A NMEA-0183 Output
134 Trimble R6/R7 GPS and Trimble R8 GNSS Receivers User Guide
Trimble R6 and R7 GPS/R8 GNSS Receiver Operation
PTNL,VGK
Vector Information
An example of the PTNL,VGK message string is shown below. Ta bl e A .1 1 describes the
message fields.
$PTNL,VGK,160159.00,010997,-0000.161,
00009.985,-0000.002,3,07,1,4,M*0B
PTNL,VHD
Heading Information
An example of the PTNL,VHD message string is shown below. Tab le A .1 2 describes the
message fields.
$PTNL,VHD,030556.00,093098,187.718,
-22.138,-76.929,-5.015,0.033,0.006,
3,07,2.4,M*22
Table A.11 PTNL,VGK message fields
Field Meaning
1 UTC of vector in hhmmss.ss format
2 Date in mmddyy format
3 East component of vector, in meters
4 North component of vector, in meters
5 Up component of vector, in meters
6 GPS quality indicator:
7 Number of satellites if fix solution
8DOP of fix
9
Vector components are in meters
Table A.12 PTNL,VHD message fields
Field Meaning
1 UTC of position, in hhmmss.ss,ddmmyy format
2 Date in mmddyy format
3Azimuth
4 ΔAzimuth/ΔTime
5 Vertical Angle
6 ΔVertical/ΔTime
7Range
8 ΔRange/ΔTime