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Garmin GPS 16 Series Technical Specifications

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    Garmin international, inc. 1200 e. 151 st street olathe, ks 66062 usa 190-00228-20, revision c october 2005 gps 16/17 series technical specifications.

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page ii © copyright 2002, 2005 garmin ltd. Or its subsidiaries garmin international, inc. 1200 east 151 st street, olathe, kansas 66062, u.S.A. Tel. 913/397.8200 or 800/800.1020 fax 913/397.8282 garmin (europe) ltd. Unit 5, the quadrangle, abbey...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page iii table of contents 1 introduction.................................................................................................... 1 1.1 caution ............................................................................................

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page iv 4.2.3 global positioning system almanac data (alm) ..............................................................17 4.2.4 global positioning system fix data (gga)........................................................................17 ...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 1 1 introduction 1.1 caution the gps system is operated by the government of the united states, which is solely responsible for its accuracy and maintenance. Although the gps 16/17 is a precision electronic navigation aid (navaid), any nava...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 2 1.3 limited warranty this garmin product is warranted to be free from defects in materials or workmanship for one year from the date of purchase. Within this period, garmin will at its sole option repair or replace any components that fai...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 3 1.4 overview the gps 16/17 series products are complete gps sensors including embedded receiver and antenna, designed for a broad spectrum of oem (original equipment manufacture) system applications. Based on the proven technology found i...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 4 1.6 gps 16/17 series there are several different products in the gps 16/17 product series. Refer below for a description of each product and the differences between the products. 1.6.1 gps 16lvs & 16hvs both the gps 16lvs and gps 16 hvs a...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 5 1.7 technical specifications specifications are subject to change without notice. 1.7.1 physical characteristics 1.7.1.1 size • gps 16: 3.39” (86 mm) diameter, 1.65” (42 mm) high • gps 17: 3.39” (86 mm) diameter, 4.25” (108 mm) high 1.7.1...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 6 1.7.4 gps performance 1.7.4.1 receiver waas enabled™; 12 parallel channel gps receiver continuously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites (up to 11 with pps active) to compute and update your position. 1.7.4.2 acquisition times • reacquisit...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 7 1.7.5 interfaces • true rs-232 output (ttl output for gps 16a and 17n), asynchronous serial input compatible with rs-232 or ttl voltage levels, rs-232 polarity. • user selectable baud rate: 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, or 19200. 3840...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 8 2 gps 16/17 wiring and pinouts 2.1 gps 16/17 pinout the gps 16lvs, gps 16hvs, and gps 17hvs sensors utilize an 8-pin rj-45 plug. The gps 16a and gps 17n feature a stripped and pre-tinned, 5-wire cable assembly for connection flexibility. ...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 9 2.2 gps 16/17 wiring diagrams figure 1: computer serial port interconnection figure 2. Pda serial port interconnection figure 3. Basic nmea device interconnection * not applicable on the gps 16a.

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 10 3 mechanical characteristics & mounting 3.1 gps 16 figure 4. Gps 16 dimensions figure 5. Gps 16 magnetic mount attachment.

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 11 3.2 gps 17 figure 6. Gps 17 dimensions.

