POS MV V4 User Guide
Interfaces and Data Formats
Copyright © Applanix Corporation, 2009
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COM Ports
The five RS-232 serial ports, COM(1) through COM(5), allow communication
between the PCS and external equipment. All the COM ports are assignable
for input and/or output. The following identifies the available port assignments:
• NMEA sentence types
• Binary data formats
• Base 1 and 2 GNSS outputs
• Base 1 and 2 GNSS inputs
• Auxiliary 1 and 2 GNSS inputs
Table 12 identifies the default COM port settings.
Table 12: Default COM Port Settings
Baud Rate 9600
Parity None
Data Bits 8 Bits
Stop Bits 1 Bit
Flow Control None
Output Select None
Input Select None
Note: Baud rates may require different settings, other than the default settings, for the
transmission of various sentence formats.