNSS Satellites in View. Syntax $GPGSV,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>,<9>,<10>,<11>, <12>,<13>,<14>,<15>,<16>,<17>,<18>,<19>*hh<CR><LF> Fields Total number of GSV sentences (1 to 3 for internal GPS in WX Series <1>...
  • Page 16 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential Notes This sentence is transmitted in groups of up to three instances, containing data for up to 4 satellites with each instance, for a total of up to 12 satellites. Field <3> only contain data in the first instance;...

  • Page 17: Hc Hdg

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTC,EN: HDG Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:0.50 Enabled By Default: No Summary NMEA 0183 standard Heading, Deviation and Variation. Syntax $HCHDG,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>*hh<CR><LF> Fields Magnetic sensor heading, degrees, to the nearest 0.1 degree. <1>...

  • Page 18: Hc Hdt

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTC,EN: HDT Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:0.50 Enabled By Default: No Summary NMEA 0183 standard Heading relative to True North Syntax $HCHDT,<1>,<2>*hh<CR><LF> Fields Heading relative to True North <1>...

  • Page 19: Wimda

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTC,EN: MDA Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: Yes Summary NMEA 0183 standard Meteorological Composite. Syntax $WIMDA,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>,<9>,<10>,<11>, <12>,<13>,<14>,<15>,<16>,<17>,<18>,<19>,<20>*hh <CR><LF> Fields Barometric pressure, inches of mercury, to the nearest 0.01 inch <1>...
  • Page 20 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential N = knots <18> Wind speed, meters per second, to the nearest 0.1 m/s <19> M = meters per second <20> Notes This WX Series WeatherStation Sensor has a relative humidity sensor. The barometric pressure provided in this sentence is the altimeter setting, which is the barometric pressure corrected for altitude above sea level.

  • Page 21: Wimwd

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTC,EN: MWD Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: Yes Summary NMEA 0183 standard Wind Direction and Speed, with respect to north. Syntax $WIMWD,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>*hh<CR><LF> Fields Wind direction, 0.0 to 359.9 degrees True, to the nearest 0.1 degree <1>...

  • Page 22: Wimwv

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTC,EN: MWVR Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:0.50 Enabled By Default: Yes $PAMTC,EN: MWVT Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: Yes Summary NMEA 0183 standard Wind Speed and Angle, in relation to the vessel’s bow/centerline.

  • Page 23: Gp Rmc

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTC,EN: RMC Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary NMEA 0183 standard Recommended Minimum Specific GNSS Data. Syntax $GPRMC,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>, <9>,<10>,<11>,<12>*hh<CR><LF> Fields UTC of position, in the form hhmmss <1>...

  • Page 24: Tirot

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTC,EN: ROT Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:0.50 Enabled By Default: Yes Summary NMEA 0183 standard Rate of Turn. Syntax $TIROT,<1>,<2>*hh<CR><LF> Fields Signed rate of turn, degrees per minute, to the nearest 0.1 degree. <1>...

  • Page 25: Hc Ths

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTC,EN: THS Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:0.50 Enabled By Default: No Summary NMEA 0183 standard True Heading and Status. Syntax $HCTHS,<1>,<2>*hh<CR><LF> Fields Heading relative to True North <1>...

  • Page 26: Gpvtg

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTC,EN: VTG Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: Yes Summary NMEA 0183 standard Course Over Ground and Ground Speed. Syntax $GPVTG,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>,<9>*hh<CR><LF> Fields Course Over Ground, degrees True, to the nearest 0.1 degree <1>...

  • Page 27: Wi Vwr

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTC,EN: VWR Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary NMEA 0183 Relative (Apparent) Wind Speed and Angle. Wind angle in relation to the vessel’s heading, and wind speed measured relative to the moving vessel. Syntax $WIVWR,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>*hh<CR><LF>...

