Channel Data Array
Name
Components
Channel
Channel number
SV
Satellite being tracked, 0 == not
tracked
Status
Status bit mask (code carrier bit
frame)
LastSubFram
Last sub frame processed in the GPS
e
message
EphmVFlag
Ephemeris valid flag
EphmHealth
Satellite health from sub frame 1 of
the GPS message
AlmVFlag
Almanac valid flag
AlmHealth
Almanac health from sub frame 4 of
the GPS message
Elev
Elevation angle in degrees
Azimuth
½ the azimuth in degrees
URA
User range error from sub frame 1
of the GPS message
Spare
Not used at this time
CliForSNR
Code lock indicator for SNR. SNR
= 10.0 * 4096 CliForSNR /
Nose_floor) where Nise_floor =
80000.0
DiffCorr
100 times the differential correction
for this channel's psuedorange
PosResid
10 times the position residual from
the GPS solution for this chanel
VelResid
10 times the velocity residual from
the GPS solution for this channel
DoppHZ
Expected Doppler for this channel
in Hz
NCOHz
Carrier track offset for this channel
in Hz
Vector Sensor Reference Manual
Type
Bytes
Value
Byte
1
0 to 12
Byte
1
0 to 32
Byte
1
Bit 0 = code lock
1 = carrier lock
2 = bit lock
3 = frame sync
4 = frame sync and
new epoch
5 = channel reset
6 = phase lock
7 = spare
Byte
1
1 to 5
Byte
1
0 = not logged
1 = invalid
2 = valid
3 = has data (not
yet validated)
Byte
1
See ICD-GPS-200
Byte
1
0 = not logged
1 = invalid
2 = valid
3 = has data (not
yet validated)
Byte
1
See ICD-GPS-200
Char
1
-90 to 90
Byte
1
0 to 180 degrees
represents 0 to 360
degrees
Byte
1
See ICD-GPS-200
Byte
1
Future use
Unsigned
2
Positive
short
Short
2
Short
2
Short
2
Short
2
Short
2
110
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