Garmin Apollo GX60 Comm Installation Manual - page 78
Serial Interface Specifications
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Apollo GX50/60/65 Installation Manual
“Z”
D
ATA
F
ORMAT
The format of the fuel/air data computer input is as follows, which conforms to the Shadin
“Z” format serial message. Definition of the input message data that the GX50/60/65 uses is
included in Table 13.
Baud rate: ..........................................9600
Data bits: ...........................................8
Stop bits: ...........................................1
Parity: ................................................none
Expected input rate: ..........................approx. 1 second
Message length: ................................variable (512 character max.)
The serial input message string is expected in the following format.
followed by the message data, a carriage return (CR
= 0Dh), and a line feed (LF = 0Ah) See the
following table.
Example Fuel / Airdata Input Data
223 knots indicated air speed
SB230
230 knots true air speed
SC101
0.101
mach
SD+3200
32,000 feet pressure altitude
SE+3312
33,120 feet density altitude
SF+05
+5°C
outside
air
temp
SG-03
-3°C
true
air
temp
SH010
wind direction at 10° (relative to true north)
SI015
wind speed at 15 knots
SJ+03
+3° / second right turn
SK-050
-50 feet / second vertical air speed
SL359
359° heading (relative to true north)
SM0123
12.3 gallons / hour - right engine fuel flow
SN0300
30.0 gallons used - right engine
SO0131
13.1 gallons / hour - left engine fuel flow
SP0310
31.0 gallons used - left engine
SQ000
no
errors
SR01227
122.7 gallons remaining
S*123
Checksum (example only, not actual)
end
of
message
string
Figure 20 Fuel / Airdata Data Input (S Format)