Laser Technology TruPulse 200 - Download Message Formats; Horizontal Vector (HV) Download Messages

Laser Technology, Inc. TruPulse 200 User's Manual 6
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Download Message Formats
Horizontal Vector (HV) Download Messages
$PLTIT,HV,HDvalue,units,AZvalue,units,INCvalue,units,SDvalue,units,*csum<CR><LF>
where:
$PLTIT, is the Criterion message identifier.
HV, Horizontal Vector message type.
HDvalue, Calculated Horizontal Distance. Two decimal places.
units, F=feet Y=yards M=meters
Note: Only International lasers include meters.
AZvalue, Azimuth dummy value (always 0.00).
units, D=degrees
INCvalue, Measured Inclination value. Two decimal places.
May be positive or negative value.
units, D=degrees
SDvalue, Measured Slope Distance Value. Two decimal places.
units, F=feet Y=yards M=meters
Note: Only International lasers include meters.
*csum An asterisk followed by a hexadecimal checksum.
The checksum is calculated by XORing all the
characters between the dollar sign and the asterisk.
<CR> Carriage return.
<LF> Optional linefeed.
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• HDvalues, INCvalues, and SDvalues always include two decimal places:
X X.YY

0 = high quality target
1 = low quality target
• Closest and Farthest Target Modes: multiple targets can be acquired,
however, the download message corresponds to the value that appears in the
Main Display.
Examples:
High Quality Target: $PLTIT,HV,11.80,M,0.00,D,3.70,D,11.80,M*63
Low Quality Target: $PLTIT,HV,7.01,M,0.00,D,3.00,D,7.01,M*64
Inclination Only: $PLTIT,HV,,,0.00,D,29.10,D,,*5D
Note: Only International lasers include meters.