Table 35: Self-Test Sentence; Table 36: Radio-Beacon Proprietary Sentence - NorthStar 8700 Technical Reference Manual

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Data field Contents
$PMCAG,902,xxxxxx,xxx,a,aaaa,xx,xx*hh<CR><LF>
Software part number (root number)
xxxxxx
Software variation number
xxx
Software revision letter
a
Sensor self-test result, from the last initiated test
aaaa
(PASS, FAIL)
Number of active faults
xx
Faults identifier
xx
Example L:
$PMCAG,902,613913,042,A,PASS,00,63*23<CR><LF>
-and-
$PMCAG,902,613913,042,A,FAIL,03,49*3B<CR><LF>
Radio-beacon proprietary information ($PMCAG, 903)
This message is automatically output in response to an MSK request (see
input message identifier MSK).

Table 36: Radio-beacon proprietary sentence

Data field Contents
$PMCAG,903,x.x,aa,x.x,x.x,x.x,x.x,x.x*hh<CR><LF>
Impulse noise count
x.x
Radio-beacon self-test result (zeroes mean all tests
aa
passed: bit 0 = antenna fault detected; bit 1 = bat-
tery-backed RAM invalid; bits 2 through 5 =
reserved)
Software part number (root number)
x.x
Reserved (will be null)
x.x
Reserved (will be null)
x.x
Reserved (will be null)
x.x
Reserved (will be null)
x.x
Example M:
$PMCAG,903,6,,2.24,0,0,0,0*62<CR><LF>

Table 35: Self-test sentence

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