V23993-A1037-A VINCOTECH, V23993-A1037-A Datasheet
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... GPS Firmware A1037-A A description of the standard GPS firmware provided on Tyco Electronics’ GPS modules A1037-A User’s Manual Version 2.0 Software Revision 4.30 ...
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Revision History Rev. Date Description 0.1 03-29-06 Preliminary version 1.1 08-10-06 Valid for X1037-A working on GPS-LIB.:4.23.05 1.2 11-02-06 Valid for A1037-A working on GPS-LIB.: 4.30.3plus 2.0 04-01-07 New design mm-dd-yy V2.0 – 04/07 Revision History User’s Manual Page 3 ...
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Disclaimer THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION OF TYCO ELEC- TRONICS CORPORATION/POWER SYSTEMS (TYCO ELECTRONICS). IT MAY NOT BE COPIED OR TRANSMITTED BY ANY MEANS, PASSED TO OTHERS, OR STORED IN ANY RETRIEVAL SYSTEM OR MEDIA, WITHOUT PRIOR CONSENT OF TYCO ...
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Table of Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 7 1.1 General ............................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Serial Port Configuration ..................................................................................... 7 2 Standard NMEA Sentences ................................................................................... 8 2.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 8 2.2 Supported NMEA Sentences .............................................................................. 8 2.2.1 GGA - Global Positioning System Fix ...
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PSTMHOT .............................................................................................................. 31 PSTMINFOREAD.................................................................................................... 32 PSTMINITGPS........................................................................................................ 33 PSTMNEACONFIG................................................................................................. 34 PSTMNMEAONOFF ............................................................................................... 35 PSTMRMC.............................................................................................................. 36 PSTMSBASONOFF ................................................................................................ 37 PSTMSBASSAT ..................................................................................................... 38 PSTMSBASSTART................................................................................................. 39 PSTMSRR .............................................................................................................. 40 PSTMSTBY............................................................................................................. 41 PSTMSTOP ............................................................................................................ 42 PSTMWARM........................................................................................................... 43 Page Table of Contents User’s ...
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... This pin will be read by the software during the GPS software start-up only. Any changes in the setting afterwards will not affect the configuration. This interface is bi-directional, i.e. on the one side the output of the GPS modules (NMEA sentences, etc.) is sent to the UART interface, on the other side the UART interface can be used to send commands to Tyco Electronics’ ...
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Standard NMEA Sentences 2.1 Introduction The National Marine Electronics Association created a uniform interface standard for digital data exchange between different marine electronic products back in the early nineteen-eighties. • NMEA information is transmitted from a ‘vendor’ in ‘sentences’ ...
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GGA - Global Positioning System Fix Data e.g. $GPGGA,152145.000,4805.81931,N,01132.23172,E,1,04,2.5,607.75,M,47.6,M,,*67 (1) $GPGGA Vendor and message identifier (2) 152145.000 Universal time coordinated (15h 21m 45.000s) (3) 4805.81931 Latitude (48deg 05.81931min) (4) N North (or S for south) (5) 01132.23172 Longitude (011deg ...
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VTG – Course Over Ground and Ground Speed e.g. $GPVTG,169.3,T,,M,0.3,N,0.5,K*6B (1) $GPVTG Vendor and message identifier (2) 169.3 Track degrees (3) T True (4) <empty> Track degrees (not supported) (5) M Magnetic (not supported) (6) 0.3 Speed [knots] (7) ...
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RMC - Recommended Minimum Specific GPS Data e.g. $GPRMC,092516.000,A,4805.8021,N,01132.2243,E,1.9,183.8,270302,0.0,W*7B (1) $GPRMC Vendor and message identifier (2) 092516.000 UTC - Universal Time Coordinated (09h 25m 16.000s) (3) A Fix valid (or V for invalid or no fix) (4) 4805.8021 Latitude ...
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GSA - GPS DOP and Active Satellites e.g. $GPGSA,A,3,03,20,14,31,,,,,,,,,3.7,2.5,2.8*3D (1) $GPGSA Vendor and message identifier (2) A Selection mode (3) 3 Mode ...
