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GPS 16/17 SERIES
TECHNICAL

SPECIFICATIONS

Garmin International, Inc.
st
1200 E. 151
Street
Olathe, KS 66062 USA
190-00228-20, Revision C
October 2005

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  • Page 1: Specifications

    GPS 16/17 SERIES TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS  Garmin International, Inc. 1200 E. 151 Street Olathe, KS 66062 USA 190-00228-20, Revision C October 2005...
  • Page 2 Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Garmin reserves the right to change or improve its products and to make changes in the content without obligation to notify any person or organization of such changes or improvements.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    1.7.5.2 Port 2 ...7 1.7.5.3 PPS (Not available on GPS 16A or GPS 17N)...7 1.7.5.4 Power Control (Not available on GPS 16A)...7 2 GPS 16/17 Wiring and Pinouts ... 8 2.1 GPS 16/17 Pinout...8 2.2 GPS 16/17 Wiring Diagrams...9 3 Mechanical Characteristics & Mounting... 10 3.1 GPS 16 ...10...
  • Page 4 Figure 3. Basic NMEA Device Interconnection... 9 Figure 4. GPS 16 Dimensions ... 10 Figure 5. GPS 16 Magnetic Mount Attachment ... 10 Figure 6. GPS 17 Dimensions ... 11 Table 2: NMEA 0183 Output Sentence Order and Size ... 16 Table 3: Characters per Second for Available Baud Rates...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    For safety, always resolve any discrepancies before continuing navigation. FCC Compliance The GPS 16/17 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 6: 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 7: Overview

    OEM (Original Equipment Manufacture) system applications. Based on the proven technology found in other Garmin 12-channel GPS receivers, the GPS 16/17 tracks up to 12 satellites at a time while providing fast time-to-first-fix, one-second navigation updates, and low power consumption.

  • Page 8: Gps 16/17 Series

    GPS 16/17 Series There are several different products in the GPS 16/17 product series. Refer below for a description of each product and the differences between the products. 1.6.1 GPS 16LVS & 16HVS Both the GPS 16LVS and GPS 16 HVS are black with a white logo.

  • Page 9: Technical Specifications

    28 mA @ 40 VDC • GPS 16LVS: 80 mA typical 1.7.2.3 GPS Receiver Sensitivity -165 dBW minimum 1.7.3 Environmental Characteristics • Operating Temperature: -30°C to +80°C • Storage Temperature: -40°C to +90°C 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications Page 5 Rev. C...

  • Page 10: Gps Performance

    PPS Time (Not available on GPS 16A or 17N): ±1 microsecond at rising edge of PPS pulse (subject to Selective Availability) • Dynamics: 999 knots velocity (only limited at altitude greater than 60,000 feet), 6g dynamics 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications Page 6 Rev. C...

  • Page 11: Interfaces

    • Configurable between NMEA 0183 Versions 2.00 and 3.00 • ASCII output sentences GPALM, GPGGA, GPGLL, GPGSA, GPGSV, GPRMC, GPVTG (NMEA- approved sentences); PGRMB, PGRME, PGRMF, PGRMM, PGRMT, and PGRMV (Garmin proprietary sentences) • NMEA 0183 Outputs (see Section specifications)

  • Page 12: Gps 16/17 Wiring And Pinouts

    Violet PORT 2 (N/A for GPS 16A) Second Serial Asynchronous Output, electrically identical to DATA PORT 1 DATA OUT. Reserved for future use. Table 1: GPS 16/17 Wire Pinout 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications Description Received NMEA 0183 Sentences for details).

  • Page 13: Gps 16/17 Wiring Diagrams

    GPS 16/17 Wiring Diagrams Figure 1: Computer Serial Port Interconnection Figure 2. PDA Serial Port Interconnection Figure 3. Basic NMEA Device Interconnection * Not Applicable on the GPS 16A 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications Rev. C Page 9...

  • Page 14: Mechanical Characteristics & Mounting

    MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS & MOUNTING 3.1 GPS 16 Figure 4. GPS 16 Dimensions Figure 5. GPS 16 Magnetic Mount Attachment 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications Rev. C Page 10...

  • Page 15: Gps 17

    3.2 GPS 17 Figure 6. GPS 17 Dimensions 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications Rev. C Page 11...

  • Page 16: Software Interface

    SOFTWARE INTERFACE The GPS 16/17 series products interface protocol design on COM 1 is based on the National Marine Electronics Association’s NMEA 0183 ASCII interface specification. The COM 2 port can receive differential GPS (DGPS) correction data using the Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services’...

  • Page 17: Sensor Initialization Information

    All configuration changes take effect after receipt of a valid value except baud rate and PPS mode. Baud rate and PPS mode changes take effect on the next power cycle or an external reset event. 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications resolution) Page 13 Appendix A: Rev.

  • Page 18: Additional Sensor Configuration Information (Pgrmc1)

    NMEA 0183 sentence transmission will be suspended temporarily. 5. $PGRMO,,G will cause the COM port to change to Garmin Data Transfer format for the duration of the power cycle. The Garmin mode is required for GPS 16/17 series product software updates.

  • Page 19: Tune Dgps Beacon Receiver (Pslib)

    4.1.6 Tune DGPS Beacon Receiver (PSLIB) The $PSLIB sentence provides the ability to tune a Garmin GBR 21, GBR 23 or equivalent beacon receiver. $PSLIB,<1>,<2>*hh<CR><LF> <1> Beacon tune frequency, 0.0, 283.5–325.0 kHz in 0.5 kHz steps <2> Beacon bit rate, 0, 25, 50, 100, or 200 bps If valid data is received, the GPS sensor will store it in the EEPROM and echo the PSLIB command to the beacon receiver.

  • Page 20: Transmitted Nmea 0183 Sentences

    GPRMC sentence, or whichever sentence is output first in the burst (see Table 2 above). 4.2.1.2 GPS 16A Sentences are transmitted at a fixed 200-millisecond interval. 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications total characters to be transmitted --------------------------------------------- characters transmitted per second Maximum Characters...

  • Page 21: Transmitted Time

    (null if not an RTCM DGPS fix) <12> Differential Reference Station ID, 0000 to 1023 (leading zeros will be transmitted, null if not an RTCM DGPS fix) 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications 4.1.1 Almanac Information (ALM). Page 17 Rev. C...

  • Page 22: Gps Dop And Active Satellites (Gsa)

    Speed over ground, 0000.0 to 1851.8 kilometers per hour (leading zeros will be transmitted) <5> Mode indicator (only output if NMEA 0183 version 2.30 active), A = Autonomous, D = Differential, E = Estimated, N = Data not valid 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications Page 18 Rev. C...

  • Page 23: Geographic Position (Gll)

    Time dilution of precision, 0 to 9 (rounded to nearest integer value) 4.2.12 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.

  • Page 24: Sensor Status Information

    4.2.13 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 16/17HVS VER 2.05”) <2>...

  • Page 25: Baud Rate Selection

    Differential GPS (DGPS) real-time pseudo-range correction data in RTCM SC-104 format, with message types 1, 2, 3, 7, and 9. These corrections can be received by the GPS 16/17 series products on COM 2. The RTCM data must be received at the same baud rate as the COM 1 port. For details on the SC-104 format, refer to RTCM Paper 134-89/SC 104-68 by the Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services.

  • Page 26: Appendix A: Earth Datums

    APPENDIX A: EARTH DATUMS The following is a list of the Garmin GPS 16/17 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 27 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 OMAN - Oman 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications Page 23 Rev. C...
  • Page 28 WORLD GEODETIC SYSTEM 1972 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 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications Page 24 Rev. C...

  • Page 29: Appendix B: Binary Phase Output Format

    Note: The following applies to GPS 17N software version 2.06 and higher, and all software versions of GPS 16LVS, GPS 16HVS, GPS 16A, and GPS 17HVS. Two records are transmitted once per second by the GPS 16/17 series products. One record contains primarily post-process information, such as position and velocity information. The second record contains receiver measurement information.

