APPENDIX 1 DIGITAL INTERFACE (IEC 61162-1 EDITION 4 (2010-11))
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HDT-Heading true
MSK-MSK receiver interface
MSS-MSK receiver signal status
MTW-Water temperature
POS-Device position and ship dimensions report or configuration command
$**HDT, xxx.x,T*hh<CR><LF>
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1. Heading, degrees
2. True (T)
$**MSK,x.x,a,x.x,a,x.x,x,a,*hh<CR><LF>
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1. Beacon frequency
2. Auto/manual frequency, A/M
3. Beacon bit rate, bits/s
4. Auto/manual bit rate A/M
5. Interval for sending $**MSS (status) in seconds
6. Channel number
7. Sentence status Flag
$ CR MSS,32.1 ,43.2 ,312.5 ,100 ,1 *hh <CR><LF>
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1. Signal strength
2. Signal-to-noise ratio (SN), db
3. Beacon frequency, kHz
4. Beacon bit rate, bits/s
5. Channel number (equal to “1” or NULL for single channel receivers)
$**MTW,x.x,C<CR><LF>
1
1. Water temperature, degrees C
**POS,cc,xx,a, x.x,x.x,x.x,a,x.x,x.x,a*hh <CR><LF>
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1. Equipment ID (IEC 61162-1 Ed.4)
. Equipment number
. Position validity flag (A=valid V=invalid)
. Position X-coordinate
. Position Y-coordinate
. Position Z-coordinate
. Ship’s width and length (A=valid V=invalid)
. Ship’s width
. Ship’s length
10. Sentence status flag (R=sentence is status report of current settings
C=sentence is a configuration command to change settings