ComNav Commander P2 - Appendix 2 _______________________________________________________________________ 185 NMEA 0183 Sentences Accepted and Transmitted by the Autopilot; Sentences Accepted; Table 11 - NMEA 0183 Sentences Accepted by the Commander P2

ComNav Commander P2 & P2VS Installation & Operation Appendices
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Appendix 2
NMEA 0183 Sentences Accepted and Transmitted by the Autopilot
P Series Autopilot Systems receive and transmit serial data in NMEA 0183 format, in
compliance with Version 3.00 of the NMEA Standard.
Sentences Accepted
The autopilot accepts the following NMEA 0183 sentences, from NMEA Talkers :
Sentence Description Data Used
*APA Autopilot Sentence “A”
Cross-Track Error, Arrival Status,
Bearing from Origin to Destination,
Waypoint ID
*APB Autopilot Sentence “B”
Cross-Track Error,
Bearing from Origin to Destination,
Waypoint ID, Course to Steer
*BOD Bearing – Origin to Destination
Bearing from Origin to Destination,
Waypoint ID
*BWC Bearing & Distance to Waypoint Range to Destination
*GLL
Geographic Position
(Latitude & Longitude)
Latitude, Longitude
*HDG Heading, Deviation & Variation Magnetic Heading, Magnetic Variation
*HDM Heading, Magnetic Magnetic Heading
*HDT Heading, True True Heading
*HSC Heading Steering Command Course to Steer
*MWV Wind Speed & Angle Wind Angle, Wind Speed
*RMA
Recommended Minimum
Specific Loran-C Data
Speed
*RMB
Recommended Minimum
Navigation Information
Cross-Track Error, Waypoint ID, Range to
Destination, Bearing from Origin to Destination,
Arrival Status
*RMC
Recommended Minimum
Specific GNSS Data
Speed, Magnetic Variation
*VBW Dual Ground / Water Speed Speed
*VHW Water Speed & Heading Speed
*VTG Course Over Ground & Speed Speed
*VWR Apparent Wind Speed & Angle Wind Angle, Wind Speed
*VWT True Wind Speed & Angle Wind Angle, Wind Speed
*XTE Cross-Track Error Cross-Track Error
Table 11 – NMEA 0183 Sentences Accepted by the Commander P2
• The `*´ in front of the sentences indicates that the Talker Identifier is always ignored.
• All sentences can have checksums, or not. Sentences which have invalid
checksums will be ignored.