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WindObserver 65 Page 41 Issue 4
Doc. No. 1390-PS-0039 June 2016
7.10. NMEA Format
Instrument
Identifier
Checksum
Delimiter
$ IIMWV, 120, R, 002.10, M, A* CC
Instrument
type
Wind
measurement
Where
Wind direction
In degrees relative to N (DDD)
Wind speed
In increments of 0.01 units (
Kilometres per hour (kph)
Relative wind measurement
Exclusive OR of all characters between ‘$’ and ‘*’
reported as ASCII hex.
A typical WindObserver 65 configuration suitable for NMEA would be:
B2, E1, F1, G0, K1, L1, M5, O1, P1, U1.
Consult specification NMEA 0183 version 3 (available on the web) www.nmea.org for
complete interface details.