Specifications
BATS AND PORTABLE BATS OPERATION
3-83
TRACKING DATA MESSAGE FOR FORMAT “NMEA ORE”
BYTE
LENGTH
DATA WORD
REPRESENTATION
RANGE
UNITS
1
1
$
ASCII "$" CHARACTER
NA
NA
2
1
P
ASCII "P" CHARACTER
NA
NA
3
1
O
ASCII "O" CHARACTER
NA
NA
4
1
R
ASCII "R" CHARACTER
NA
NA
5
1
E
ASCII "E" CHARACTER
NA
NA
6
1
COMMA
ASCII "," CHARACTER
NA
NA
7-8
2
TARGET NUMBER
ASCII
01-09
NA
9
1
COMMA
ASCII "," CHARACTER
NA
NA
10-11
2
HOURS
ASCII
00-23
HOURS
12-13
2
MINUTES
ASCII
00-59
MINUTES
14-15
2
SECONDS
ASCII
00-59
SECONDS
16
1
COMMA
ASCII "," CHARACTER
NA
NA
(WITH HEADING ENABLED)
(17-21) 5
HEADING
ASCII
000.0-359.9
DEGREES
17
(22) 1
COMMA
ASCII "," CHARACTER
NA
NA
(23) 1
HEADING IDENTIFIER
ASCII CHARACTER
T, M, A
SEE NOTE 1
NA
18
(24) 1
COMMA
ASCII "," CHARACTER
NA
NA
19-23
(25-29) 5
TARGET BEARING
ASCII
000.0-359.9
DEGREES
24
(30) 1
COMMA
ASCII "," CHARACTER
NA
NA
25-32
(31-38) 8
HORIZ RGE X
ASCII
-00000.0-009999.9
METERS
SEE NOTE 2
33
(39) 1
COMMA
ASCII "," CHARACTER
NA
NA
34-41
(40-47) 8
HORIZ RGE Y
ASCII
-00000.0-009999.9
METERS
SEE NOTE 2
42
(48) 1
COMMA
ASCII "," CHARACTER
NA
NA
43-49
(49-55) 7
DEPTH Z
ASCII
00000.0-09999.9
METERS
SEE NOTE 2
50
(56) 1
COMMA
ASCII "," CHARACTER
NA
NA
51-56
(57-62) 6
ROLL
ASCII
-50.0-050.0
DEGREES
57
(63) 1
COMMA
ASCII "," CHARACTER
NA
NA
58-63
(64-69) 6
PITCH
ASCII
-50.0-050.0
DEGREES
64
(70) 1
COMMA
ASCII "," CHARACTER
NA
NA
65-66
(71-72) 2
WARNING CODE
ASCII
Null-99
SEE NOTE 3
NA
67
(73) 1
COMMA
ASCII "," CHARACTER
NA
NA
68-69
(74-75) 2
QUALITY FACTOR
ASCII
01-10
NA
70
(76) 1
EOS CHARACTER
ASCII "*" CHARACTER
NA
NA
71-72
(77-78) 2
CHECK SUM
ASCII
00-FF
NA
73
(79) 1
CARRIAGE RETURN
ASCII CRG RET CHAR.
NA
74
(80) 1
LINEFEED
ASCII LINEFEED CHAR.
NA
NOTE 1: T = True heading, M = Magnetic heading, A = heading via Analog input
NOTE 2: The X,Y & Z data can either be in meters, yards or feet. See SYSTEM/RS-232
UNITS.
NOTE 3: Error Code 0 = Null Character










