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Airmar PB200 User Manual

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential i pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 12/01/09 this document is subject to change. Airmar technology corporation 35 meadowbrook drive milford, nh 03055-4613 (603) 673-9570 proprietary and confidential this docum...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential ii.

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential iii table of contents 1. Introduction............................................................................................................. 1 2. Nmea 2000® interface .....................................................

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential iv pgn 130881 proprietary: heater control......................................................... 58 pgn 130944 proprietary: post....................................................................... 61 2.5. Received nmea...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential v $pamtc,qps ................................................................................................ 139 $pamtc,qv.................................................................................................. 1...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential vi.

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 1 1. Introduction this document is a supplement to the airmar pb200 weatherstation owner's guide. The pb200 weatherstation is a multifunctional device that integrates several sensors into a single compact housing. These sen...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 2 2. Nmea 2000® interface the airmar pb200 weatherstation has a single nmea 2000®-compliant network interface, and is expected to be certified as a class 1 level b device. The pb200 transmits and receives standard and propr...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 3 destination: global or address. A global destination means that the parameter group was designed to be broadcast for use by all receiving devices on the bus. If destination = address, this means the parameter group was de...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 4 in the pb200, the following pgns will contain identical sid values, indicating that the data from each of these pgns was taken at the same time, even though the pgns may be transmitted at different times: 126992 system ti...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 5 table 1: nmea 2000® transmitted pgns pgn description 59392 iso acknowledgement 60928 iso address claim 65285 proprietary: boot state acknowledgment 65287 proprietary: access level 65410 proprietary: internal device temper...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 6 pgn description 130944 proprietary: post.

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 7 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 059392 (0x0e800) iso acknowledgment single frame: yes priority: 6/n/n update rate: 0/n/n destination: address query support: yes access level: 0 for further information about the...

  • Page 14: 060928

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 8 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 060928 (0x0ee00) iso address claim single frame: yes priority: 6/n/n update rate: 0/n/n destination: address query support: yes access level: 0 for further information about the ...

  • Page 15: 065285

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 9 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 065285 (0x0ff05) proprietary: boot state acknowledgment single frame: yes priority: 7/n/n update rate: 0/n/n destination: global query support: no access level: 0 field # name re...

  • Page 16: 065287

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 10 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 065287 (0x0ff07) proprietary: access level single frame: yes priority: 7/y/n update rate: 0/n/n destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 field # name request param...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 11 this pgn does not respond to iso requests (pgn 59904). When this pgn is transmitted, field 5 contains the current access level of the pb200, and field 7 contains a randomly-generated seed that may be used in a subsequent...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 12 4. Use the command group function pgn 126208, specifying the individual fields in pgn 65287 as follows: pgn 65287 field value 1 135 (decimal) 3 4 (decimal) 4 1 5 the desired access level 7 the calculated key 5. The pb200...

  • Page 19: 65410

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 13 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 65410 (0xff82) proprietary: device temp. And supply voltage single frame: yes priority: 7/y/y update rate: 0/y/y destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 field # n...

  • Page 20: 126208

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 14 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 126208 (0x1ed00) acknowledge group function single frame: no priority: 6/n/n update rate: 0/n/n destination: address query support: yes access level: 0 for further information a...

  • Page 21: 126464

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 15 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 126464 (0x1ee00) pgn list - transmit/received pgns group single frame: no priority: 6/y/n update rate: 0/n/n destination: address query support: yes access level: 0 for further ...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 16 pgn description 129538 gnss control status 129539 gnss dops 129540 gnss sats in view 130306 wind data 130310 environmental parameters 130311 environmental parameters 130323 meteorological station data the list of receive...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 17 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 126720 (0x1ef00) addressable multi-frame proprietary single frame: no priority: 7/y/n update rate: 0/n/n destination: address query support: yes access level: see pid variants f...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 18 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 126720-32 (0x1ef00) proprietary: attitude offsets single frame: no priority: 7/y/n update rate: 0/n/n destination: address query support: yes access level: 0 field # name reques...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 19 the azimuth offset angle, along with the pitch and roll offset angles, are also used to adjust the reported pitch and roll values in the transmitted pgn 127257, and in the transmitted nmea 0183 $wixdr sentence. A properl...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 20 pgn 126720 field value 1 135 (decimal) 3 4 (decimal) 4 32 (decimal) 6 pitch offset angle 7 roll offset angle 6. At this point the transmitted pgn 127257 should be producing values that are centered around 0.0 degrees for...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 21 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 126720-33 (0x1ef00) proprietary: calibrate compass single frame: no priority: 7/y/n update rate: 0/n/n destination: address query support: yes access level: 0/1 field # name req...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 22 field # name request param. Dd df type resolution value remark 12 y-axis linear offset no n/a df58 int16 .01 teslas default 0, range -32000 to +32000 13 z-axis linear offset no n/a df58 int16 .01 teslas default 0, range ...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 23 7. Note: during user compass calibration, heading is not valid and will be output as datanotavailable. Also, air temperature is set to 0 degrees celsius. After calibration is complete, heading will again be valid, and if...

  • Page 30: 126720-34

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 24 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 126720-34 (0x1ef00) proprietary: true wind options single frame: no priority: 7/y/n update rate: 0/n/n destination: address query support: yes access level: 0 field # name reque...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 25 to change the state of the allow cog instead of heading for true wind calculations option (field 5), use the command group function pgn 126208, specifying the individual fields in pgn 126720-34 as follows. Pgn 126720 fie...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 26 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 126720-35 (0x1ef00) proprietary: simulate mode single frame: no priority: 7/y/n update rate: 0/n/n destination: address query support: yes access level: 1 field # name request p...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 27 to change the state of the simulate mode option (field 5), use the command group function pgn 126208, specifying the individual fields in pgn 126720-35 as follows. Pgn 126720 field value 1 135 (decimal) 3 4 (decimal) 4 3...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 28 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 126720-46 (0x1ef00) proprietary: nmea 2000® options single frame: no priority: 7/y/n update rate: 0/n/n destination: address query support: yes access level: 0 field # name requ...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 29 measurement interval transmission interval field 5 actual rate of transmission comment 500 ms 100 ms 00 = disabled 500 ms in the default case, the device will not transmit data any faster than it is sampled, or measured,...

  • Page 36: 126720-47

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 30 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 126720-47 (0x1ef00) proprietary: received pgn source single frame: no priority: 7/y/n update rate: 0/n/n destination: address query support: yes access level: 0 field # name req...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 31 notes this pgn is used to specify the rules by which the pb200 decides which device on the nmea 2000® bus is used to provide a given pgn received by the pb200. For the pb200, this pgn is used only in relation to received...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 32 to specify a certain transmitting device to be used to supply pgn 128259, set the rule field (field 6) to a value of 3 or 4, and specify the can name of the transmitting device using the command group function pgn 126208...

  • Page 39: 126720-48

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 33 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 126720-48 (0x1ef00) proprietary: altitude settings single frame: no priority: 7/y/n update rate: 0/n/n destination: address query support: yes access level: 0 field # name reque...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 34 field # name request param. Dd df type resolution value remark 7 altitude option for barometric pressure no n/a df52 3 bits 1 0 = do not use altitude for barometric pressure altimeter setting 1 = barometric pressure alti...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 35 pgn 126720-49 (0x1ef00) proprietary: set waas satellite single frame: no priority: 7/y/n update rate: 0/n/n destination: address query support: yes access level: 0 field # name request param. Dd df type resolution value ...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 36 pgn 126720-50 (0x1ef00) proprietary: enable gps type 0 messages single frame: no priority: 7/y/n update rate: 0/n/n destination: address query support: yes access level: 0 field # name request param. Dd df type resolutio...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 37 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 126992 (0x1f010) system time single frame: yes priority: 3/y/y update rate: 1000 ms/y/y destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 for further information about the ...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 38 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 126998 (0x1f016) configuration information single frame: no priority: 6/y/n update rate: 0/n/n destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 for further information abo...

  • Page 45: 127250

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 39 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 127250 (0x1f112) vessel heading single frame: yes priority: 2/y/y update rate: 100 ms/y/y destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 for further information about th...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 40 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 127251 (0x1f113) rate of turn single frame: yes priority: 2/y/y update rate: 100 ms/y/y destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 for further information about the ...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 41 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 127257 (0x1f119) attitude single frame: yes priority: 3/y/y update rate: 1000 ms/y/y destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 for further information about the nme...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 42 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 127258 (0x1f11a) magnetic variation single frame: yes priority: 7/y/y update rate: 1000 ms/y/y destination: global query support: no access level: 0 for further information abou...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 43 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 129025 (0x1f801) position, rapid update single frame: yes priority: 2/y/y update rate: 100 ms/y/y destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 for further information ...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 44 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 129026 (0x1f802) cog & sog, rapid update single frame: yes priority: 2/y/y update rate: 250 ms/y/y destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 for further information...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 45 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 129029 (0x1f805) gnss position data single frame: no priority: 3/y/y update rate: 1000 ms/y/y destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 for further information abou...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 46 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 129033 (0x1f809) time & date single frame: yes priority: 3/y/y update rate: 1000 ms/y/y destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 for further information about the ...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 47 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 129044 (0x1f814) datum single frame: no priority: 6/y/y update rate: 10,000 ms/y/y destination: global query support: no access level: 0 for further information about the nmea 2...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 48 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 129538 (0x1fa02) gnss control status single frame: no priority: 6/y/y update rate: 0/n/n destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 for further information about the...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 49 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 129539 (0x1fa03) gnss dops single frame: yes priority: 6/y/y update rate: 1000 ms/y/y destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 for further information about the nm...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 50 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 129540 (0x1fa04) gnss sats in view single frame: no priority: 6/y/y update rate: 1000 ms/y/y destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 for further information about...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 51 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 130306 (0x1fd02) wind data single frame: yes priority: 2/y/y update rate: 100 ms/y/y destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 for further information about the nme...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 52 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 130310 (0x1fd06) environmental parameters single frame: yes priority: 5/y/y update rate: 0/y/y destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 for further information abo...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 53 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 130311 (0x1fd07) environmental parameters single frame: yes priority: 5/y/y update rate: 500 ms/y/y destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 for further informatio...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 54 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 130323 (0x1fd13) meteorological station data single frame: no priority: 6/y/y update rate: 1000 ms/y/y destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 for further informa...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 55 to change the station id string (field 13) and station name string (field 14), use the command group function pgn 126208, specifying the individual fields in pgn 130323 as follows. Pgn 130323 field value 13 the desired v...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 56 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 130880 (0x1ff40) proprietary: additional weather data single frame: no priority: 7/y/y update rate: 0/y/y destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 field # name req...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 57 the wind chill temperature is the perceived temperature on a person’s face at the current wind speed. The calculation assumes that the wind speed measured by the sensor is the same as the wind speed at the face of an obs...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 58 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 130881 (0x1ff41) proprietary: heater control single frame: no priority: 7/y/y update rate: 0/y/y destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 field # name request para...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 59 field # name request param. Dd df type resolution value remark 9 air temperature no dd043 df39 uint16 0.01 deg k 0 to 655.32 deg k ambient air temperature as measured by the air temperature sensor within the pb200. 10 de...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 60 pgn 130881 field value 5 one of the following: 0 = manual, turn off 1 = manual, turn on 2 = automatic 3 = no action.

  • Page 67: 130944

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 61 nmea 2000® transmitted parameter group pgn 130944 (0x1ff80) proprietary: post single frame: no priority: 7/y/n update rate: 0/y/n destination: global query support: yes access level: 0 field # name request param. Dd df t...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 62 this pgn provides a method of reporting the results of the power on self test performed by the pb200. The various tests performed by the post are simple tests to determine if the hardware is minimally responding to softw...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 63 id description failure codes 11 standard relative humidity sensor 0x01 = humidity sensor fault: no frequency 0x02 = humidity sensor fault: frequency too high 0x03 = humidity sensor fault: frequency too low 0x04=0xef = re...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 64 pgn description 60928 iso address claim 65286 proprietary: boot state request 126208 request group function 126208 command group function 126720 proprietary -1: master reset -130: restore eeprom -132: reset gps 128259 sp...

  • Page 71: 059904

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 65 _ nmea 2000® received parameter group _ pgn 059904 (0x0ea00) iso request single frame: yes access level: 0 for further information about the nmea 2000® protocol, including field descriptions refer to the document, nmea 2...

  • Page 72: 060928

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 66 _ nmea 2000® received parameter group _ pgn 060928 (0x0ee00) iso address claim single frame: yes access level: 0 for further information about the nmea 2000® protocol, including field descriptions refer to the document, ...

  • Page 73: 065286

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 67 _ nmea 2000® received parameter group _ pgn 065286 (0x0ff06) proprietary: boot state request single frame: yes access level: 0 field # name dd df type resolution value remark 1 manufacturer code dd172 df52 11 bits 1 135 ...

  • Page 74: 126208

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 68 _ nmea 2000® received parameter group _ pgn 126208 (0x1ed00) request group function single frame: no access level: 0 for further information about the nmea 2000® protocol, including field descriptions refer to the docume...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 69 • the received iso request pgn 59904 • the received command group function pgn 126208 • the transmitted acknowledge group function pgn 126208.

  • Page 76: 126208

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 70 _ nmea 2000® received parameter group _ pgn 126208 (0x1ed00) command group function single frame: no access level: 0 for further information about the nmea 2000® protocol, including field descriptions refer to the docume...

  • Page 77: 126720

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 71 _ nmea 2000® received parameter group _ pgn 126720 (0x1ef00) addressable multi-frame proprietary single frame: no access level: see pid variants field # name dd df type resolution value remark 1 manufacturer code dd172 d...

  • Page 78: 126720-1

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 72 _ nmea 2000® received parameter group _ pgn 126720-1 (0x1ef00) proprietary: master reset single frame: no access level: 1 field # name dd df type resolution value remark 1 manufacturer code dd172 df52 11 bits 1 135 (deci...

  • Page 79: 126720-130

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 73 _ nmea 2000® received parameter group _ pgn 126720-130 (0x1ef00) proprietary: reset eeprom single frame: no access level: 1 field # name dd df type resolution value remark 1 manufacturer code dd172 df52 11 bits 1 135 (de...

  • Page 80: 126720-132

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 74 _ nmea 2000® received parameter group _ pgn 126720-132 (0x1ef00) proprietary: reset gps single frame: no access level: 0 field # name dd df type resolution value remark 1 manufacturer code dd172 df52 11 bits 1 135 (decim...

  • Page 81: 128259

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 75 _ nmea 2000® received parameter group _ pgn 128259 (0x1f503) speed single frame: yes access level: 0 for further information about the nmea 2000® protocol, including field descriptions refer to the document, nmea 2000® s...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 76 3. Nmea 0183 interfaces the airmar pb200 weatherstation has a single standard nmea 0183-compliant output channel, and a single standard nmea 0183-compliant input channel. The unit transmits standard nmea 0183 sentences o...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 77 the maximum length (chars) column in the table indicates an expected worst-case scenario that can be used for bandwidth budgeting. The total time in seconds required to transmit all enabled sentences in a single interval...

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    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 78 table 3: nmea 0183 regularly transmitted sentences sentence description enabled by default maximum length (chars) $gp dtm datum reference no 47 $gp gga gps fix data 82 $gp gll geographic position – latitude/longitude no ...

  • Page 85: Dtm

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 79 nmea 0183 transmitted sentence $gp dtm summary nmea 0183 standard datum reference. Syntax $gpdtm,,,,,,,,*hh fields three character alphabetical code for local datum: w84 (wgs84) w72 (wgs72) s85 (sgs85) p90 (pe90) or iho ...

  • Page 86

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 80 kgs, ohi-a, ohi-b, ohi-c, ohi-d, ohi-m, sir, p90, and s85 are not currently supported by the gps engine used in the pb200, and therefore are not available for use as local datum. See also the proprietary nmea 0183 comman...

  • Page 87: Gga

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 81 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 latitud...

  • Page 88

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 82 m. This field is not provided by the pb200 weatherstation, and appears as a null field. Age of differential gps data, seconds. This field is not provided by the pb200 weatherstation, and appears as a null field. Differen...

  • Page 89: Gll

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 83 nmea 0183 transmitted sentence $gp gll summary nmea 0183 standard geographic position – latitude/longitude. Syntax $gpgll,,,,,,,*hh fields latitude, to the nearest .0001 minute n if field is north latitude s if field is ...

  • Page 90: Gsa

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 84 nmea 0183 transmitted sentence $gp gsa summary nmea 0183 standard gnss dop and active satellites. Syntax $gpgsa,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,*hh fields m = manual, forced to operate in 2d or 3d mode a = automatic, allowed to automat...

  • Page 91: Gsv

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 85 nmea 0183 transmitted sentence $gp gsv summary nmea 0183 standard gnss satellites in view. Syntax $gpgsv,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,*hh fields total number of gsv sentences (1 to 3 for internal gps in pb200 weatherstation) sente...

  • Page 92

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 86 default state disabled. Once per second when enabled. This sentence is transmitted in groups of up to three instances, containing data for up to 4 satellites with each instance, for a total of up to 12 satellites. Fields...

  • Page 93: Hdg

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 87 nmea 0183 transmitted sentence $hc hdg summary nmea 0183 standard heading, deviation and variation. Syntax $hchdg,,,,,*hh fields magnetic sensor heading, degrees, to the nearest 0.1 degree. Magnetic deviation, degrees ea...

  • Page 94: Hdt

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 88 nmea 0183 transmitted sentence $hc hdt summary nmea 0183 standard heading relative to true north syntax $hchdt,,*hh fields heading relative to true north t = true default state disabled. Twice per second when enabled. No...

  • Page 95: Mda

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 89 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 merc...

  • Page 96

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 90 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...

  • Page 97: Mwd

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 91 nmea 0183 transmitted sentence $wi mwd summary nmea 0183 standard wind direction and speed, with respect to north. Syntax $wimwd,,,,,,,,*hh fields wind direction, 0.0 to 359.9 degrees true, to the nearest 0.1 degree t = ...

  • Page 98: Mwv

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 92 nmea 0183 transmitted sentence $wi mwv summary nmea 0183 standard wind speed and angle, in relation to the vessel’s bow/centerline. Syntax $wimwv,,,,,*hh fields wind angle, 0.0 to 359.9 degrees, in relation to the vessel...

  • Page 99

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 93 to enable/disable the theoretical (true) form of this sentence, use the $pamtc,en,mwvt command. To enable/disable the relative (apparent) form, use the $pamtc,en,mwvr command..

  • Page 100: Rmc

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 94 nmea 0183 transmitted sentence $gp rmc summary nmea 0183 standard recommended minimum specific gnss data. Syntax $gprmc,,,,,,,,, ,,,*hh fields utc of position, in the form hhmmss status: a = data valid; v = navigation re...

  • Page 101

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 95 notes this sentence may be enabled via the $pamtc,en,rmc command..

  • Page 102: Rot

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 96 nmea 0183 transmitted sentence $ti rot summary nmea 0183 standard rate of turn. Syntax $tirot,,*hh fields signed rate of turn, degrees per minute, to the nearest 0.1 degree. Negative values indicate the bow is turning to...

  • Page 103: Vtg

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 97 nmea 0183 transmitted sentence $gp vtg summary nmea 0183 standard course over ground and ground speed. Syntax $gpvtg,,,,,,,,,*hh fields course over ground, degrees true, to the nearest 0.1 degree t = true course over gro...

  • Page 104: Vwr

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 98 nmea 0183 transmitted sentence $wi vwr summary nmea 0183 relative (apparent) wind speed and angle. Wind angle in relation to the vessel’s heading, and wind speed measured relative to the moving vessel. Syntax $wivwr,,,,,...

  • Page 105: Vwt

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 99 nmea 0183 transmitted sentence $wi vwt summary nmea 0183 true wind angle in relation to the vessel’s heading, and true wind speed referenced to the water. True wind is the vector sum of the relative (apparent) wind vecto...

  • Page 106: Xdr

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 100 nmea 0183 transmitted sentence $yx xdr summary nmea 0183 transducer measurements. Used in the pb200 weatherstation to provide wind chill, heat index, barometric station pressure, and vessel attitude (pitch and roll) dat...

  • Page 107

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 101 p = pressure actual measured barometric pressure, or "station pressure", bars, to the nearest 0.001 bar b = bars stnp (id indicating station pressure) the fields in the b version of the xdr sentence are as follows: a = ...

  • Page 108

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 102 some reason the contents of a given set are not available, then the entire set (including commas) may be omitted. Because there are two versions of the xdr sentence, and because a group of four fields can be omitted ent...

  • Page 109: Zda

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 103 nmea 0183 transmitted sentence $gp zda summary nmea 0183 standard time and date. Syntax $gpzda,,,,,,*hh fields utc time of day, in the form hhmmss utc day, 01 to 31 utc month, 01 to 12 utc year (four digits, e.G. 2006) ...

  • Page 110

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 104 3.2. Received nmea 0183 sentences and commands the pb200 weatherstation has an nmea 0183-compliant input channel that is capable of receiving standard nmea sentences as well as proprietary commands for initialization, c...

  • Page 111

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 105 table 4: nmea 0183 received sentences and commands sentence or command description $--vhw standard nmea water speed and heading (for water speed) $pamtc,alt program the pb200 weatherstation with altitude settings $pamtc...

  • Page 112: Vhw

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 106 _ nmea 0183 received sentence _ $-- vhw summary nmea 0183 standard water speed and heading. Syntax $--vhw,,,,,,,,*hh fields compass heading, degrees true t = true compass heading, degrees magnetic m = magnetic water spe...

  • Page 113: $Pamtc

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 107 _ nmea 0183 received sentence _ $pamtc summary prefix for recognized proprietary commands. Syntax $pamtc,…*hh fields command mnemonic. This may be any of the following: alt attoff baud datum en erst heater option post q...

  • Page 114: Alt

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 108 _ nmea 0183 received sentence _ $pamtc, alt summary settings related to the altitude of the pb200. Syntax one of the following forms: $pamtc,alt,set,,,*hh $pamtc,alt,q*hh fields fixed altitude, -999.9 meters to +40,000....

  • Page 115

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 109 the barometric pressure altimeter setting provided in fields 1 and 3 of the transmitted $wimda sentence. Fields and of the $pamtc,alt,set command define how to use the altitude setting provided in field . All of the par...

  • Page 116: Attoff

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 110 _ nmea 0183 received sentence _ $pamtc, attoff summary a set of proprietary commands to set and query the angular attitude offsets for the pb200 weatherstation. Syntax one of the following forms: $pamtc,attoff,set,,,*hh...

  • Page 117

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 111 weatherstation, and so remain programmed even after cycling power. If any of the fields , , or are null fields, the corresponding stored value will remain unchanged. The $pamtc,attoff,q command is used to query the valu...

  • Page 118

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 112 6. At this point the transmitted xdr sentences should be producing values that are centered around 0.0 degrees for both pitch and roll. 7. The programmed attitude offset values may be checked at any time by sending the ...

