Appendix 2 Digital Interface; Data Sentences - Furuno FAR-2218 Installation Manual

APPENDIX 2 DIGITAL INTERFACE

Digital Interface
Input sentence (*: For retrofit)
ABK, ACK, ACN, ALR, BWC, BWR, CUR, DBK*, DBS*, DBT, DDC, DPT, DTM, GGA, GLL, GNS,
HBT, HDT*, MTW, MWV, OSD, RAQ, RMB, RMC, ROT, RTE, THS, VBW, VDM, VDO, VDR,
VHW, VSD, VTG, VWR*, VWT*, WPL, ZDA
Output sentences (**: For B-type radar only)
ABM, ACK, AIQ, ALC, ALF, ALR, ARC, BBM, DDC, EVE, HBT, OSD, RSD, TLB, TLL**, TTD,
TTM, VSD
Data reception
Data is received in serial asynchronous form in accordance with the standard referenced in IEC
61162-2 or IEC 61162-1 Ed.5.
The following parameters are used:
Baud rate: 38,400 bps (HDT, THS, !AIVDM, !AIVDO, !AIABK, $AIALR). The baud rate of all other
sentences is 4800 bps
Data bits: 8 (D7 = 0), Parity: none, Stop bits: 1
D0 D1
Start
bit

Data Sentences

Input sentences
ABK - AIS addressed and binary broadcast acknowledgement
$**ABK,xxxxxxxxx,x,x.x,x,x,*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5
1. MMSI of the addressed AIS unit (No use)
2. AIS channel of reception (No use)
3. Message ID (No use)
4. Message sequence number (No use)
5. Type of acknowledgement (See below.)
0 = Message (6 or 12) sucessfully received by the addressed AIS unit
1 = Message (6 or 12) was broadcast, but no acknowledgement by the addressed AIS unit
2 = Message could not be broadcast (i.e. quantity of encapsulated data exceeds five slots)
3 = Requested broadcast of message (8, 14, or 15) has been successfully completed.
4 = Late reception of a message 7 or 13 acknowledgement that was addressed to this AIS
unit (own-ship) and referenced a valid transaction.
5 = Message has been read and acknowledged on a display unit.
ACK - Acknowledge alarm
$**ACK,xxx,*hh<CR><LF>
1
1. Local alarm number (identifier) (000 to 999)
AP-2
D2 D3 D4 D5
Data bits
D6 D7
Stop
bit