
April
2018
Pathfinder DVL Guide
Page 162
EAR-Controlled Technology Subject to Restrictions Contained on the Cover Page.
Fixed Leader data refers to the non-dynamic Pathfinder data that only changes when certain commands
are changed. Fixed Leader data also contains hardware information. The Pathfinder always sends Fixed
Leader data as output data (LSBs first).
Table 33:
Fixed Leader Data Format
Hex Digit
Binary
Byte
Field
Description
1-4
1,2
FID / Fixed
Leader ID
Stores the Fixed Leader identification word (00 00h).
5,6
3
fv / CPU F/W
Ver.
Contains the version number of the CPU firmware.
7,8
4
fr / CPU F/W
Rev.
Contains the revision number of the CPU firmware.
9-12
5,6
Sys Cfg / System
Configuration
This field defines the Pathfinder hardware configuration. Convert
this field (2 bytes, LSB first) to binary and interpret as follows.
LSB
BITS 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- - - - - 0 0 0 75-kHz SYSTEM
- - - - - 0 0 1 150-kHz SYSTEM
- - - - - 0 1 0 300-kHz SYSTEM
- - - - - 0 1 1 600-kHz SYSTEM
- - - - - 1 0 0 1200-kHz SYSTEM
- - - - - 1 0 1 2400-kHz SYSTEM
- - - - 0 - - - CONCAVE BEAM PAT.
- - - - 1 - - - CONVEX BEAM PAT.
- - 0 0 - - - - SENSOR CONFIG #1
- - 0 1 - - - - SENSOR CONFIG #2
- - 1 0 - - - - SENSOR CONFIG #3
- 0 - - - - - - XDCR HD NOT ATT.
- 1 - - - - - - XDCR HD ATTACHED
0 - - - - - - - DOWN FACING BEAM
1 - - - - - - - UP-FACING BEAM
MSB
BITS 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- - - - - - 0 0 15E BEAM ANGLE
- - - - - - 0 1 20E BEAM ANGLE
- - - - - - 1 0 30E BEAM ANGLE
- - - - - - 1 1 OTHER BEAM ANGLE
0 1 0 0 - - - - 4-BEAM JANUS CONFIG
0 1 0 1 - - - - 5-BM JANUS CFIG DEMOD)
1 1 1 1 - - - - 5-BM JANUS CFIG.(2 DEMD)
Example: Hex 5249 (i.e., hex 49 followed by hex 52) identifies a
150-kHz system, convex beam pattern, down-facing, 30E beam an-
gle, 5 beams (3 demods).
13,14
7
PD / Real/Sim
Flag
This field is set by default as real data (0).
15,16
8
Lag Length
Lag Length. The lag is the time period between sound pulses.
17,18
9
#Bm / Number
of Beams
Contains the number of beams used to calculate velocity data (not
physical beams). The Pathfinder needs only three beams to calcu-
late water-current velocities. The fourth beam provides an error ve-
locity that determines data validity. If only three beams are availa-
ble, the Pathfinder does not make this validity check. Table 38 (Per-
cent-Good Data Format) has more information.