Pathfinder DVL Guide April 2018
EAR-Controlled Technology Subject to Restrictions Contained on the Cover Page.
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This format is selected via the #BJ command (see BJ – Data Type Output Control).
Table 42: Bottom Track Command Output Data Format
Binary Byte Field Description
1-2 ID PD0 ID (MSB=58h LSB=00h)
3 BA Evaluation Amplitude, 1 to 255 counts (BA - Evaluation Amplitude Minimum)
4 BC Correlation Magnitude, 0 to 255 counts (BC - Correlation Magnitude Minimum)
5-6 Reserved Delay before reacquire, 0 to 999 ensembles
7-8 BE Error Velocity Maximum, 0 to 9999 mm/s (BE - Error Velocity Maximum)
9-10 BF Depth Guess, 1 to 65535 dm (0 for automatic search) (BF - Depth Guess)
11 Reserved Minimum Percent Good, 0 to 100%
12 Reserved Gain Threshold Low
13 Reserved Gain Threshold High
14-15 BI Gain Switch Depth (BI - Gain Switch Altitude)
16 BK Water Mass Layer Mode, 0 to 3 (BK - Water-Mass Layer Mode)
17-18 BL1 Water Mass Layer Min Size, 1 to 999 dm (BL - Water-Mass Layer Parameters)
19-20 BL2 Water Mass Layer Near Boundary, 6 to 9999 dm
21-22 BL3 Water Mass Layer Far Boundary, 7 to 9999 dm
23 Reserved Bottom Track Mode, 8
24 Reserved Speed log param #1: Hold Distance or zero if timeout
25-26 Reserved Speed log time-out
27 Reserved Speed log filter time constant
28-29 BP Pings Per Ensemble, 1 to 999 (BP – Bottom-Track Pings per Ensemble)
30 Reserved BT (Vertical Depth) Resolution, 0 to 2 (not used in Pathfinder)
31-32 Reserved Terrain Bias Correction
33-34 Reserved BM7 Bottom Blank
35 Reserved BM7 Correlation Threshold for Ambiguity Resolution
36 Reserved BM7 Short lag output control
37-38 BX BT Maximum Tracking Depth, 10 to 65535 dm (BX – Maximum Tracking Depth)
39-40 Reserved Water Reference Interval
41 Reserved Max Transmit (or Feeler) Percent
42-43 Reserved BT Ambiguity Velocity