Notes Concerning The Ps Command; Pc Command: Clear Time-Tag Buffer; Pt Command: Get Next Time-Tag - Tektron TCG 01-G User Manual

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Byte #
Description (Data bytes only, bytes 4-29 in received message)
23
Oscillator Correction. Least significant 6 bits of 16-bit D/A converter used for
oscillator control. Range is ASCII [@] to [del] (hex 40 to hex 7F)
23
Frequency Error. Local Oscillator frequency offset as compared with GNSS
received signal. In ASCII, ±00000-99999 referenced to 1E-12

Notes concerning the Ps command:

*
An ASCII [space] is transmitted if there is no alarm condition present
1.
The TCG 01-G can track up to 14 satellites simultaneously. The message limitation of 9 is to
retain compatibility with older equipment using this message format.
2.
Mode = 1: Satellite search, 2D/3D fix.
Mode = 2: GNSS Automatic site survey.
Mode = 3: GNSS position hold (most accurate time)

Pc command: Clear Time-Tag Buffer

The Pc command invokes a Pc response that returns the number of time-tags that were in TCG 01-
event buffer when the Pc command was received. The event buffer is then cleared.
Command (7 bytes [0-6]):
Response (10 bytes [0-9]):
Byte #
Description (Data bytes only, bytes 4-6 in received message)
4 6
ASCII [000-512, 999] Number of time-tag entries in TCG 01-G queue before
reset.

Pt command: Get next Time-Tag

The Pt command invokes a Pt response that contains a single time-tag record the oldest one in the
data queue.
queue is empty, the Pt response is a null time tag. (ASCII [0] characters in all fields except
delimiters).
Command (7 bytes [0-6]):
Response (33 bytes [0-32]):
Byte #
Description (Data bytes only, bytes 4-29 in received message)
4
Day of Year in ASCII, 001 to 366
7
Delimiter, ASCII [:] (hex 3A)
8 9
Hour of Day in ASCII, 00-23
10
Delimiter, ASCII [:] (hex 3A)
11 12
Minute of Hour in ASCII, 00-59
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Transmitted format:
Received format:
ands will result in successive time tag data being retrieved. If the
Transmitted format:
Received format:
P a g e
| 19
@@Pc3<CR><LF>
@@Pc{3 data bytes}{cs}<CR><LF>
@@Pt$<CR><LF>
@@Pt{26 data bytes}{cs}<CR><LF>
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