Meinberg GPS167SV, Operating Instructions Manual

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Format of the Meinberg Capture String
The Meinberg Capture String is a sequence of 31 ASCII characters terminated by a CR/
LF (Carriage Return/Line Feed) combination. The format is:
CH x_tt.mm.jj_hh:mm:ss.fffffff <CR><LF>
The letters printed in italics are replaced by ASCII numbers whereas the other characters
are part of the time string. The groups of characters as defined below:
x 0 or 1 corresponding on the number of the capture input
_ ASCII space 20h
dd.mm.yy the capture date:
dd day of month (01..31)
mm month (01..12)
yy year of the century (00..99)
hh:mm:ss.fffffff the capture time:
hh hours (00..23)
mm minutes (00..59)
ss seconds (00..59, or 60 while leap second)
fffffff fractions of second, 7 digits
<CR> Carriage Return, ASCII Code 0Dh
<LF> Line Feed, ASCII Code 0Ah