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$PCSI,CS0,PXXX-Y.YYY,SN,fff.f,M,ddd,R,SS,SNR,MTP,Q,ID,H,T
Table 2-12 $PCSI,1 Beacon Status Message Defined
Field Description
CS0 Channel 0
PXXX-Y.YYY Resident SBX-3 firmware version
S/N SBX-3 receiver serial number
fff.f Channel 0 current frequency
M Frequency Mode (‘A’ - Auto or ‘M’ - Manual)
ddd MSK bit rate
R RTCM rate
SS Signal strength
SNR Signal to noise ratio
MTP Message throughput
Q Quality number {0-25} - number of successive good 30 bit RTCM words received
ID Beacon ID to which the receiver’s primary channel is tuned
H Health of the tuned beacon [0-7]
T $PCSI,1 status output period {0-99}
2.12 HDT Data Message
This message provides true heading of the vessel. This is the direction that
the vessel (Vector Antenna Array) is pointing and is not necessarily the
direction of vessel motion (the course over ground). The HDT data
message has the following format.
$HEHDT,x.x,T*cc<CR><LF>
Where ‘x.x’ is the current heading in degrees and ‘T’ indicates true heading.
2.13 ROT Data Message
The ROT data message contains the vessel’s rate of turn information. It has
the following format.