Airmar LB100 WeatherStation Technical Manual

Summary of LB100 WeatherStation

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    Airmar ® pb100 weatherstation™ technical manual revision 1.009 pb100 weatherstation™ technical manual also covers model lb100 revision 1.009 airmar technology corporation 35 meadowbrook drive milford, nh 03055-4613 (603) 673-9570

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    Airmar ® pb100 weatherstation™ technical manual revision 1.009 1 1. Introduction this document is a supplement to the airmar pb100 weatherstation™ owner's guide. This document provides a detailed description of the communications protocol for both transmitted and received nmea 0183 sentences used by...

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    Airmar ® pb100 weatherstation™ technical manual revision 1.009 2 4800 baud to output all sentences within a one second timeframe. Therefore, one or more of the following remedies should be employed: • to conserve bandwidth, only enable for transmission those sentences required for the given applicat...

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    Airmar ® pb100 weatherstation™ technical manual revision 1.009 3 table 1: nmea 0183 regularly transmitted sentences 1 sentence description pb100 lb100 enabled by default maximum length (chars) $gpgga gps fix data 3 3 3 82 $gpgll geographic position – latitude/longitude 3 3 no 48 $gpgsa gnss dop and ...

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    Airmar ® pb100 weatherstation™ technical manual revision 1.009 4 nmea 0183 transmitted sentence $gp gga summary nmea 0183 standard gps fix data. Syntax $gpgga,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,*hh fields utc of position, in the form hhmmss latitude, to the nearest .0001 minute n if field is north latitude s if field is...

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    Airmar ® pb100 weatherstation™ technical manual revision 1.009 5 geoidal separation, meters (to the nearest whole meter). This field is not provided by the weatherstation instrument, and appears as a null field. M. This field is not provided by the weatherstation instrument, and appears as a null fi...

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    Airmar ® pb100 weatherstation™ technical manual revision 1.009 11 nmea 0183 transmitted sentence $wi mda summary nmea 0183 standard meteorological composite. Syntax $wimda,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,*hh fields barometric pressure, inches of mercury, to the nearest 0.01 inch i = inches of mercury barometric...

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    Airmar ® pb100 weatherstation™ technical manual revision 1.009 12 default state enabled. Transmitted once per second. Notes this sentence may be enabled or disabled via the $pamtc,en,mda command. The barometric pressure provided in this sentence is the altimeter setting, which is the barometric pres...

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    Airmar ® pb100 weatherstation™ technical manual revision 1.009 26 nmea 0183 transmitted sentence $gp zda summary nmea 0183 standard time and date syntax $gpzda,,,,,,*hh fields utc of position, in the form hhmmss day, 01 to 31 month, 01 to 12 year, four digits (e.G. 2006) local zone hours, always set...