4. INSTALLATION

4.7Digital Interfacing

This equipment can receive navigation data in IEC 61162-1 Ed2/2 format.

Priority

 

TIMEDATE

ZDA

L/L

GNS > GGA > RMC > GLL

SOG

VTG > VBW > RMC

STW

VHW > VBW

COG

VTG > RMC

Input data sentence description

GGA: GPS position fixing condition

$--GGA,hhmmss.ss,llll.lll,a,yyyyy.yyy,a,x,xx,x.x,x.x,M,x.x,M,x.x,xxxx*hh<CR><LF>

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10

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9

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8

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7

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6

 

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5

 

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4

 

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3

 

+---

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2

 

 

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1

 

 

1.UTC of position

2.Latitude, N/S

3.Longitude, E/W

4.GPS quality indicator (see note)

5.Number of satellite in use,00-12, may be different from the number in view

6.Horizontal dilution of precision

7.Antenna altitude above/below mean sealevel, m

8.Geoidal separation, m

9.Age of differential GPS data

10.Differential reference station ID, 0000-1023

11.Checksum

NOTE

0 = fix not available or invalid

1 = GPS SPS mode, fix valid

2 = differential GPS, SPS mode, fix valid

3 = GPS PPS mode, fix valid

4 = Real Time Kinetic. Satellite system used in RTK mode with fixed integers 5 = Float RTK. Satellite system used in RTK mode with floating fingers

6 = Estimated (dead reckoning) mode

7 = Manual input mode

8 = Simulator mode

The GPS quality indicator shall not be a null field.

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Furuno NX-700A/B manual Digital Interfacing, Priority

NX-700A/B specifications

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