Atmospheric Pressure Message Characteristics
Property Value
Default send interval 60 s
Polling command
PAREP
If there is no atmospheric pressure data available, the system substitutes the message with
the following:
PA data missing<CR><LF>
Example of Atmospheric Pressure Message
<SOH>PTB00<STX>000 1001.1 C82A<ETX><CR><LF><EOT>
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 Precipitation Message for AviMet
Precipitation Message Format
<SOH>RA1<STX> xxx.x yyy.y zzz.z aaa.a bbb.b ccc.c ddd.d eee.e fff.f ggg.g
hhh.h iii.i jjj.j //// <CRC16 %04d><ETX><CR><LF><EOT>
Name
Description
<SOH>RA1<STX>
Message header
xxx.x yyy.y zzz.z
aaa.a bbb.b ccc.c
ddd.d eee.e fff.f
ggg.g hhh.h iii.i
jjj.j ////
Message data:
• xxx.x = Precipitation (mm), instant
• yyy.y = Precipitation (mm), 1‑hour sliding cumulative sum
• zzz.z = Precipitation (mm), 3‑hour sliding cumulative sum
• aaa.a = Precipitation (mm), 6‑hour sliding cumulative sum
• bbb.b = Precipitation (mm), 12‑hour sliding cumulative sum
• ccc.c = Precipitation (mm), 24‑hour sliding cumulative sum
• ddd.d = Precipitation (mm), 1‑hour reset cumulative sum
• eee.e = Precipitation (mm), 3‑hour reset cumulative sum
• fff.f = Precipitation (mm), 6‑hour reset cumulative sum
• ggg.g = Precipitation (mm), 12‑hour reset cumulative sum
• hhh.h = Precipitation (mm), 24‑hour reset cumulative sum
• iii.i = Precipitation (mm), 10‑minute reset cumulative sum
• jjj.j = Precipitation (mm), 10‑minute sliding cumulative sum
• //// = Not in use. Fixed to ////.
<CRC16 %04d>
Message checksum:
• Checksum span = Includes header, until checksum
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