WindSonic Doc No 1405 PS 0019 Issue 28 November 2019
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9.4 NMEA Format (NMEA status Codes)
The Wind Direction, Wind Speed, and Units are as described in Section 9.1.
The Instrument Type – IIMWV - is a mnemonic for Integrated Instrument Mean Wind
direction & Velocity.
The Status codes are:
A Acceptable measurement
V Void measurement
A typical WindSonic configuration suitable for NMEA (See Section 10):
M5, U1, O1, L1, P1, B2, H1, NQ, F1, E2, T1, S4, C2, G0, K50
Consult specification NMEA 0183 version 3 (available on the web) for complete interface
details.
The WindSonic can also be set for the alternative start of string NMEA format WIMWV
(Mode 14, which is a Mnemonic for: -
Wind Instrument Mean Wind direction and Velocity.
The string format will appear as above but with WIMWV at the start of the string.
$ IIMWV, 120, R, 002.10, M, A*5D
Relative wind measurement