Becker BD406 - Page 78

Installation
Becker Avionics
Targets Status Protocol - IF3 Interface
78 BD406/PBD406 DV16401.03 Issue 04 May 2021
Description
Name: Broadcasted Beacon Info; Frame ID: 0 (0x00); Value Block Length: 69 bytes
Bytes 50…51: Message Counter, Range [0…65535]. Unit: none (data type: unsigned integer).
Value equal to 0xFFFF denotes Invalid value.
Bytes 52…53: True Bearing, Range [0…3599] plus 0xFFFF. Unit: [0.1 degree] (data type:
unsigned integer). Value equal to 0xFFFF denotes Invalid value.
Bytes 54…55: Distance To The Target, Range [0…9999] plus 0xFFFF. Unit: [0.1 distance unit]
(distance unit is defined in byte 2) (data type: unsigned integer). Value equal to 0xFFFF denotes
Invalid value.
Bytes 56…57: CDI To The Target, Range [0…3599] plus 0xFFFF. Unit: [0.1 degree] (data type:
unsigned integer). Value equal to 0xFFFF denotes Invalid value.
Byte 58: Hours of EET
: Range [0 … 23] plus 0xFF. Unit: [1 Hour] (data type: unsig
ned integer). Value
equal to 0xFF denotes Invalid value.
Byte 59: Minutes of EET: Range [0 … 59] plus 0xFF. Unit: [1 Minute] (data type: unsigned integer).
Value equal to 0xFF denotes
Invalid
value.
Byte 60: Seconds of EET: Range [0 … 59] plus 0xFF. Unit: [1 Second] (data type: unsigned integer).
Value equal to 0xFF denotes Invalid value.
Byte 61: Hours of ETA
: Range [0 … 23] plus 0xFF. Unit: [1 Hour] (data type: unsigned integer). Value
equal to 0xFF denotes Invalid value. Value reported in this byte includes UTC Offset.
Byte 62: Minutes of ETA: Range [0 … 59] plus 0xFF. Unit: [1 Minute] (data type: unsigned integer).
Value equal to 0xFF denotes Invalid value. Value reported in this byte includes UTC Offset.
Byte 63: Seconds of ETA: Range [0 … 59] plus 0xFF. Unit: [1 Second] (data type: unsigned integer).
Value equal to 0xFF denotes Invalid value.
Bytes 64…65: Country code of the Beacon: Range [0 … 999] plus 0xFFFF. Unit: none (data type:
unsigned integer). Value equal to 0xFFFF denotes Invalid value.
Byte 66: Beacon Type and Protocol Type:
• Bits 7…4: Beacon Type: Interpretation of encoded values:
o 0 – ELT
o 1 – PLB
o 2 – EPIRB
o 3 – SSAS
o 4 – TEST
o 5…14 – not used
o 15 – denotes Invalid data
• Bits 3…0: Protocol Type: Interpretation of encoded values:
o 0 – STD-LOC
o 1 – NAT-LOC
o 2 – USER
o 3 – USER-LOC
o 4…14 – not used
o 15 – denotes Invalid data
Bytes 67…68: Beacon Serial Number: Range [1 … 16383] plus 0xFFFF. Unit: none (data type:
unsigned integer). Value equal to 0xFFFF denotes
Invalid
value.