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GSV – GPS Satellites in View e.g. $GPGSV,1,1,04,03,27,159,45,14,43,095,48,20,17,231,40,31,60,190,42*7F (1) $GPGSV Vendor and message identifier (2) 1 Total numbers of messages (3) 1 Number of current message (4) 04 Satellites in view (5) 03 Satellite number (6) 27 Elevation in ...
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Proprietary Sentences 3.1 Introduction Device manufacturer define extensions of the standard NMEA protocol or sentences thereof. • The general format is: ”$<vendor><message><parameters><CR><LF>”. Note that a checksum is NOT required! • The combination of <vendor><message> is called address field. • ...
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Available NMEA output messages, message IDs: Table 7: NMEA sentences update part 2 3.3 Start-up Support In order to improve the TTFF (Time to First Fix) after the receiver module was switched off the start up can be supported by ...
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For example to set the date to March 25, 2006, the time to 1:05 p.m. and the location is closed to Munich, Germany the command will look like this: • $PSTMINITGPS,4804.000,N,01139.000,E,0500,25,03,2006,13,05,00 Please note that the position is accepted only, if ...
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Load Ephemeris • $PSTMEPHEM This command load ephemeris data into backup RAM. This will end up in hot start. e.g. $PSTMEPHEM,1,3,<byte1>,<byte2>,…,<byteN>*7F (1) $PSTMEPHEM Vendor and message identifier (2) 1 Satellite ID (3) 3 Number of the ephemeris data bytes ...
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Load Almanacs • $PSTMALMANAC This command load almanac data into backup RAM. This will end up in warm start. e.g. $PSTMALMANAC,1,3,<byte1>,<byte2>,…,<byteN>*7F (1) $PSTMEPHEM Vendor and message identifier (2) 1 Satellite ID (3) 3 Number of the almanac data bytes ...
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Version information A special command is implemented in order to return the serial number of ST GPS engine. • $PSTMINFOREAD: Initiates serial number output The version information will be returned in the following format: $PSTMVER, GPSLIB_04.23.05PAL ARM – DEC ...
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Enabling SBAS support By default, SBAS support is switched off. To switch on SBAS support one needs to issue the following command to the receiver: • $PSTMSBASSTART In recognition of the command the receiver will respond with SBAS version ...
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Related Information 4.1 Contact This manual was created with due diligence. We hope that it will be helpful to the user to get the most out of the GPS module. Anyway, inputs about errors or mistakable verbalizations and comments ...
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List of Tables Table 1: NMEA configuration ................................................................................... 7 Table 2: GGA example and description ................................................................... 9 Table 3: VTG example and description .................................................................. 10 Table 4: RMC example and description ................................................................. 11 Table 5: GSA example and description.................................................................. ...
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Appendix C: UART-Commands Reference The following is an explanation of all UART commands (in alphabetical order) that will be recognized by the module with the current firmware revision. The following notation is used: (option) optional parameters option <position> placeholder position ...
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PSTMALMANAC $PSTMALMANC,<almanacs data> Arguments: Almanacs data Description: Load almanacs data into backup RAM See also: 3.3.1.4 Load Almanacs Page Appendix UART Commands Code for loading almanacs: <sat ID>,<N>,<byte1>,<byte2>,…,<byteN>*7F User’s Manual Load Almanacs data V2.0 - 04/07 ...
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PSTMCOLD $PSTMCOLD none Arguments: Description: Perform COLD Start. This command erases all the almanacs and ephemerides, stored in the backup RAM and then reboots the system. See also: -- V2.0 – 04/07 Appendix UART Commands User’s Manual Perform COLD start ...
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PSTMDUMPALMANAC $PSTMDUMPALMANAC None Arguments: Description: This command sends out all almanac data stored in the back up RAM. See also: 3.3.1.3 Dump Almanacs Page Appendix UART Commands User’s Manual Dump almanacs V2.0 - 04/07 ...
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PSTMDUMPEPHEMS $PSTMDUMPEPHEMS none Arguments: Description: This command sends out all ephemeris data stored in the back up RAM. See also: 3.3.1.1 Dump Ephemeris V2.0 – 04/07 Appendix UART Commands User’s Manual Dump ephemeris Page ...
