Trimble Inc. 6248192-B1 Manuel D’Utilisation

SPSx80 Smart GPS Antenna User Guide     

NMEA-0183 Output     

An example of the PTNL,VGK message string is shown below. Table A.11 describes the 
message fields.

$PTNL,VGK,160159.00,010997,-0000.161,00009.985,-0000.002,3,07,1,4,M*0B

Table A.11

PTNL,VGK message fields

0

message ID $PTNL,VGK

1

UTC of vector in hhmmss.ss format

2

Date in mmddyy format

3

East component of vector, in meters

4

North component of vector, in meters

5

Up component of vector, in meters

6

GPS Quality indicator:

0: Fix not available or invalid

1: Autonomous GPS fix

2: Differential, floating carrier phase integer-based solution, RTK(float)

3: Differential, fixed carrier phase integer-based solution, RTK(fixed)

4: Differential, code phase only solution (DGPS). Also, OmniSTAR XP/HP 

converging

5: SBAS solution – WAAS, EGNOS

6: RTK Float 3D in a VRS/Network. Also OmniSTAR XP/HP converged

7: RTK Fixed 3D in a VRS/Network

8: RTK Float 2D in a VRS/Network

7

Number of satellites if fix solution

8

DOP  of  fix

9

M: Vector components are in meters

10

The checksum data, always begins with *