LaserAce® Pocket Series
Issue 1.0
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11
Data Format
11.1
NMEA Output Format
The data output via Bluetooth is in a standard NMEA format. IF1/3 is floating field and IF2/4 is fixed string length
(note that in IF2/4 the range is restricted to 999.99m).
See sections 12 to 14 for details of how to configure Bluetooth® on PC or PDA.
Example data strings (note the strings are terminated with carriage return and line feed).
IF1
$PMDLA,HV,2.94,M,288.1,D,8.6,D,2.98,M*5F
IF2
$PMDLA,HV,002.94,M,288.1,D,008.6,D,002.98,M*67
IF3
Customer Variant Floating Field
IF4
Customer Variant Fixed Field
Data Output Formats are:
FIELD
DESCRIPTION
RANGE
1
NMEA sentence type
$PMDLA /Customer Spec.
2
Horizontal Vector
HV
3
Horizontal Distance
2.94-5000.00/002.94
4
Units of measurement
M (metres) F (feet)
5
Horizontal Angle
0.01-359.99
288.1
6
Units of Measurement
D (degree)/G (gons)
7
Vertical Angle
-0.1-080.0
-08.6
8
Units of measurement
D (degree)/G (gons)
9
Slope Distance
2.98-5000.00
002.98
10
Units of Measurement
M (metres)/F (feet)
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Check Sum
*67
