
UniTraQ International Corp.
RoHS compliance
2009, 04, Version 1.2
10
Eastern Star 5 series GT-525
GPS Module
7.3 GSA - GPS DOP AND ACTIVE SATELLITES
GPS receiver operating mode, satellites used in the navigation solution reported by the GGA or GNS
sentence and DOP values.
Structure:
$GPGSA,A,x,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,x.x,x.x,x.x*hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 7
Example:
$GPGSA,A,3,01,20,19,13,,,,,,,,,40.4,24.4,32.2*0A<CR><LF>
Field Name
Example
Description
1 Mode
A
Mode
‘M’ = Manual, forced to operate in 2D or 3D mode
‘A’ = Automatic, allowed to automatically switch 2D/3D
2 Mode
3
Fix
type
1 = Fix not available
2 = 2D
3 = 3D
3
Satellite used 1~12 01,20,19,13,,,,,
,,,,
Satellite ID number, 01 to 32, of satellite used in solution,
up to 12 transmitted
4
PDOP
40.4
Position dilution of precision (00.0 to 99.9)
5 HDOP
24.4
Horizontal
dilution
of precision (00.0 to 99.9)
6
VDOP
32.2
Vertical dilution of precision (00.0 to 99.9)
7 Checksum
0A
7.4 GSV - GPS SATELLITE IN VIEW
Number of satellites in view, PRN number, elevation angle, azimuth angle, and C/No. Four satellites details
are transmitted per message. Additional satellite in view information is send in subsequent GSV messages.
Structure:
$GPGSV,x,x,xx,xx,xx,xxx,xx,…,xx,xx,xxx,xx *hh<CR><LF>
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 5 6 7 8
Example:
$GPGSV,3,1,09,28,81,225,41,24,66,323,44,20,48,066,43,17,45,336,41*78<CR><LF>
$GPGSV,3,2,09,07,36,321,45,04,36,257,39,11,20,050,41,08,18,208,43*77<CR><LF>
Field Name
Example
Description
1
Number of message 3
Total number of GSV messages to be transmitted (1-3)
2
Sequence number
1
Sequence number of current GSV message
3
Satellites in view
09
Total number of satellites in view (00 ~ 12)
4
Satellite ID
28
Satellite ID number, GPS: 01 ~ 32, SBAS: 33 ~ 64 (33 =
PRN120)
5 Elevation
81
Satellite
elevation in degrees, (00 ~ 90)
6
Azimuth
225
Satellite azimuth angle in degrees, (000 ~ 359 )
7
SNR
41
C/No in dB (00 ~ 99)
Null when not tracking
8 Checksum
78