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PSTMEPHEM $PSTMEPHEM,<ephemeris data> Arguments: Ephemeris data Description: Load ephemeris data into backup RAM See also: 3.3.1.2 Load Ephemeris Page Appendix UART Commands Code for loading ephemeris: <sat ID>,<N>,<byte1>,<byte2>,…,<byteN>*7F User’s Manual Load ephemeris data V2.0 - 04/07 ...
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PSTMGPSRESET $PSTMGPSRESET None Arguments: Description: This command resets the GPS module. No response! --- See also: V2.0 – 04/07 Appendix UART Commands User’s Manual Reset the GPS engine Page ...
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PSTMGPSRESTART $PSTMGPSRESTART None Arguments: Description: This command restarts the GPS module. No response! --- See also: Page Appendix UART Commands Restarts the GPS engine User’s Manual V2.0 - 04/07 ...
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PSTMHOT $PSTMHOT none Arguments: Description: Perform HOT Start. This command reboots the system without erasing any backup data. No response! See also: V2.0 – 04/07 Appendix UART Commands User’s Manual Perform HOT start Page ...
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PSTMINFOREAD $PSTMINFOREAD none Arguments: Description: Initiates serial number output Issuing this command leads to a one time output of the module serial number See also: --- Page Appendix UART Commands Initiates serial number output User’s Manual V2.0 ...
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PSTMINITGPS $PSTMINITGPS,<position&timecode> Arguments: position& timecode Description: Initialize GPS position and time. This additional information will help to speed-up the starting time under certain circumstances. No response! See also: --- V2.0 – 04/07 Appendix UART Commands Code for setting new position ...
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PSTMNEACONFIG $PSTMNMEACONFIG,<NMEACONCODE> Arguments: NMEACONCODE Description: This command configures baud rate, message list and transmit mode of NMEA output sentences. No response! --- See also: Message list: The message list is the sum of the IDs of each message included to ...
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PSTMNMEAONOFF $PSTMNMEAONOFF None Arguments: Description: Controls NMEA output sentences Toggle the NMEA output message has been switched ON before it becomes switched OFF and vice versa. See also: V2.0 – 04/07 Appendix UART Commands Toggle NMEA output message ...
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PSTMRMC $PSTMRMC none Arguments: Description: Controls NMEA sentence $GPRMC Toggle the NMEA output message has been switched ON before it becomes switched OFF and vice versa. See also: Page Appendix UART Commands User’s Manual Toggle ...
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PSTMSBASONOFF $PSTMSBASONOFF none Arguments: This command will toggle the SBAS support. If the SBAS was Description: active, this command will stop SBAS support and vice versa. No Response! See also: V2.0 – 04/07 Appendix UART Commands User’s Manual Toggle SBAS ...
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PSTMSBASSAT $PSTMSBASSAT<SBAS ID> SBAS ID Arguments: After issuing this command the GPS engine will start to track the Description: dedicated SBAS Satellite. If the parameter is “0” the system automatically searches for the SBAS satellite which is available in the ...
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PSTMSBASSTART $PSTMSBASSTART none Arguments: Description: SBAS support will be started Response: output of SBAS version information See also: V2.0 – 04/07 Appendix UART Commands User’s Manual Start SBAS support Page ...
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PSTMSRR $PSTMSRR None Arguments: Description: This command reset the Software running on the GPS engine. No response! --- See also: Page Appendix UART Commands Reset of the GPS Software User’s Manual V2.0 - 04/07 ...
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PSTMSTBY $PSTMSTBY,(T) T Arguments: Description: Put the system in Standby mode then the system goes in standby mode for undefined time and can be waked up by hardware. Response only if the input is incorrect: $PSTMSTBYERROR*<checksum> ...
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PSTMSTOP $PSTMSTOP,(T) T Arguments: Description: Stop the GPS engine for a T time. After the defined time frame the system will be reset. Response only if the input is incorrect: $PSTMSTOPERROR*<checksum> See also: Page Appendix UART Commands ...
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PSTMWARM $PSTMWARM none Arguments: Description: Perform WARM Start. This command erases all the ephemerides, stored in the backup RAM and then reboots the system. No response! See also: V2.0 – 04/07 Appendix UART Commands User’s Manual Perform WARM start Page ...