  • Page 28: Wivwt

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTC,EN: VWT Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: Yes Summary NMEA 0183 True wind angle in relation to the vessel’s heading, and true wind speed referenced to the water. True wind is the vector sum of the Relative (apparent) wind vector and the vessel’s velocity vector relative to the water along the heading line of the vessel.
  • Page 29 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE Summary NMEA 0183 Transducer Measurements. Used in the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor to provide measurements not provided in the standard NMEA 0183 sentences. There are multiple versions of this sentence, for example, A, B, C, D, E, H, R, T, and W.
  • Page 30 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE XDR-A $PAMTC,EN: XDRA Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary NMEA 0183 Transducer Measurements. Used in the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor to provide wind chill, heat index, and barometric station pressure. Syntax $YXXDR,<1>, <2>, <3>, <4>, <5>, <6>, <7>, <8>,...
  • Page 31 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential STNP (ID indicating station pressure) <16> Notes This WX Series WeatherStation Sensor has a relative humidity sensor. The wind chill temperature is the perceived temperature on a person’s face at the current wind speed.
  • Page 32 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE XDR-B $PAMTC,EN: XDRB Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary NMEA 0183 Transducer Measurements. Used in the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor to provide vessel attitude (pitch and roll) data. Syntax $YXXDR,<1>, <2>, <3>, <4>, <5>, <6>, <7>, <8>...
  • Page 33 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE XDR-C $PAMTC,EN: XDRC Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary NMEA 0183 Transducer Measurements. Used in the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor to provide x, y, z accelerometer readings. Syntax $YXXDR,<1>, <2>, <3>, <4>, <5>, <6>, <7>, <8>,...
  • Page 34 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential XDR-D $PAMTC,EN: XDRD Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary NMEA 0183 Transducer Measurements. Used in the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor to provide compensated Roll, Pitch, and Yaw Rate readings, relative to the longitudinal axis of the locally level (“horizontal”) reference frame.
  • Page 35 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE XDR-E $PAMTC,EN: XDRE Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary NMEA 0183 Transducer Measurements. Used in the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor to provide raw Roll, Pitch, and Yaw Rate readings, relative to the vessel’s frame of reference.
  • Page 36 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential XDR-H $PAMTC,EN: XDRH Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary NMEA 0183 Transducer Measurements. Used in the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor to provide heater temperature and voltage readings. Syntax $YXXDR,<1>, <2>, <3>, <4>, <5>, <6>, <7>, <8>,...
  • Page 37 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE XDR-R $PAMTC,EN: XDRR Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary NMEA 0183 Transducer Measurements. Used in the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor to provide rain measurements (WXR only). Syntax $WIXDR,<1>, <2>, <3>, <4>, <5>, <6>, <7>, <8>,...
  • Page 38 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE XDR-T $PAMTC,EN: XDRT Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary NMEA 0183 Transducer Measurements. Used in the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor to provide internal temperature and voltage readings. Syntax $YXXDR,<1>, <2>, <3>, <4>, <5>, <6>, <7>, <8>,...
  • Page 39 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE XDR-W $PAMTC,EN: XDRW Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary NMEA 0183 Transducer Measurements. Used in the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor to provide unfiltered wind measurements. Syntax $WIXDR,<1>, <2>, <3>, <4>, <5>, <6>, <7>, <8>...

  • Page 40: Gpzda

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTC,EN: ZDA Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: Yes Summary NMEA 0183 standard Time and Date. Syntax $GPZDA,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>*hh<CR><LF> Fields UTC time of day, in the form hhmmss <1>...

  • Page 41: Pamto

    Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTO $PAMTC,EN: PAMTO Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary Airmar proprietary sentence. Used in the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor to provide uncalibrated magnetometer data. Syntax $PAMTO,R,<1>,<2>,<3> *hh<CR><LF> Fields Indicates raw/uncalibrated magnetometer data.

  • Page 42: Pamtoc

    Proprietary and Confidential NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTOC $PAMTC,EN: PAMTOC Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary Airmar proprietary sentence. Used in the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor to provide calibrated magnetometer data. Syntax $PAMTO,C,<1>,<2>,<3> *hh<CR><LF> Fields Indicates calibrated magnetometer data.

  • Page 43: Pamtrw

    NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTRW $PAMTC,EN: PAMTRW Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary Airmar proprietary sentence. Used in the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor to provide raw wind phase data. Syntax $PAMTRW,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5> *hh<CR><LF> Fields Raw apparent wind phase data – north.

  • Page 44: Pamtw

    NMEA 0183 TRANSMITTED SENTENCE $PAMTW $PAMTC,EN: PAMTW Default Interval (m:ss.00) 0:1.00 Enabled By Default: No Summary Airmar proprietary sentence. Used in the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor to provide filtered wind phase data. Syntax $PAMTW,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>,<9>,<10>,<11>, <12>,<13>*hh<CR><LF> Fields Filtered apparent wind phase data – north.

  • Page 45: Received Nmea 0183 Sentences And Commands

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential 1.2. Received NMEA 0183 Sentences and Commands The WX Series WeatherStation Sensor has an NMEA 0183-compliant input channel that is capable of receiving standard NMEA sentences as well as proprietary commands for initialization, calibration, or to modify the behavior of the unit.
  • Page 46 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential Table 2: NMEA 0183 Received Sentences and Commands Sentence or Description Command $--VHW Standard NMEA Water Speed and Heading (for water speed) $PAMTC,ALT Program the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor with altitude settings $PAMTC,ATTOFF Program the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor with...
  • Page 47 <8> Notes This sentence is used to obtain water speed from an Airmar® Smart™ speed sensor. The water speed data is used to calculate true wind relative to the water. The compass heading fields in this sentence are ignored by the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor.

  • Page 48: Pamtc

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ $PAMTC Summary Prefix for recognized proprietary commands. Syntax $PAMTC,<1>…*hh<CR><LF> Fields Command mnemonic. This may be any of the following: <1> ATTOFF BAUD COMP DATUM ERST HEATER LAMP OPTION POST...

  • Page 49: Pamtc,Alt

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ $PAMTC, Summary Settings related to the altitude of the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor. Syntax One of the following forms: $PAMTC,ALT,SET,<2>,<3>,<4>*hh<CR><LF> $PAMTC,ALT,Q*hh<CR><LF> Fields Fixed altitude, -999.9 meters to +40,000.0 meters, to the nearest 0.1 <2>...
  • Page 50 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential and in calculating the barometric pressure altimeter setting provided in fields 1 and 3 of the transmitted $WIMDA sentence. Fields <3> and<4> of the $PAMTC,ALT,SET command define how to use the altitude setting provided in field <2>.

  • Page 51: Pamtc,Attoff

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ ATTOFF $PAMTC, Summary A set of proprietary commands to set and query the angular attitude offsets for the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor. Syntax One of the following forms: $PAMTC,ATTOFF,SET,<3>,<4>,<5>*hh<CR><LF>...
  • Page 52 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential power. If any of the fields <3>, <4>, or <5> are null fields, the corresponding stored value will remain unchanged. The $PAMTC,ATTOFF,Q command is used to query the values of the attitude offset angles currently programmed into the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor.
  • Page 53 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential 7. The programmed attitude offset values may be checked at any time by sending the command $PAMTC,ATTOFF,Q to the unit; it will reply with $PAMTR,ATTOFF,a,b,c. PRELIMINARY - DRAFT...

  • Page 54: Pamtc,Baud

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ BAUD $PAMTC, Summary Change the baud rate for both the transmitting and receiving NMEA 0183 channels. Syntax One of the following forms: $PAMTC,BAUD,4800*hh<CR><LF> $PAMTC,BAUD,38400*hh<CR><LF> Notes The $PAMTC,BAUD command may be used to increase the baud rate from the standard 4800 baud to 38400 baud.

  • Page 55: Pamtc,Comp

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ COMP $PAMTC, Summary User calibration commands for the internal compass sensor. Syntax One of the following forms: $PAMTC,COMP,GO*hh<CR><LF> $PAMTC,COMP,RESETALL*hh<CR><LF> $PAMTC,COMP,RESETCAL*hh<CR><LF> $PAMTC,COMP,RESETDAMP*hh<CR><LF> $PAMTC,COMP,SET,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>,<9>*hh<CR><LF> $PAMTC,COMP,Q*hh<CR><LF> $PAMTC,COMP,X*hh<CR><LF> $PAMTC,COMP,VERIFY*hh<CR><LF> PRELIMINARY - DRAFT...
  • Page 56 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential $PAMTC,COMP,GO Summary Manually initiate a user calibration sequence for the internal compass sensor. There is an alternative to issuing the “GO” command to start user compass calibration, called AutoCal. AutoCal is intended for users who do not have access to a user interface which allows them to manually start user compass calibration.
  • Page 57 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential Where fields <1> through <9> contain the data from the weather station instrument’s nonvolatile EEPROM, as defined in the “Q”, Query Command. Upon successful completion the weather station instrument will reply with: $PAMTR,COMP,PASS, <1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>,<9>*hh<CR><LF>...
  • Page 58 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential $PAMTC,COMP,RESETALL Summary Reset the user calibration coefficients and damping control to the default values. Syntax $PAMTC,COMP,RESETALL*hh<CR><LF> Reply The weather station instrument will reset the user calibration coefficients and damping control (fields 1-9) and reply with: $PAMTR,COMP,RESETALL, <1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>,<9>*hh<CR><LF>...
  • Page 59 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential where fields <1> through <9> contain the data from the weather station instrument’s nonvolatile EEPROM, as defined in the “Q”, Query Command. $PAMTC,COMP,SET Summary Set one or more user compass calibration coefficients. Syntax $PAMTC,COMP,SET,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>,<9>*hh <CR><LF>...
  • Page 60 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential $PAMTC,COMP,Q Summary Query the weather station instrument for the stored user compass calibration coefficients. Syntax $PAMTC,COMP,Q*hh<CR><LF> Reply The weather station instrument will reply with: $PAMTR,COMP,Q, <1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>,<9>*hh<CR><LF> where fields <1> through <9> contain the data from the weather station instrument’s nonvolatile EEPROM corresponding to the fields as follows.
  • Page 61 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential $PAMTC,COMP,X Summary Terminate the user compass calibration mode. Syntax $PAMTC,COMP,X*hh<CR><LF> Reply $PAMTR,COMP,X, <1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>,<9>*hh<CR><LF> Notes Upon receiving $PAMTC,COMP,X user calibration mode will be terminated, if it had been previously entered by a $PAMTC,COMP,GO. The reply will always be issued.
  • Page 62 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential $PAMTC,COMP,VERIFY Summary Verify the user compass calibration mode. Syntax $PAMTC,COMP,VERIFY*hh<CR><LF> The verify user calibration sequence for the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor is as follows: 1. The weather station instrument is installed on the vessel. The unit under test is powered up.

  • Page 63: Pamtc,Datum

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ DATUM $PAMTC, Summary Define the local datum to which GPS position locations are referenced. Syntax One of the following forms: $PAMTC,DATUM,SET,<3>,<4>*hh<CR><LF> $PAMTC,DATUM,Q*hh<CR><LF> Fields Three character alphabetical code for local datum: <3>...
  • Page 64 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential KGS, OHI-A, OHI-B, OHI-C, OHI-D, OHI-M, SIR, P90, and S85 are not currently supported by the GPS Engine used in the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor, and therefore are not available for use as Local Datum. Important Note: Chart transformations based on IHO S60 parameters may result in significant positional errors when applied to chart data.

  • Page 65: Pamtc,En

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ $PAMTC, Summary Enable or disable the periodic transmission of individual standard NMEA 0183 sentences, and specify their rate of transmission. Syntax One of the following forms: $PAMTC,EN,<2>,<3>,<4>[,<5>]*hh<CR><LF>...
  • Page 66 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential transmissions of the specified sentence in a new high precision format. This field is only used when field <4> is Null. The format is “m:ss.hh”. Where ‘m’ is minutes (0-174), ‘s’ is seconds (0-10440), and ‘hh’ is decimal seconds (0-99).
  • Page 67 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential 0:1.00 0:1.00 MWV (R) 0:1.00 MWV (T) 0:1.00 0:1.00 0:1.00 0:1.00 0:1.00 0:1.00 XDR (A) 0:1.00 XDR (B) 0:1.00 XDR (C) 0:1.00 XDR (D) 0:1.00 XDR (E) 0:1.00 XDR (H) 0:1.00 XDR (T) 0:1.00...
  • Page 68 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential to the working copy in RAM, and restore the saved settings as though the unit had been turned off and then back on again. The $PAMTC,EN,LD command loads the factory default settings from ROM memory into RAM memory.
  • Page 69 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential $PAMTR,EN,9,5,DTM,1,600,001:00.00*18 $PAMTR,EN,9,1,GGA,0,10*29 $PAMTR,EN,9,2,GLL,0,10*1C $PAMTR,EN,9,3,GSA,0,10*0F $PAMTR,EN,9,4,GSV,0,10*2F $PAMTR,EN,9,5,HDG,1,2,000:00.25*18 $PAMTR,EN,9,6,RMC,0,10*33 $PAMTR,EN,9,7,VTG,0,10*1B $PAMTR,EN,9,8,XDRA,0,10*4B $PAMTR,EN,9,9,ZDA,0,10*3F Keep in mind when enabling sentences that the overall bandwidth of the interface should not be exceeded. At 4800 baud, only 480 characters can be transmitted in a one second period of time.
  • Page 70 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential $PAMTC,ATTOFF command), send the following sequence of commands to the unit: $PAMTC,EN,LD $PAMTC,EN,S Example 4: To enable transmission of the XDR (A) sentence and set it to transmit at the slow rate of once every 10 seconds for the current session only, send the following command to the unit: $PAMTC,EN,XDRA,1,100...

  • Page 71: Pamtc,Erst

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ ERST $PAMTC, Summary Reset the user portion of nonvolatile EEPROM to its factory default state. Syntax $PAMTC,ERST*hh<CR><LF> Notes The following data items are saved in nonvolatile EEPROM within the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor.

  • Page 72: Pamtc,Heater

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ HEATER $PAMTC, Summary Control the internal heater within the weather station instrument. Syntax One of the following forms: Turn heater off (default state). $PAMTC,HEATER,0*hh<CR><LF> Control heater automatically. $PAMTC,HEATER,A*hh<CR><LF>...
  • Page 73 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential See also the proprietary NMEA 2000® PGN 130881, Heater Control. PRELIMINARY - DRAFT...

  • Page 74: Pamtc,Lamp

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ LAMP $PAMTC, Summary Control the windex lamp on top of the weather station instrument. Syntax One of the following forms: $PAMTC,LAMP,0[,S]*hh<CR><LF> Turn lamp off(default state). $PAMTC,LAMP,1[,S]*hh<CR><LF> Turn lamp. $PAMTC,LAMP,A[,S]*hh<CR><LF>...

  • Page 75: Pamtc,Option

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ OPTION $PAMTC, Summary Enable or disable certain WX Series WeatherStation Sensor features, or query their state. Syntax One of the following forms: $PAMTC,OPTION,SET,<3>,<4>*hh<CR><LF> $PAMTC,OPTION,Q,<3>*hh<CR><LF> Fields Option 1: 1 = Allow COG to be used instead of internal compass heading in true <3>...
  • Page 76 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential Option 5: 5 = Enable Type 0 Messages <3> 0 = Ignore Type 0 messages for 60 seconds <4> 1-27 = Enable Type 0 messages as data 255 = Ignore Type 0 messages (default) Notes Option 1: If the local magnetic inclination (dip) is severe, this can produce errors in the...
  • Page 77 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential The GPS receiver in the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor can calculate a position fix when it has achieved a lock on at least three GPS satellites. If it has achieved a lock on four or more satellites, the unit may be able to calculate a 3D position fix, meaning it can determine latitude, longitude, and altitude.
  • Page 78 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential See page Error! Bookmark not defined. for more information on the NMEA 2000® PGN 129538. Option 3: The Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) uses a system of land based reference stations and geostationary satellites to augment the Global Positioning System (GPS) in order to provide additional accuracy, integrity, and availability.

