Maretron M001101 User Manual

 

 

 

 
PGN 127245 – Rudder 
The RAA100 uses this PGN to indicate the attached rudder instance and rudder angle. 

 

 Field 1:  Rudder Instance – This field is used to identify the rudder instance number and 

ranges between 0 and 251.  

 

2: Direction Order – This field identifies a directional command contained in this 

message.   The RAA100 ships from the factory with a default value of 0x0 indicating 
that  no direction order is contained in this message. 

 

3:  Reserved – This field is reserved by NMEA; therefore, the RAA100 sets all bits to a 

logic 1. 

 

4:  Angle Order – This field is used to indicate an angle order directed towards a rudder 

actuator The RAA100 ships from the factory with a default value of 0x7FFF indicating 
that no angle order is present in this message. 

 

5:  Position – This field is used to indicate the current angle of the rudder in units of 

0.0001 radians. 

 

6:  Reserved – This field is reserved by NMEA; therefore, the RAA100 sets all bits to a 

logic 1.