Garmin 18x Manuale Utente
190-00879-08
GPS 18x Technical Specifications
Rev. D
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4.2 TRANSMITTED NMEA 0183 SENTENCES
The subsequent paragraphs define the sentences that can be transmitted by the GPS 18x PC and LVC.
4.2.1 Sentence Transmission Rate
Sentences are transmitted with respect to the user selected baud rate.
The GPS sensor will transmit each sentence (except where noted in particular transmitted sentence descriptions) at a
The GPS sensor will transmit each sentence (except where noted in particular transmitted sentence descriptions) at a
periodic rate based on the user selected baud rate and user selected output sentences. The GPS sensor will transmit
the selected sentences contiguously. The length of the transmission can be determined by the following equation and
Tables 2 and 3:
total characters to be transmitted
length of transmission = ---------------------------------------------
characters transmitted per second
Sentence
Output by Default?
Maximum Characters
GPRMC
✔
74
GPGGA
✔
82
GPGSA
✔
66
GPGSV
✔
(PC and LVC only)
70
PGRME
35
GPGLL
44
GPVTG
✔
(18x-5Hz)
42
PGRMV
32
PGRMF
82
PGRMB
40
PGRMID
82
PGRMM
PGRMT
Once per minute
50
Baud
Table 2: NMEA 0183 Output Sentence Order and Size
Characters per Second
4800
480
9600
960
19200
1920
38400
3840
The maximum number of fields allowed in a single sentence is 82 characters including delimiters. Values in the
table include the sentence start delimiter character “$” and the termination delimiter <CR><LF>. For the GPS 18x
PC and LVC, the factory set defaults result in a once per second transmission at the NMEA 0183 specification
transmission rate of 4800 baud. For the GPS 18x-5Hz, the factory set defaults will result in a five times per second
transmission at 19200 baud.
Table 3: Characters per Second for Available Baud Rates
For the GPS 18x LVC: Regardless of the selected baud rate, the information transmitted by the GPS sensor is
referenced to the one-pulse-per-second output pulse immediately preceding the GPRMC sentence, or whichever
sentence is output first in the burst (see Table 2 above).
For the GPS 18x-5Hz: Regardless of the selected baud rate, the information transmitted by the GPS sensor is
For the GPS 18x-5Hz: Regardless of the selected baud rate, the information transmitted by the GPS sensor is
referenced to the preceding five-times-per-second output pulse.
The GPS 18x USB can use Spanner (an application that can provide NMEA output via a virtual COM port) to
The GPS 18x USB can use Spanner (an application that can provide NMEA output via a virtual COM port) to
receive the same default NMEA sentences as the GPS 18x PC and LVC at a rate of once per second. Spanner is
, select the GPS
18x USB, and then select Updates & Downloads.