
Pathfinder DVL Guide
April
2018
EAR-Controlled Technology Subject to Restrictions Contained on the Cover Page.
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This format is selected via the #BJ command (see
Table 42:
Bottom Track Command Output Data Format
Binary Byte Field
Description
1-2
ID
PD0 ID (MSB=58h LSB=00h)
3
BA
Evaluation Amplitude, 1 to 255 counts (
BA - Evaluation Amplitude Minimum
4
BC
Correlation Magnitude, 0 to 255 counts (
BC - Correlation Magnitude Minimum
5-6
Reserved Delay before reacquire, 0 to 999 ensembles
7-8
BE
Error Velocity Maximum, 0 to 9999 mm/s (
9-10
BF
Depth Guess, 1 to 65535 dm (0 for automatic search) (
11
Reserved Minimum Percent Good, 0 to 100%
12
Reserved Gain Threshold Low
13
Reserved Gain Threshold High
14-15
BI
Gain Switch Depth (
16
BK
Water Mass Layer Mode, 0 to 3 (
17-18
BL1
Water Mass Layer Min Size, 1 to 999 dm (
BL - Water-Mass Layer Parameters
19-20
BL2
Water Mass Layer Near Boundary, 6 to 9999 dm
21-22
BL3
Water Mass Layer Far Boundary, 7 to 9999 dm
23
Reserved Bottom Track Mode, 8
24
Reserved Speed log param #1: Hold Distance or zero if timeout
25-26
Reserved Speed log time-out
27
Reserved Speed log filter time constant
28-29
BP
Pings Per Ensemble, 1 to 999 (
BP – Bottom-Track Pings per Ensemble
30
Reserved BT (Vertical Depth) Resolution, 0 to 2 (not used in Pathfinder)
31-32
Reserved Terrain Bias Correction
33-34
Reserved BM7 Bottom Blank
35
Reserved BM7 Correlation Threshold for Ambiguity Resolution
36
Reserved BM7 Short lag output control
37-38
BX
BT Maximum Tracking Depth, 10 to 65535 dm (
39-40
Reserved Water Reference Interval
41
Reserved Max Transmit (or Feeler) Percent
42-43
Reserved BT Ambiguity Velocity