Leica GPS1200 Series Technical Reference Manual page 1350

NMEA Message Formats
Numeric value fields
Information fields
Symbol Field
Symbol Field
x.x Variable
numbers
hh_ Fixed HEX field Fixed length HEX numbers
Symbol Field
c--c Variable text
aa_ Fixed alpha
field
xx_ Fixed number
field
GPS1200
Description
• Such a field is indicated by the presence
of one or more valid characters.
Excluded from the list of valid characters
are the following that are used to indi-
cate other field types: A, a, c, x, hh,
hhmmss.ss, llll.ll, yyyyy.yy.
Description
• Integer or floating numeric field
• Optional leading and trailing zeros.
Decimal point and associated decimal-
fraction are optional if full resolution is not
required.
Description
Variable length valid character field
Fixed length field of upper case or lower
case alpha characters
Fixed length field of numeric characters
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Example
Example
73.10 = 73.1
= 073.1 = 73
3F
Example
A
N
1