11.4 Format of the Meinberg Capture String
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11.4 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:
CHx_tt.mm.jj_hh:mm:ss.f <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 dened 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.f the capture time:
hh
hours
(00..23)
mm
minutes
(00..59)
ss
seconds
(00..59, or 60 while leap second)
f
fractions of second, 7 digits
<CR>
Carriage Return, ASCII Code 0Dh
<LF>
Line Feed, ASCII Code 0Ah
GPS170PCI
Date: 12th July 2012
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