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5
GPS OPERATION
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GPS Logger function
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Setting the GPS record sentence
Select the GPS sentence for the GPS Logger function.
Select only required sentences to reduce the data
volume.
See the contents table shown below before selecting.
MENU > GPS > GPS Logger >
Record Sentence
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Push [MENU].
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Select “GPS.”
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Select “GPS Logger.”
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Select “Record Sentence.”
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Push [ENT] to remove the checkmark from the
unrequired sentence.
• “
✓
” disappears when the sentence is set to OFF.
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The selectable GPS sentences are RMC, GGA,
VTG, and GSA. All sentences are set to ON as the
default.
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To exit the MENU screen, push [MENU].
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Contents of GPS sentence
Sentence Lon
/Lat Alt UTC
Date
(UTC) Status
2D
/3D
COG
(True)
SOG
(knot)
Others
RMC
✔
✔
✔
✔
✔
✔
Mode Indicator
GGA
✔
✔
✔
✔
Number of satellites in use, HDOP, Geoidal
separation, Age of Differential GPS data
VTG
✔
✔
COG (Magnetic north), SOG (km/h), Mode
Indicator
GSA
✔
✔
ID numbers of satellites used in solution, PDOP,
HDOP, VDOP