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Garmin GPS 17x Technical Specifications

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    Gps 17x hvs technical specifications garmin international, inc. 1200 e. 151 st street olathe, ks 66062 usa 190-00885-07, revision a august 2008.

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page i © 2008 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. Liberty house, hounsdown business park, sout...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page ii table of contents 1 introduction..............................................................................................................................1 1.1 cautions..................................................................

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page iii 4.2.9 geographic position (gpgll)........................................................................................................................ 15 4.2.10 estimated error information (pgrme) .....................................

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 1 1 introduction 1.1 cautions 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 17x hvs is a precision electronic navigation aid (nava...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 2 1.2 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...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 3 1.3 overview the gps 17x hvs is an embedded receiver and an antenna. Based on the proven technology found in other garmin gps receivers, the gps 17x hvs tracks multiple satellites at a time while providing fast time-to-first-fix, precis...

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    1.5 gps 17x series 1.5.1 gps 17x hvs the gps 17x hvs interfaces to a rs-232 serial port of a computer via a db-9 connector and receives power through a vehicle power adapter. The gps 17x is rs-422 compatible. See the wiring diagrams for correct wiring. The gps 17x hvs can cause an issue with microso...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 5 1.6.3 gps performance 1.6.3.1 receiver waas enabled ® gps receiver continuously tracks and uses multiple satellites to compute and update your position. 1.6.3.2 acquisition times • reacquisition: less than 2 seconds • hot: approx. 1 sec...

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    2 gpsx 17x hvs wiring and pinouts the gps 17x hvs interfaces to a serial port. The unit accepts tia-232-f (rs-232) level inputs and transmits voltage levels from ground 3.3 v, tia-422 (rs-422) polarity. 2.1 gps 17x hvs pinout gps 17x hvs pin # color signal name wire gauge 1 white receive data a 22 2...

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    Figure 2. Pda serial port interconnection figure 3a. Gps 17x nmea 0183 hvs wired for two-way communication exceptions: if your nmea 0183-compliant device has only one receiving wire (rx), connect it to the gray wire (tx/a) from the gps 17x antenna, and leave the white/red wire (tx/b) from the antenn...

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    Figure 3b. Gps 17x nmea 0183 hvs power/data cable 3 mechanical characteristics & mounting the following drawing shows an example for mounting hardware in case you wish to design your own custom mount. Figure 4a shows the dimensions of the bottom of the gps 17x hvs. Figure 4. Gps 17x hvs bottom case ...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 9 4 gps 17x hvs software interface the interface protocol design of the gps 17x hvs is based on the national marine electronics association’s nmea 0183 ascii interface specification. This standard is fully defined in nmea 0183, version 2....

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 10 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 sof...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 11 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 ...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 12 4.2 transmitted nmea 0183 sentences the subsequent paragraphs define the sentences that can be transmitted by the gps 17x hvs. 4.2.1 sentence transmission rate sentences are transmitted with respect to the user selected baud rate. The ...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 13 4.2.2 transmitted time the gps sensor outputs coordinated universal time (utc) 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 ...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 14 4.2.4 global positioning system fix data (gpgga) $gpgga,,,,,,,,,,m,,m,,*hh utc time of position fix, hhmmss format for gps 17x hvs latitude, ddmm.Mmmm format for gps 17x hvs (leading zeros will be transmitted) latitude hemisphere, n or...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 15 4.2.7 recommended minimum specific gps/transit data (gprmc) $gprmc,,,,,,,,,,,,*hh utc time of position fix, hhmmss format for gps 17x hvs status, a = valid position, v = nav receiver warning latitude, ddmm.Mmmm format for gps 17x hvs (...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 16 mode, m = manual, a = automatic fix type, 0 = no fix, 1 = 2d fix, 2 = 3d fix speed over ground, 0 to 1851 kilometers/hour course over ground, 0 to 359 degrees, true position dilution of precision, 0 to 9 (rounded to nearest integer val...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 17 the highly accurate one-pulse-per-second (pps) output is provided for applications requiring precise timing measurements. After the initial position fix has been calculated, the pps signal is generated and continues until the unit is p...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 18 appendix a: earth datum list the following is a list of the garmin gps 17x hvs earth datum indices and the corresponding earth datum name (including the area of application): 0 adindan–ethiopia, mali, senegal, sudan 9 australian geodet...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 19 44 kertau 1948–west malaysia, singapore 45 l.C. 5 astro–cayman brac island 46 liberia 1964–liberia 47 luzon–mindanao island 48 luzon–phillippines (excluding mindanao island) 49 mahe 1971–mahe island 50 marco astro–salvage islands 51 ma...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 20 83 provisional south american 1956–bolivia, chile, colombia, ecuador, guyana, peru, venezuela 84 south american 1969–argentina, bolivia, brazil, chile, colombia, ecuador, guyana, paraguay, peru, venezuela, trinidad and tobago 85 south ...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 21 appendix b: garmin binary output format in binary output mode, the gps 17x hvs will transmit packets once per second. The record is sent at a default baud rate of 9600 baud, 8 data bits, and no parity. To turn this record on, use the p...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 22 satellite data record the satellite data has a record id of 0x72 with 84 (0x54) data bytes. The data bytes contain data for 12 satellites as described below. Typedef struct { uint8 svid; //space vehicle identification (1–32 and 33–64 f...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 23 position record the position record has a record identifier of typedef struct { float alt; float epe; float eph; float epv; int fix; double gps_tow; double lat; double lon; float lon_vel; float lat_vel; float alt_vel; float msl_hght; i...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 24 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[ 256 ]; stat...

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    190-00885-07 gps 17x hvs technical specifications rev. A page 25 appendix c: changing the baud rate in garmin mode in certain cases, you may need to change the default baud rate of your garmin gps receiver while in garmin mode. Follow these steps to temporarily change the baud rate. Refer to the gar...

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    Appendix d: gps 17x hvs and windows serial mouse issue problem: it is possible for windows to incorrectly interpret the nmea 0183 output of the gps 17x hvs as the output of a microsoft serial ballpoint mouse. When that happens, windows loads drivers for the serial ballpoint mouse. This causes the cu...

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    4. Select the serial port to which the gps 17x hvs is connected. Select auto to have the program automatically determine the baud rate, or select manual to manually select the baud rate of the gps 17x hvs. Click ok when done. 5. Click the connect icon , or select comm > connect to connect to the gps...

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    Appendix e: sensor configuration software snsrxcfg configures the gps sensors based on user-selected parameters. Some application features include the ability to download gps sensor configuration, maintain different configurations in files, and perform gps sensor configurations quickly with the use ...

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    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, and then connect and disconnect from the sensor. Setup: opens the...

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    Get configuration from gps (f8): retrieves the current programming from the sensor. The programming is then displayed in the main interface window. Send configuration to gps (f9): sends the changes you have made to the programming to the sensor. Switch to nmea mode (f10): switches the unit to nmea m...