
April
2018
Pathfinder DVL Guide
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EAR-Controlled Technology Subject to Restrictions Contained on the Cover Page.
PD0 Output Data Format
The following description is for the standard
PD0
Pathfinder output data format. Figure 31
through Figure
shows the ASCII and binary data formats for the Pathfinder
PD0
mode. Table 32
through Table 47 de-
fines each field in the output data structure.
The binary output data formats are composed of at least one data type, i.e. a group of bytes all related by
their dynamic or field. For instance in the
PD0
data format, variables that do not change during the de-
ployment are stored in the
data type of leader ID 0000h, whereas the dynamic variables, ex-
cept velocities, which dynamically change during the deployment are stored under the
data type of leader ID 0080h. This distinction is based on the dynamic; other distinctions are present
such as velocity types such as data type of leader ID 0100h which groups all the
data and leader ID 0600h stores all
data. The Pathfinder sends all the data for a
given type for all depth cells and all beams before the next data type begins.
The
PD0
Header ID is 7F7Fh, which makes it easy to detect. In the
PD0
Header are the number of bytes in
the ensemble, the number of data types and the offset respective to each data type location in the binary
ensemble.
PD0
is the only binary output data format which provides a
that describes the data included in the
ensemble since some data types presence in the
PD0
output are dependent on commands parameters. For
example, if the number of Bottom Track pings is 0 (BP0), then there will be no Bottom track data type in
the ensemble. The table below shows which data types are always output against command dependable
data types: