IMU User Guide revision 3.1 SMC Ship Motion Control www.shipmotion.eu
4.3 BINARY PROTOCOLS
4.3.1 ATLAS (HYDROGRAPHIC)
Each field in the Atlas output string is a 16-bit 2’s complement number expressed as two binary
coded digits. Attitude measurements are supplied in units (360°/65536=0.0054931641°). Heave
measurements are in mm. The frame contains 9 bytes in binary format.
Data Frame (bytes)
ERRPPHHSE
Example
00010000 11111111 10100101 00000000 00000111 11111111 11110001 00000100 00010000
Unsigned 16 bit, i.e. 0..65535 representing 360° with a
resolution of 360°/65536 range 0..360°
Unsigned 16 bit, i.e. 0..65535 representing 360° with a
resolution of 360°/65536 range 270°..90°
Signed 16 bit range -32767 mm to + 32766 mm
Positive when elevated.
1*unsettled+2*velocityaiding+4*heading aiding
(where variables are interpreted as 0=false, 1=true)