Fugro 8200HP - MSS - Beacon Receiver Signal Status; Ptnlsm; Proprietary (RTCM Special); PTNLSM

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OmniSTAR 8200HP User Manual

Issue 1.07, 10/2008

MSS – Beacon Receiver Signal Status

The MSS message identifies the status of the beacon signal, including the

beacon signal strength, beacon signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), beacon frequency

and beacon bit rate.

$GPMSS,SS.S,ss.s,fff.f,bbb,c*XX

Field Number Description

Signal strength (SS), dB ref: 1 µV/m

2 Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), dB

3 Beacon frequency, 283.5-325.0 kHz

4 Beacon bit rate (25, 50, 100, 200), bits/sec.

5 Channel number

Table 17: Description of the MSS message.

NOTE:

 Because the contents of this NMEA message do not change significantly

during a 1-second interval, the receiver outputs this message at a

maximum rate of 1 Hz.

PTNLSM – Proprietary (RTCM Special)

The PTNLSM message is a proprietary message for identifying the Reference

Station ID and the ASCII Text message that is included in an RTCM Type 16

Special Message. The PTNLSM message is generated anytime an RTCM

stream receives a valid Type 16 Special Message.

$PTNLMS,ssss,ASCII Text Message,*XX

Field Number Description

1 Reference station ID number, ranging from 0 to

1023. Leading zeroes must be added to fill the

four-digit field.

2 ASCII text message contained within the Type 16

RTCM message.

Table 18: Description of the PTNLSM message.

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