D Confirming The Weather Data Input; D Application Setting; D About The Weather Data Content - Icom IC-905 Advanced Manual

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GPS OPERATION (ADVANCED)
Transmitting D-PRS data

D Confirming the weather data input

You can confirm whether or not weather data is input
into the [USB] port.
1� Set "GPS TX Mode" to "D-PRS," and "TX format"
to "Weather." (p. 9-27)
2� On the standby screen, push
3� Touch "Weather Information."
• Displays the WEATHER INFORMATION screen as
shown below, if weather data is input into the [USB]
port�
L When weather information is displayed, you can
transmit as a weather station. If "-" is displayed on the
screen, weather data is not input into the [USB] port.
In that case, check the input data settings.

D Application setting

Configure the communication software as follows.
• Port: The COM port number that is used by
the IC-905�*
• Baud rate: Your desired speed
• Data: 8 bit
• Parity: none
• Start: 1 bit
• Stop: 1 bit
• Flow control: none
* Depending on the PC environment, the COM port number
used by the IC-905 may be higher than 5. In that case, use
an application that can set it to higher than 5.

D About the weather data content

The weather data should be input according to the
format (based on the APRS
below.
Example:
� 220/004 g005 t077 r000 p000 P000 h50 b09900 End code
1
No.
*
1
*
2
L If you have no data, enter a space or "." (period)
L Enter <CR>, <LF>, or <CR><LF> for an end code.
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2 3 4 5 6
Item
1 Wind direction
2 Wind speed
3 Gust speed
Temperature
4
5 Rainfall
6 Rainfall (24 Hours)
7 Rainfall (Midnight)
Humidity
8
Barometric pressure
9
The last two digits indicate the one decimal place and the
two decimal place.
The last digit indicates the one decimal place.
instead of a number.
(Example: ".../...g...t077r000p...P...h50b.....")
® Weather Data), shown
7 8 9
Value Unit
000 to 360 º
000 to 999 mph
g000 to g999 mph
t-99 to t-01, ºF
t000 to t999
r000 to r999* inch
1
p000 to p999* 1 inch
P000 to P999* 1 inch
h00, h01 to h99 %
(h00 indicates 100%.)
b00000 to b99999* 2 hPa,
mb