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iGPS-M USER’S MANUAL               

 

 

 

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GGA – Global Positioning System Fix Data 

Time, position and fix related data for a GPS receiver. 

 

Format:$GPGGA,hhmmss.dd,xxmm.dddd,<N|S>,yyymm.dddd,<E|W>,v,ss,d.d,h.h,M,g.g,M,a.

a,xxxx*hh<CR><LF> 

Example: $GPGGA,134829.48,1126.6639,S,11133.3299,W,1,07,1.0,,,,,,*15 

 

Parameter 

Description 

Example 

hhmmss.dd 

UTC time, hh = hours, mm = minutes, ss = seconds, 

dd = decimal part of seconds 

13:48:29.48 

xxmm.dddd 

Latitude, xx = degrees, mm = minutes, 

dddd = decimal part of minutes 

11 deg. 

26.6639 min. 

<N|S>

 

Either character N or character S, 

N = North, S = South 

South 

yyymm.dddd  Longitude, yyy = degrees, mm = minutes, 

dddd = decimal part of minutes 

111 deg. 

33.3299 min. 

<E|W>

 

Either character E or character W, 

E = East, W = West 

West 

Fix valid indicator, 0=Fix not valid, 1=Fix valid  Fix valid 

ss 

Number of satellites used in position fix, 

00-12. Fixed length 

7 satellites 

d.d 

HDOP – Horizontal Dilution Of Precision 

HDOP = 1.0 

h.h 

Altitude (mean-sea-level, geoid) 

 

NULL (missing) 

 

g.g 

NULL (missing) 

 

NULL (missing) 

 

a.a 

NULL (missing) 

 

xxxx 

NULL (missing) 

 

hh 

Check sum 

15 

 

 

VTG – Course over Ground and Ground Speed 

Course and speed 

 

Format: $GPVTG,h.h,T,m.m,M,s.s,N,s.s,K,M*hh<CR><LF> 

Example: $GPVTG,202.60,T,,,0.38,N,0.7,K,A*0D 

 

Parameter 

Description 

Example 

h.h 

Heading 

202.60 

Degrees (heading units). 

Degree 

m.m 

Magnetic heading. Currently NULL (missing). 

 

Degrees. Magnetic heading units. 

Currently NULL (missing). 

 

s.s 

Speed, knots. 

Speed = 0.38 

Knots (Speed unit) 

Knots 

s.s 

Speed, km/h. 

Speed = 0.7 

km/h (Speed units). 

km/h 

Mode indicator, A = autonomous, N = data not valid Autonomous 

hh 

Check sum 

0D 

 

Summary of Contents for iGPS-M

Page 1: ...iGPS M USER S MANUAL 1...

Page 2: ...om 7 LED Light 7 iGPS M Computer Lap top and handheld device cable 8 Software Interface 9 NMEA Protocol 9 NMEA Messages 9 GLL Geographic Position Latitude Longitude 9 GGA Global Positioning System Fix...

Page 3: ...ar chargers and cables on page 7 If the iGPS M receiver you purchased provides a car charger please make sure it is suitable for your handheld device Step II Connect iGPS M receiver to PC Lap top or h...

Page 4: ...pply for both iGPS M receiver and handheld device Step III Check if the LED is flashing Once your PC Lap top or car charger supplies power the iGPS M receiver starts to provide the positioning functio...

Page 5: ...ng but the connection between iGPS M receiver and the E map can not be established Please make sure the settings of COM Port Number and Baud rate are correct l Most of E map provides scan function to...

Page 6: ...suming complete 12 channel iGPS receiver on the market Nevertheless there are no compromises in performance The iGPS receiver has a navigation sensitivity as low as 150dBm making it applicable even fo...

Page 7: ...tom There are 4 magnets on the bottom side of iGPS M receiver for adsorbing on your car The housing of iGPS M receiver has waterproof it can avoid the water permeates your iGPS M receiver while you ad...

Page 8: ...200i38xx 39xx series iGPS M CA I PAQ 36xx 37xx I PAQ 36xx 37xx series iGPS M CA Mitac Mio 338 528 Mitac Mio 338 528 iGPS M CA NEC Pocket PC NEC Pocket PC iGPS M CA O2 XDA II T Mobile MDA O2 XDA II T M...

Page 9: ...field Note that data fields may be NULL missing Null data fields contain no characters but are still separated by commas for example GPGGA 134158 48 6016 3072 N 02458 3788 E 1 08 1 2 0000 1E GLL Geogr...

Page 10: ...r character W E East W West West v Fix valid indicator 0 Fix not valid 1 Fix valid Fix valid ss Number of satellites used in position fix 00 12 Fixed length 7 satellites d d HDOP Horizontal Dilution O...

Page 11: ...or character W E East W West West s s Speed knots 58 31 Knots h h Heading 309 62 deg ddmmyy Date dd date mm month yy year 11th Aug 2000 d d Magnetic variation E W Declination Either character E or cha...

Page 12: ...28 32 243 00 31 48 286 00 70 Note There are 14 satellites in view The examples in following table only explain the information of satellite No 03 on the first message Parameter Description Example n T...

Page 13: ...meter Description Example wwww GPS Week i e number of full weeks elapsed since midnight 5 6 January 1980 1161 weeks tttttt Time of Week seconds from the beginning of the current GPS week 309566 sec n...

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