Single Frame: No Priority: 6/Y/N Update Rate: 0/N/N Destination: Global Query Support: Yes Access Level: 0
For further information about the NMEA 2000® protocol, including field descriptions refer to the document, NMEA 2000® Standard for Serial-Data
Networking of Marine Electronic Devices available from NMEA.
Notes
The contents of fields 1 and 2 are stored in nonvolatile memory, and may be programmed using the NMEA Command Group Function, PGN 126208.
To change the state of the Installation Description (fields 1 and 2), use the Command Group Function PGN 126208, specifying the individual fields in PGN 126998 as follows.
PGN 126998
Field Value
1
Desired variable length ASCII
string, up to 70 characters
2
Desired variable length ASCII
string, up to 70 characters