GAPS - User Guide
Transponders Characteristics
Description Format Unit Observation
Header
Synchronization
Total Size
Datagram ID
Datagram release number
byte
byte
byte
byte
'$'
35
$82
$01
Ctrl
Transponder number
Total number of transponder
short
short
Positif, Base 0
Positif, max 50
Transponder
Transponder ID short
Transponder type short
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Generic
RT8 MF
Monotonal MF
RT9 MF
MT9 MF
BT8 MF
RT9 BF
RAMSES6000 BF
ET9 BF
RTT4 BF
RT8 BF
Code / interrogation frequency
Code / response frequency
ushort
ushort
-/Hz
-/Hz
< 8000 : code MFSK
>= 8000 : frequency
Operational behavior byte
0
1
2
None
Fixed transponder
Mobile transponder
Interrogation mode byte
0
1
2
3
Transponder
Primary responder
Spontaneous (pinger)
Secondary Responder
Turn around time
Reply signal
short
float
ms
Hz
Depth management byte
0
1
2
3
4
No known depth
Pressure sensor
Not used
Acoustic telemetry
Configuration depth
Accuracy of configuration depth
Depth accuracy by pressure meas.
float
float
m
m
Checksum ushort
220 MU-GAPS-AN-005-H - November 2019