  • Page 79: Pamtc,Post

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ POST $PAMTC, Summary Perform the Power-On Self Test. Syntax $PAMTC,POST*hh<CR><LF> The WX Series WeatherStation Sensor will reply with a sentence in the following form: $PAMTR,POST,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>, <9>,<10>,<11>,<12>,<13>,<14>,<15>,<16>,<17>,<18>, <19>,<20>,<21>*hh<CR><LF>...
  • Page 80 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential <15> = Internal temperature Sensor <16> = Battery voltage Sensor <17> = TBD Sensor <18> = TBD Sensor <19> = TBD Sensor <20> = TBD Sensor string that indicates POST results are for the family of <21>...

  • Page 81: Pamtc,Qps

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ $PAMTC, Summary Query part number and serial number information. Syntax $PAMTC,QPS*hh<CR><LF> The WX Series WeatherStation Sensor will reply with a sentence in the following form: $PAMTR,QPS,<1>,<2>,<3>*hh<CR><LF> where <1>...

  • Page 82: Pamtc,Qv

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ $PAMTC, Summary Query version information. Syntax $PAMTC,QV*hh<CR><LF> The WX Series WeatherStation Sensor will reply with a sentence in the following form: $PAMTR,QV,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>, <6>,<7>,<8>,<9>,<10>*hh<CR><LF> where <1> = Null field <2>...

  • Page 83: Pamtc,Reset

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ RESET $PAMTC, Summary Reset the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor. Syntax $PAMTC,RESET*hh<CR><LF> The WX Series WeatherStation Sensor will reset as though power had been removed and reapplied. All settings will revert to their power-on defaults. PRELIMINARY - DRAFT...

  • Page 84: Pamtc,Reset,Gps

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ RESET,GPS $PAMTC, Summary Reset the GPS on a WX Series WeatherStation Sensor. Syntax $PAMTC,RESET,GPS*hh<CR><LF> Reset the GPS sensor on a GPS equipped WX Series WeatherStation Sensor. PRELIMINARY - DRAFT...

  • Page 85: Pamtc,Reset,Rain,Rain

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ RESET,RAIN,RAIN $PAMTC, Summary Reset the Accumulated Rain and Rain Duration values of a rain sensor equipped WX Series WeatherStation Sensor. Syntax $PAMTC,RESET,RAIN,RAIN*hh<CR><LF> Reset the Accumulated Rain and Rain Duration values of a rain sensor equipped WX Series WeatherStation Sensor.

  • Page 86: Pamtc,Sim

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ $PAMTC, Summary Turn Simulate Mode On or Off. Syntax One of the following forms: Turn Simulate Mode Off $PAMTC,SIM,0*hh<CR><LF> (default state). Turn Simulate Mode On. $PAMTC,SIM,1*hh<CR><LF> Query Simulate state.

  • Page 87: Pamtc,Wind

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential WIND $PAMTC, Summary Set or report user settings for wind filtering and wind gust parameters. Syntax One of the following forms: $PAMTC,WIND,FILTER,SET,<1>,<2>*hh<CR><LF> $PAMTC,WIND,FILTER,Q*hh<CR><LF> $PAMTC,WIND,GUST,SET,<1>,<2>, TBD, *hh<CR><LF> $PAMTC,WIND,GUST,Q*hh<CR><LF> $PAMTC,WIND,FILTER,SET Summary Changet user settings for wind filtering. Syntax $PAMTC,WIND,FILTER,SET,<1>,<2>*hh<CR><LF>...
  • Page 88 WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential where fields <1> through <2> contain the data from the weather station instrument’s nonvolatile EEPROM corresponding to the fields as follows. Field one is an 8-bit unsigned fixed point decimal integer and field two is a 16-bit unsigned fixed point decimal integer.

  • Page 89: Pamtx

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential _NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_ $PAMTX Summary Suspend and resume transmission of NMEA sentences. Syntax $PAMTX,<1>*hh<CR><LF> Fields 0 = temporarily suspend transmission of all NMEA sentences. (default) <1> 1 = resume transmission Notes Upon receiving this sentence, the WX Series WeatherStation Sensor will suspend transmission of all future NMEA sentences after the currently transmitting...

  • Page 90: Revision History

    WX Series WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.000 Proprietary and Confidential Revision History Revision 1.000 Date: 05112011 Description: Made into an 0183 User Technical Manual PRELIMINARY - DRAFT...

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