1.5.4GPS Performance

1.5.4.1Receiver

WAAS Enabled® GPS receiver continuously tracks and uses multiple satellites to compute and update your position.

1.5.4.2Acquisition Times

Reacquisition: Less than 2 seconds

Hot:

Approx. 1 second (all data known)

Warm:

Approx. 38 seconds (initial position, time, and almanac known; ephemeris unknown)

Cold:

Approx. 45 seconds

1.5.4.3Sentence Rate

1 second default; NMEA 0183 output interval configurable from 1 to 900 seconds in 1-second increments

1.5.4.4Accuracy

GPS Standard Positioning Service (SPS)

Position:

<15 meters, 95% typical (100 meters with Selective Availability on)

Velocity:

0.1 knot RMS steady state

DGPS (USCG/RTCM)

Position:

3–5 meters, 95% typical

Velocity:

0.1 knot RMS steady state

DGPS (WAAS)

 

Position:

<3 meters, 95% typical

 

Velocity:

0.1 knot RMS steady state

PPS Time:

±1 microsecond at rising edge of PPS pulse (subject to Selective Availability)

Dynamics:

999 knots velocity (only limited at altitude greater than 60,000 feet), 3g dynamics

1.5.5Interfaces

True RS-232 output, asynchronous serial input compatible with RS-232 or TTL voltage levels, RS-232 polarity.

User selectable baud rate: 4800, 9600, 19200, or 38400.

1.5.5.1Port 1

Configurable between NMEA 0183 Versions 2.00 (factory default) and 3.00

ASCII output sentences GPALM, GPGGA, GPGLL, GPGSA, GPGSV, GPRMC, GPVTG (NMEA- approved sentences); PGRMB, PGRME, PGRMF, PGRMM, PGRMT, and PGRMV (Garmin proprietary sentences)

NMEA 0183 Outputs (see section 4.2 Transmitted NMEA 0183 Sentences for full protocol specifications) o Position, velocity, and time

o Receiver and satellite status

o Differential Reference Station ID and RTCM Data age o Geometry and error estimates

NMEA 0183 Inputs (see section 4.1 Received NMEA 0183 Sentences for full protocol specifications)

oInitial position, date, and time (not required)

oEarth datum and differential mode configuration command, PPS Enable, GPS satellite almanac

Configurable for binary data output

1.5.5.2Port 2

Real-time Differential Correction input (RTCM SC-104 message types 1, 2, 3, 7, and 9)

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GPS 16x Technical Specifications

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