Icom IC-905 - D about the Weather Data Content; D Application Setting; D Confirming the Weather Data Input

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GPS OPERATION (ADVANCED)
9-14
Transmitting D-PRS data
D Confirming the weather data input
You can conrm whether or not weather data is input
into the [USB] port.
1� Set “GPS TX Mode” to “D-PRS,” and “TX format”
to “Weather.” (p. 9-27)
2� On the standby screen, push �
3� Touch “Weather Information.”
• Displays the WEATHER INFORMATION screen as
shown below, if weather data is input into the [USB]
port�
L When weather information is displayed, you can
transmit as a weather station. If “-” is displayed on the
screen, weather data is not input into the [USB] port.
In that case, check the input data settings.
D Application setting
Congure the communication software as follows.
• Port: The COM port number that is used by
the IC-905�*
• Baud rate: Your desired speed
• Data: 8 bit
• Parity: none
• Start: 1 bit
• Stop: 1 bit
• Flow control: none
* Depending on the PC environment, the COM port number
used by the IC-905 may be higher than 5. In that case, use
an application that can set it to higher than 5.
D About the weather data content
The weather data should be input according to the
format (based on the APRS
®
Weather Data), shown
below.
Example:
220/004 g005 t077 r000 p000 P000 h50 b09900 End code
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
No. Item Value Unit
1 Wind direction 000 to 360 º
2 Wind speed 000 to 999 mph
3 Gust speed g000 to g999 mph
4
Temperature t-99 to t-01,
t000 to t999
ºF
5 Rainfall r000 to r999*
1
inch
6 Rainfall (24 Hours) p000 to p999*
1
inch
7 Rainfall (Midnight) P000 to P999*
1
inch
8
Humidity h00, h01 to h99
(h00 indicates 100%.)
%
9
Barometric pressure b00000 to b99999*
2
hPa,
mb
*
1
The last two digits indicate the one decimal place and the
two decimal place.
*
2
The last digit indicates the one decimal place.
L If you have no data, enter a space or “.” (period)
instead of a number.
(Example: “.../...g...t077r000p...P...h50b.....”)
L Enter <CR>, <LF>, or <CR><LF> for an end code.