Trimble Outdoors 58052-00 Manuel D’Utilisation
Copernicus GPS Receiver 1 8 7
TRIMBLE ASCII INTERFACE PROTOCOL (TAIP) B
Message Format
All TAIP communication uses printable, uppercase ASCII characters. The interface
provides the means to configure the output of various sentences in response to queries
or on a scheduled basis. Each sentence has the following general format:
provides the means to configure the output of various sentences in response to queries
or on a scheduled basis. Each sentence has the following general format:
>ABB{C}[;ID=DDDD][;*FF]<
where:.
Start of a New Message
The > character (ASCII code 62 decimal) is used to specify the start of a new
sentence.
sentence.
Message Qualifier
A one character message qualifier is used to describe the action to be taken on the
message. The following table lists the valid qualifiers.
message. The following table lists the valid qualifiers.
Note – All TAIP message characters must be in uppercase.
Message
Description
>
Start of new message
A
Message qualifier
BB
Two character message identifier
C
Data string
DDDD
Optional 4 character vehicle ID
FF
Optional 2 character checksum
<
Delimiting character
{x}
Signifies that x can occur any number
of times
of times
[x]
Signifies that x may optionally occur
once
once
Qualifier
Action
Q
Query for a single sentence (sent to GPS receiver)
R
Response to a query or a scheduled report (from the
receiver)
receiver)
F
Schedule reporting frequency interval in seconds
S
Enables equipment to be initialized, and sets various
message types
message types
D
Specify a minimum distance traveled and a minimum and
maximum time interval for the next report
maximum time interval for the next report