Novatel Software Version 4.45 OM-20000026 Rev 1 RCSA/B Receiver Status

D Logs summary

RCSA/B Receiver Status

The RCSA log will always output four records: one for VERSION, one for receiver CHANNELS, one for receiver CPU

IDLE time, and one indicating receiver self-test STATUS. However, RCSB will embed the same information in a

single record.

Together, the RVSA/B and VERA/B logs supersede the RCSA/B logs. In other word this log is soon to be obsolete and

eventually will be no longer supported. It is recommended then that you use the RVSA/B and VERA/B logs.

Structure:

Example:

$RCSA,VERSION,GPSCard-2 3951R LGR94160001 HW 16 SW 3.15 Mar 31/94*16

$RCSA,CHANNELS,10*12

$RCSA,IDLE,40*03

$RCSA,STATUS,000007F6*60

The status code is a hexadecimal number representing the results of the GPSCard BIST test and software status. As

an example, the status code '000000F6' indicates that the GPSAntenna is not working properly or is disconnected

and the GPSCard is good, while '000000F7' indicates that the GPSAntenna and the GPSCard are both functioning

properly. See Table D-5 for a detailed description of the status code. Bit 0 is the least significant bit of the status

code and Bit 16 is the most significant bit.

Format: Message ID = 13 Message byte count = 100

NOTES: See Table D-5 for a detailed GPSCard Receiver Self-test Status Code table and bit descriptions.

Self test bits 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 are set only once when the GPSCard is first powered up. All other bits are set by

internal test processes each time the RCSA/B log is output .

$RCSA VERSION sw ver *xx [CR][LF]

$RCSA CHANNELS # chans *xx [CR][LF]

$RCSA IDLE idle time *xx [CR][LF]

$RCSA STATUS rec status *xx [CR][LF]

Log Data Identifier Data Description Checksum String End

$RCSA VERSION sw ver: Software information indicating model, S/N, S/W

version and S/W version date *xx [CR][LF]

$RCSA CHANNELS # chans: Indicates number of parallel channels on GPSCard *xx [CR][LF]

$RCSA IDLE idle time: An integer number representing percent idle time

for the CPU, with a valid range of 0 to 99 *xx [CR][LF]

$RCSA STATUS rec status: Indicates result of hardware self-test and software

status as shown in Table D-5 *xx [CR][LF]

Field # Data Bytes Format Offset

1Sync 3 char 0

(header) Checksum 1 char 3

Message ID 4 integer 4

Message byte count 4 integer 8

2Software version #, ASCII 80 char 12

3Number of receiver channels 1 char 92

4CPU idle time, percent 1 char 93

5Filler 2 bytes 94

6Self-test status 4 integer 96