DMU380SA Series
User’s Manual
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Appendix B. NMEA Message Format
The GPS receiver outputs data in NMEA-0183 format at 9600 Baud, 8 bits, no parity bit,
and 1 stop bit. The GGA and RMC message packet formats are explained in this section.
GGA - GPS fix data
11.1
Time and position, together with GPS fixing related data (number of satellites in use, and
the resulting HDOP, age of differential data if in use, etc.).
$GPGGA,hhmmss.ss,Latitude,N,Longitude,E,FS,NoSV,HDOP,msl,m,
Altref,m,DiffAge,DiffStation*cs<CR><LF>
Name
ASCII String
Description
Format
Example
$GPGGA
string
$GPGGA
Message ID:
GGA protocol header
hhmmss.ss
hhmmss.sss
092725.00
UTC Time: Current time
Latitude
dddmm.mmmm
4717.11399
Latitude: D minutes
N
character
N
N/S Indicator:
N=north or S=south
Longitude
dddmm.mmmm
00833.91590
Longitude:
D minutes
E
character
E
E/W indicator:
E=east or W=west
FS
1 digit
1
Position Fix Indicator
(See Table below)
NoSV
numeric
8
Satellites Used:
Range 0 to 12
HDOP
numeric
1.01
HDOP: Horizontal Dilution of Precision
msl
numeric
499.6
MSL Altitude (m)
m
character
M
Units: Meters (fixed field)
Altref
blank
48.0
Geoid Separation (m)
m
blank
M
Units: Meters (fixed field)
DiffAge
numeric
Age of Differential Corrections (sec):
Blank (Null) fields when DGPS is not
used
DiffStation
numeric
0
Diff. Reference Station ID
cs
hexadecimal
*5B
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