Furuno FELCOM19 Inmarsat Mini-C MES - Page 138

APPENDIX 6 DIGITAL INTERFACE
AP-32
VDR: Set and drift
VTG: Course over ground and ground speed
WPL: Waypoint location
ZDA: Time and date
$**VDR,x.x,T,x.x,M,x.x,N,*hh <CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Direction, degrees (0.0 - 360.0)
2. T=True (fixed)
3. Direction, degrees (0.0 - 360.0)
4. M=Magnetic (fixed)
5. Current speed (0 - 99.99)
6. N=Knots (fixed)
$**VTG,x.x,T,x.x,M,x.x,N,x.x,K,a,*hh <CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Course over ground, degrees (0.0 - 359.9)
2. T=True (fixed)
3. Course over ground, degrees (0.0 - 359.9)
4. M=Magnetic (fixed)
5. Speed over ground, knots (0.00-9999.9)
6. N=Knots (fixed)
7. Speed over ground (0.00 - 9999.9)
8. K=km/h (fixed)
9. Mode indicator (
A=Autonomous, D=Differential E = Estimated (dead reckoning)
M=Manual input S=Simulator N=Data not valid)
$**WPL,llll.ll,a,yyyyy.yy,a,c--c*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5
1. Waypoint latitude (0.000000 - 9000.00000)
2. N/S
3. Waypoint longitude (0.00000 - 18000.00000
4. E/W
5. Waypoint identifier (No use)
$**ZDA,hhmmss.ss,xx,xx,xxxx,xx,xx<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. UTC (000000.00 - 240001.00)
2. Day (01 - 31)
3. Month (01 -12)
4. Year (UTC, 0000 - 9999)
5. Local zone, hours (-13 to
± 13), No use
6. Local zone, minutes (00 to
± 59), No use