WATSON INDUSTRIES GGC-E101 Owner's Manual - page 2
Watson Industries, Inc.
GGC-E101 Rev A 08/30/2013
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.
Introduction ........................................................................................................ 3
2.
Product Description............................................................................................ 3
3.
Installation .......................................................................................................... 3
Environment ................................................................................................................................................. 3
Calibration .................................................................................................................................................... 3
Orientation.................................................................................................................................................... 4
Figure 1 – Alignment.................................................................................................................................... 4
Mounting ...................................................................................................................................................... 4
Power / Connectors....................................................................................................................................... 4
Figure 2 – GGC-E101 Stowed...................................................................................................................... 5
Deployment .................................................................................................................................................. 5
Figure 3 – Deployment ................................................................................................................................. 6
Stowing......................................................................................................................................................... 6
Figure 4 – Stowing ....................................................................................................................................... 7
4.
Operation ............................................................................................................ 8
Power Up ...................................................................................................................................................... 8
Figure 5 – GGC-E101 Deployed .................................................................................................................. 8
Initialization.................................................................................................................................................. 8
Normal Operation......................................................................................................................................... 9
5.
Standard RS-232 Digital Output ........................................................................ 9
$GPHDT Message Format ......................................................................................................................... 10
$GPGGA Message Format......................................................................................................................... 10
$GPGLL Message Format.......................................................................................................................... 12
$GPVTG Message Format ......................................................................................................................... 13
$GPRMC Message Format......................................................................................................................... 14
6.
Optional RS-232 Digital Output ...................................................................... 16
7.
Mating Cable / Connections ............................................................................. 17
8.
Specifications ................................................................................................... 18
9.
Dimensions ....................................................................................................... 19
Figure 6 GGC-E101 ................................................................................................................................... 19
Warning ...................................................................................................................................................... 20
10.
Customer Service ............................................................................................. 21
11.
Appendix A ...................................................................................................... 22
12.
Appendix B....................................................................................................... 24
Determining and Setting Output Channels ................................................................................................. 24
Setting Output Format ................................................................................................................................ 25
Setting Heading Mode ................................................................................................................................ 25
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