Leica Captivate Technical Reference Manual page 1015

Numeric value fields
Information fields
NMEA Message Formats
Symbol Field
mmddyy Date
No specific Defined
symbol field
Symbol Field
x.x Variable
numbers
hh_ Fixed HEX
field
Symbol Field
c--c Variable
text
aa_ Fixed alpha
field
xx_ Fixed num-
ber field
Description
Leading zeros are always
•
included for hours, minutes
and seconds to maintain
fixed length.
Monthdayyear - two fixed
•
digits of month, two fixed
digits of day, two fixed dig-
its of year.
• Leading zeros always inclu-
ded for month, day and
year to maintain fixed
length.
Some fields are specified
•
to contain predefined con-
stants, most often alpha
characters.
• Such a field is indicated by
the presence of one or
more valid characters.
Excluded from the list of
valid characters are the fol-
lowing that are used to
indicate other field types:
A, a, c, x, hh, hhmmss.ss,
llll.ll, yyyyy.yy.
Description
Integer or floating numeric
•
field
• Optional leading and trail-
ing zeros. Decimal point
and associated decimal-
fraction are optional if full
resolution is not required.
Fixed length HEX numbers
Description
Variable length valid character
field
Fixed length field of upper case
or lower case alpha characters
Fixed length field of numeric
characters
Example
093003
M
Example
73.10 = 73.1 =
073.1 = 73
3F
Example
A
N
1
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