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 12 4 software interface the gps 16/17 series products interface protocol design on com 1 is based on the national marine electronics association’s nmea 0183 ascii interface specification. The com 2 port can receive differential gps (dgps) c...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 13 4.1.2 sensor initialization information (pgrmi) the $pgrmi sentence provides information used to initialize the gps sensor’s set position and time used for satellite acquisition. Receipt of this sentence by the gps sensor causes the soft...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 14 4.1.4 additional sensor configuration information (pgrmc1) the $pgrmc1 sentence provides additional information used to configure the gps sensor operation. Configuration parameters are stored in non-volatile memory and retained between p...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 15 4.1.6 tune dgps beacon receiver (pslib) the $pslib sentence provides the ability to tune a garmin gbr 21, gbr 23 or equivalent beacon receiver. $pslib,,*hh beacon tune frequency, 0.0, 283.5–325.0 khz in 0.5 khz steps beacon bit rate, 0, ...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 16 4.2 transmitted nmea 0183 sentences the subsequent paragraphs define the sentences that can be transmitted on com 1 by the gps sensor. 4.2.1 sentence transmission rate sentences are transmitted with respect to the user selected baud rate...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 17 4.2.2 transmitted time the gps sensor outputs utc (coordinated universal time) date and time of day in the transmitted sentences. Before the initial position fix, the on-board clock provides the date and time of day. After the initial po...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 18 4.2.5 gps dop and active satellites (gsa) $gpgsa,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,*hh mode, m = manual, a = automatic fix type, 1 = not available, 2 = 2d, 3 = 3d prn number, 01 to 32, of satellite used in solution, up to 12 transmitted (leading zeros wil...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 19 4.2.9 geographic position (gll) $gpgll,,,,,,,*hh latitude, ddmm.Mmmm format (leading zeros will be transmitted) (the gps 16a reports the decimal fraction of minutes with 5 digits of precision) latitude hemisphere, n or s longitude, dddmm...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 20 4.2.13 sensor status information (pgrmt) the garmin proprietary sentence $pgrmt gives information concerning the status of the gps sensor. This sentence is transmitted once per minute regardless of the selected baud rate. $pgrmt,,,,,,,,,...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 21 4.3 baud rate selection baud rate selection can be performed by sending the appropriate configuration sentence to the gps sensor as described in the $pgrmc section 4.1.3 sensor configuration information (pgrmc) , field . 4.4 one-pulse-pe...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 22 appendix a: earth datums the following is a list of the garmin gps 16/17 earth datum indices and the corresponding earth datum name (including the area of application): 0 adindan - ethiopia, mali, senegal, sudan 1 afgooye - somalia 2 ain...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 23 36 hong kong 1963 - hong kong 37 indian - bangladesh, india, nepal 38 indian - thailand, vietnam 39 ireland 1965 - ireland 40 ists o73 astro 1969 - diego garcia 41 johnston island 1961 - johnston island 42 kandawala - sri lanka 43 kergue...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 24 75 pico de las nieves - canary islands 76 pitcairn astro 1967 - pitcairn island 77 puerto rico - puerto rico, virgin islands 78 qatar national - qatar 79 qornoq - south greenland 80 reunion - mascarene island 81 rome 1940 - sardinia isla...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 25 appendix b: binary phase output format note: the following applies to gps 17n software version 2.06 and higher, and all software versions of gps 16lvs, gps 16hvs, gps 16a, and gps 17hvs. Two records are transmitted once per second by the...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 26 the status bit field represents a set of booleans described below: bit meaning when bit is one (1) 0 the unit has ephemeris data for the specified satellite. 1 the unit has a differential correction for the specified satellite. 2 the uni...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 27 double lon; float lon_vel; float lat_vel; float alt_vel; float msl_hght; int leap_sec; long grmn_days; } cpo_pvt_data; alt ellipsoid altitude (meters) epe est pos error (meters) eph pos err, horizontal (meters) epv pos err, vertical (met...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 28 sample c code dle and etx bytes: sample c code to receive the two records should filter dle and etx bytes as described below: typedef enum { dat, dle, etx } rx_state_type; /* declare and initialize static variables */ static char in_que[...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 29 appendix c: ephemeris data download (programming example) synopsis this section describes, using an example, how to download ephemeris information from a garmin 15, 16, 17 or 18 family gps unit with the exception of the gps 15-w and the ...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 30 ephemeris download procedure the following is the sequence of events that occurs when downloading ephemeris. Send a packet containing the command that requests ephemeris data ( iop_down_load_eph) . The packet should look like this: tx pa...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 31 next, the unit will send the specified number of packets containing the ephemeris information. An example packet is shown below. Each packet should be acknowledged as before (be sure to modify the ack packet to indicate what type of pack...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 32 an example function to do the parsing is shown below. Note that the double data types are converted by the function cnvt_ieee_double() . This function merely swaps the upper and lower words of the double. This is necessary on gps 15, 16,...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 33 each data member of the ephemeris data structure is indexed into the data array of the ephemeris packet and cast as the appropriate data type. The indices are as follows (note that they correlate to the data members of the structure resp...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 34 appendix d: sensor configuration software the sensor configuration software program (snsrcfg)configures the gps sensors based on user- selected parameters. Some application features include the ability to download gps sensor configuratio...

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    190-00228-20 gps 16/17 technical specifications rev. C page 35 file menu the file menu allows you to open, save, and print sensor configurations. The items in the file menu work like most windows-based programs. Comm menu the comm (communication) menu allows you to set the port number, baud rate, an...

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    For the latest free software updates (excluding map data) throughout the life of your garmin products, visit the garmin web site at www.Garmin.Com. © 2002, 2005 garmin ltd. Or its subsidiaries garmin international, inc. 1200 east 151 st street, olathe, kansas 66062, u.S.A. Garmin (europe) ltd. Unit ...