TEK-TCG 01-G-Manual-v6-052021
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SERIAL OUTPUT STRINGS
NGTS Time Code O/P on P4
About
Normally used in conjunction with 10 ms pulse on P4 pin 1 that finishes
precisely on the minute.
Timing
Transmitted once per minute. Sent during the last second before the
minute rollover to which the data in the string refers.
Comms
9600bps, 8-bit ASCII, no parity
Definition
TyyMMDDwhhmmx<CR><LF>
Placeholder
Content
T
ASCII "T"
yy
Last two digits of the year: e.g.“12” = the year 2012
MM
Month: “00” = January … “12” = December
DD
Day of Month: 01…31
w
Day of week: “1”=Monday … “7”=Sunday
hh
Two digit hour
mm
Two digit minute
x
Time mode: ”0” = Local time, “1” = UTC time
<CR><LF>
Carriage Return Line Feed Pair: HEX 0D 0A
Example
Interpretation
T020422112340<CR><LF>
Monday 22 April 2002 – 12:34 local time