AppendixAOutputtelegrams
Formatdescription
1aaaaaa.a=GPStimeofpositionsecondsinGPSweek
2nnnnnnnn.nn=Northing(UTM)inmetres
3eeeeeeee.ee=Easting(UTM)inmetres
4uu=UTMzone1to60
5SSS.S=Standarddeviationfromresidualsmeasurementsinmetres
6C=Statusofabsoluteposition:0-Nox,1-GPSx,2-DifferentialGPSx
7dd=Numberofsatellites(0to12).
8y.yyy=Headingofmastervesselinradians,0-6.283,7.000whennotapplicable
9zzzz.z=Horizontaldistancetopointinmetres,fromslavetomastervessel
10X=Statusofrelativedata:0-Datanotvalid.1-Relative(andabsolute)position
uncompensated.2-Datacompensatedwithslaveandmastervesselheading
11*cc=Computedchecksum
A.3DPGGAmessages
TheDPGGAmessagecontainstime,geographicalpositionandDOPdata.Themessage
isonNMEAUKOOA/IMCADGPSinterfacingformat.Themessagestructureisas
follows:
Forfurtherdetails,refertotheNMEAstandard.
Format
$DPGGA,hhmmss.ss,ddmm.mmmm,a,dddmm.mmmm,a,q,nn,hh.h,uxxx.x,
M,uxxx.x,M,xx.x,xxxx*cc
Formatdescription
1hhmmss.ss=UTCofposition(hours,minutes,seconds)
2ddmm.mmmm=Latitude(degrees,minutesandfractionsofminutes)
3a=Latitudesector,N-NorthorS-South
4dddmm.mmmm=Longitude(degrees,minutesandfractionsofminutes)
5a=Longitudesector,E-EastorW-West.
6q=DGPSQualityIndicator(DQI):0-9
7nn=Numberofsatellitesusedinsolution
8hh.h=HDOP-horizontaldilutionofprecision00.0to99.9
9u=Signofaltitudeaboveorbelowmean-sea-level
10xxx.x=Antennaaltitudeabovemean-sea-level(geoid)
11M=Unitofaltitude,M=metres
12u=Signofgeoidalseparation
G210-14/3.0
99