  • Page 119: Baud

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 113 _ nmea 0183 received sentence _ $pamtc, baud summary change the baud rate for both the transmitting and receiving nmea 0183 channels. Syntax one of the following forms: $pamtc,baud,4800*hh $pamtc,baud,38400*hh notes the...

  • Page 120: Comp

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 114 _ nmea 0183 received sentence _ $pamtc, comp summary user calibration commands for the internal compass sensor. Syntax one of the following forms: $pamtc,comp,go*hh $pamtc,comp,resetall*hh $pamtc,comp,resetcal*hh $pamtc...

  • Page 121: $Pamtc,comp,go

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 115 $pamtc,comp,go summary manually initiate a user calibration sequence for the internal compass sensor. There is an alternative to issuing the “go” command to start user compass calibration, called autocal. Autocal is int...

  • Page 122

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 116 where fields through contain the data from the weather station instrument’s nonvolatile eeprom, as defined in the “q”, query command. Upon successful completion the weather station instrument will reply with: $pamtr,com...

  • Page 123: $Pamtc,comp,resetall

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 117 $pamtc,comp,resetall summary reset the user calibration coefficients and damping control to the default values. Syntax $pamtc,comp,resetall*hh reply the weather station will reset the user calibration coefficients and d...

  • Page 124: $Pamtc,comp,set

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 118 where fields through contain the data from the weather station’s nonvolatile eeprom, as defined in the “q”, query command. $pamtc,comp,set summary set one or more user compass calibration coefficients. Syntax $pamtc,com...

  • Page 125: $Pamtc,comp,q

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 119 $pamtc,comp,q summary query the weather station for the stored user compass calibration coefficients. Syntax $pamtc,comp,q*hh reply the weather station will reply with: $pamtr,comp,q, ,,,,,,,,*hh where fields through co...

  • Page 126: $Pamtc,comp,x

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 120 $pamtc,comp,x summary terminate the user compass calibration mode. Syntax $pamtc,comp,x*hh reply $pamtr,comp,x, ,,,,,,,,*hh notes upon receiving $pamtc,comp,x user calibration mode will be terminated, if it had been pre...

  • Page 127: $Pamtc,comp,verify

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 121 $pamtc,comp,verify summary verify the user compass calibration mode. Syntax $pamtc,comp,verify*hh the verify user calibration sequence for the pb200 is as follows: 1. The weather station is installed on the vessel. The ...

  • Page 128: Datum

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 122 _ nmea 0183 received sentence _ $pamtc, datum summary define the local datum to which gps position locations are referenced. Syntax one of the following forms: $pamtc,datum,set,,*hh $pamtc,datum,q*hh fields three charac...

  • Page 129

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 123 kgs, ohi-a, ohi-b, ohi-c, ohi-d, ohi-m, sir, p90, and s85 are not currently supported by the gps engine used in the pb200, and therefore are not available for use as local datum. Important note: chart transformations ba...

  • Page 130

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 124 _ nmea 0183 received sentence _ $pamtc, en summary enable or disable the periodic transmission of individual standard nmea 0183 sentences, and specify their rate of transmission. Syntax one of the following forms: $pamt...

  • Page 131

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 125 notes the factory default settings are as follows: sentence id enabled by default? Default transmission interval dtm – 10 gga 10 gll – 10 gsa – 10 gsv – 10 hdg – 5 hdt – 5 mda 10 mwd 10 mwv (r) 5 mwv (t) 10 rmc – 10 rot...

  • Page 132

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 126 the $pamtc,en,l command allows the settings to be reloaded from eeprom to ram without cycling power to the unit. This can be used to discard any changes made to the working copy in ram, and restore the saved settings as...

  • Page 133

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 127 for example, a unit programmed with only the factory default settings would provide the following as a reply to the $pamtc,en,q command: $pamtr,en,19,1,dtm,1,10*17 $pamtr,en,19,2,gga,1,10*17 $pamtr,en,19,3,gll,0,10*13 $...

  • Page 134

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 128 $pamtc,en,ld $pamtc,en,s example 3: to enable transmission of the xdr (a) sentence and set it to transmit at the slow rate of once every 10 seconds for the current session only, send the following command to the unit: $...

  • Page 135: Erst

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 129 _ nmea 0183 received sentence _ $pamtc, erst summary reset the user portion of nonvolatile eeprom to its factory default state. Syntax $pamtc,erst*hh notes the following data items are saved in nonvolatile eeprom within...

  • Page 136: Heater

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 130 _ nmea 0183 received sentence _ $pamtc, heater summary control the internal heater within the weather station. Syntax one of the following forms: $pamtc,heater,0*hh turn heater off (default state). $pamtc,heater,a*hh co...

  • Page 137

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 131 see also the proprietary nmea 2000® pgn 130881, heater control..

  • Page 138: Option

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 132 _ nmea 0183 received sentence _ $pamtc, option summary enable or disable certain weatherstation features, or query their state. Syntax one of the following forms: $pamtc,option,set,,*hh $pamtc,option,q,*hh fields option...

  • Page 139

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 133 option 5: 5 = enable type 0 messages 0 = ignore type 0 messages for 60 seconds 1-39 = enable type 0 messages as data 255 = ignore type 0 messages (default) notes option 1: if the local magnetic inclination (dip) is seve...

  • Page 140

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 134 the gps receiver in the pb200 can calculate a position fix when it has achieved a lock on at least three gps satellites. If it has achieved a lock on four or more satellites, the unit may be able to calculate a 3d posit...

  • Page 141

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 135 see page 48 for more information on the nmea 2000® pgn 129538. Option 3: the wide area augmentation system (waas) uses a system of land based reference stations and geostationary satellites to augment the global positio...

  • Page 142

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 136.

  • Page 143: Post

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 137 _ nmea 0183 received sentence _ $pamtc, post summary perform the power-on self test. Syntax $pamtc,post*hh the pb200 weatherstation will reply with a sentence in the following form: $pamtr,post,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,*hh each...

  • Page 144

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 138 = “pb200” string that indicates post results are for the product described in this specification. Notes the various tests performed for the post function are simple tests to determine if the hardware is minimally respon...

  • Page 145: Qps

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 139 _ nmea 0183 received sentence _ $pamtc, qps summary query part number and serial number information. Syntax $pamtc,qps*hh the pb200 weatherstation will reply with a sentence in the following form: $pamtr,qps,,*hh where ...

  • Page 146

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 140 _ nmea 0183 received sentence _ $pamtc, qv summary query version information. Syntax $pamtc,qv*hh the pb200 weatherstation will reply with a sentence in the following form: $pamtr,qv,,,,,, ,,,,*hh where = null field = h...

  • Page 147: Reset

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 141 _ nmea 0183 received sentence _ $pamtc, reset summary reset the pb200 weatherstation. Syntax $pamtc,reset*hh the weatherstation will reset as though power had been removed and reapplied. All settings will revert to thei...

  • Page 148: Sim

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 142 _ nmea 0183 received sentence _ $pamtc, sim summary turn simulate mode on or off. Syntax one of the following forms: $pamtc,sim,0*hh turn simulate mode off (default state). $pamtc,sim,1*hh turn simulate mode on. $pamtc,...

  • Page 149: $Pamtx

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 143 _ nmea 0183 received sentence _ $pamtx summary suspend and resume transmission of nmea sentences. Syntax $pamtx,*hh fields 0 = temporarily suspend transmission of all nmea sentences. (default) 1 = resume transmission no...

  • Page 150

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 144 4. Revision history revision 0.001 date: 7/6/06 description: draft. Revision 0.002 date: 7/24/06 description: draft. Revision 0.003 date: 7/31/06 description: draft for airmar internal review and comment. Revision 0.004...

  • Page 151

    Pb200 weatherstation user manual revision 1.000 proprietary and confidential 145 revision 0.011 date: 03/24/08 description: draft. Fixed version numbering and revised compass user calibration sentence and pgn details. Added “damping” fields and resets. Compass user cal inprocess changed to inprogres...