  • Page 30: Position Record

    (The addition of bytes between the delimiters should equal 0) - 0x10 (DLE) - 0x03 (ETX is last byte) typedef struct float alt; float epe; float eph; float epv; fix; double gps_tow; double lat; 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications Meaning when bit is one (1) Page 26 Rev. C...

  • Page 31: Receiver Measurement Record

    Latitude velocity (meters/second) alt_vel Altitude velocity (meters/ second) msl_hght Mean sea level height (meters) leap_sec UTC leap seconds grmn_days Garmin days (days since December 31, 1989) Receiver Measurement Record - 0x10 (DLE is first byte) - 0x34 (Receiver record identifier) - 0xE2...

  • Page 32: Sample C Code

    = DAT; in_que[ in_que_ptr++ ] = data; else if ( rx_state == ETX ) if ( data == DLE_BYTE ) rx_state = DLE; if ( in_que_ptr > 255 ) in_que_ptr = 0; 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications Page 28 Rev. C...

  • Page 33: Appendix C: Ephemeris Data Download (Programming Example)

    17 or 18 family GPS unit with the exception of the GPS 15-W and the GPS 15-F. Garmin Binary Format Review To download the ephemeris data, you must first command the unit to output information in Garmin Binary Format (Garmin mode) instead of the default NMEA output format. To put the unit in Garmin mode, connect to the unit using a terminal program and send the following NMEA sentence: $PGRMO,,G*hh<CR><LF>...

  • Page 34: Ephemeris Download Procedure

    TX Packet: Acknowledgement Byte Description Delimiter Record ID Number of bytes in data ID of packet being ACK’d Checksum calculation Delimiter End of packet 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications Name HEX Value 0x10 IOP_CMND_DATA 0x0A SIZE 0x02 IOP_DOWN_LOAD_EPH 0x5D DATA...

  • Page 35: Rx Packet: Ephemeris Data

    /* inclination correction, cosine float crs; /* radius correction, sine float crc; /* radius correction, cosine unsigned char iod; /* issue of data } SDM_spc_eph_type; 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications Name HEX Value 0x10 IOP_SPC_EPH_DATA 0x35 SIZE 0x78 DATA ---- CHKSUM...
  • Page 36 = *(float*)&m_TempArray[IDX_EPH_CUC]; pTemp->EphStruct.cis = *(float*)&m_TempArray[IDX_EPH_CIS]; pTemp->EphStruct.cic = *(float*)&m_TempArray[IDX_EPH_CIC]; pTemp->EphStruct.crs = *(float*)&m_TempArray[IDX_EPH_CRS]; pTemp->EphStruct.crc = *(float*)&m_TempArray[IDX_EPH_CRC]; pTemp->EphStruct.iod = *(unsigned char*)&m_TempArray[IDX_EPH_IOD]; return; /* copyData */ 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications /* ephemeris data unpacker /* pointer to ephemeris data array Page 32 Rev. C...

  • Page 37: Tx Packet: Download Complete

    Number of bytes in data Ephemeris Download ID Checksum calculation Delimiter End of packet After properly acknowledging this packet (ACK the IOP_DL_CMPLT ID), the ephemeris download is complete. 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications Name HEX Value 0x10 IOP_DL_CMPLT 0x0c SIZE 0x02...

  • Page 38: Appendix D: Sensor Configuration Software

    GPS 16/17, and then select Software Updates. Download SNSRCFG. 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. Then click OK. Page 34 Rev. C...

  • Page 39: File Menu

    Click the box to enable or disable to the sentence. 190-00228-20 GPS 16/17 Technical Specifications 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 40 Switch to NMEA Mode (F10): Switches the unit to NMEA Mode. The sensor must be in NMEA Mode when connected to this software. Switch to Garmin Mode (F11): Switches the unit to Garmin Mode. Update Software (F12): After you have downloaded a new software version for the sensor, you can update the sensor with the new software.

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