SN This item shows the serial number of the SBX
fff.f This field is the current secondary channel frequency in kHz (283.5 to 325)
M This field indicates the frequency selection mode (M for manual or A for auto)
ddd This field shows the MSK bit rate
R This field indicates the MSK bit rate selection mode (M for manual or A for auto)
SS This field provides the signal strength reading in dBµV
SNR This field shows the signal to noise ratio in dB
MTP This field indicates the message throughput, measured in percentage
Q This field provides an indication of the word throughput, up to a maximum of 25
successively received good words
ID This data field indicates the currently locked beacon’s station ID
T This field indicates the update period of this message in seconds
An example of this message response follows:
$PCSI,CS1,P021-0.001,19001,287.5,A,200,A,12,2,0,0,943,3,0
7.6 Search Dump ($PCSI,3)
This query instructs the SBX to display the search information used for
beacon selection in Automatic Beacon Search mode. The output has three
frequencies per line.
$PCSI,3<CR><LF>
The SBX will reply with the following output:
$PCSI,ACK,3
$PCSI,index
1
,freq
1
,ID
1
,ch
1
,snr
1
,ss
1
,index
2
,freq
2
,ID
2
,ch
2
,snr
2
,ss
2
,index
3
,freq
3
,ID
3
,ch
3
,snr
3
,s
s
3
.
.
.
$PCSI,index
82
,freq
82
,ID
82
,ch
83
,snr
83
,ss
83
,index
83
,freq
83
,ID
83
,ch
83
,snr
83
,ss
83
,index
84
,freq
84
,ID
84
,ch
84
,snr
84
,ss
84
This message is summarized in the following table: