Garmin 16" x manual

GPS 16x TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS Garmin International, Inc. 1200 E. 151 st Street Olathe, KS 66062 USA 190-00228-08 , Rev ision A December 2007[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page i © 2007 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 (Eur ope) Ltd. Liberty House, Hounsdown B usiness Park, Southampt on, Ham pshire, SO40 9RB , U. K . Tel. +44[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page ii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Caution .................................................................................................................[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page iii 4.2.10 Estimated Error Info rmation (PG RME) ............................................................................................ .................. 17 4.2.11 GPS F ix Data Sentence (P GRMF) .......................................................................................[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 1 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 CAUTION CAUTION The GPS system is operated by the governm ent of the United States, which is s o lely responsible for its accuracy an d maintenance. Although th e GPS 16x is a precision electronic NAVigation AID (NAVAID), any NAVAID can be misused or misinterpreted, an[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 2 1.2 LIMITED WARRANTY This Garmi n product is warra nted to be free from defects in materi als or workm anship for one year from the date of purchase. Within this period, Garmin will, at its sole optio n, repair or replace any components that fail in normal use. Such repairs or re placeme[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 3 1.3 OVERVIEW The GPS 16x series products are complete GPS sensors including embedde d receiver and antenna, desi gned for a broad spectr um of Origi nal Equipm ent Manufacture (OE M) system appl ications. Based on the prove n technology found in other Garm in GPS receivers, th e GPS 16x [...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 4 1.5 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Specifications are subject to change without notice. 1.5.1 Physical Characteristics 1.5.1.1 Size 3.58” (9 1.0 mm ) diameter, 1. 65” (42 m m) high 1.5.1.2 Weight • GPS 16xLVS only : 6.0 oz (169 g) • GPS 16xHVS onl y : 6.1 oz (174 g) • GPS 16xLVS with[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 5 1.5.4 GPS Performance 1.5.4.1 Receiver WAAS Enabled ® GPS receiver continuously tracks a nd uses multiple satellites to com pute and update your position. 1.5.4.2 Acquisition Times • Reacquisition: Less than 2 seco nd s • Hot: Approx. 1 second (all dat a kn ow n) • Warm: Approx. 3[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 6 1.5.5.3 PPS 1 Hz pulse, program mable width, 1 μ s accuracy 1.5.5.4 Power Control • Off: Open circuit • On: Ground, or pull to low logic level <0.3 volts[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 7 2 GPS 16x WIRING AND PINOUTS 2.1 GPS 16x PINOUT The GPS 16xLVS and GPS 16 xHVS sensors utilize an 8-pin RJ-45 plug. The fo llowing is a fun ctional description of each wire in the cable assem bly. RJ-45 Pin # Wire Color Signal Name Description 1 Red POWER GPS 1 6xL VS: Regulated +3.3 to [...]

2.2 GPS 16x WIRING DIAGRAMS Figure 1: Computer Serial Port Interconnection Figure 2: PDA Seri al Port Interconnecti on Figure 3: Basic NMEA Devi ce Interconnection 190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 8[...]

3 MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS & MOUNTING 3.1 GPS 16x FLUSH MOUNT 1.65 inches [42 mm] 190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 9 3.58 inches [91 mm] 120 Degrees M4 Thread 2.44 inches [62 mm] Figure 4: GPS 16x Flush Mount Dimensions[...]

3.2 GPS 16x OPTIONAL MAGNETIC MOUNT Magnetic Mount M4 Flat Head Screws (3 each) Figure 5: Option al GPS 16 x Ma gnetic Mount 190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 10[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 11 4 SOFTWARE INTERFACE The GPS 16x s eries product s interface p rotocol desi gn on COM 1 is based on the Nationa l Marine Electroni cs Association’s NMEA 0183 ASCII interfa ce specification. The COM 2 port ca n receive differe ntial GPS (DGPS) correction data using the Radi o Technical[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 12 4.1.2 Sensor Initialization Information (PGRMI) The $PGRMI sentence provides information used to initialize th e GPS sensor’s set position and time used for satellite acquisition. Receipt of this sentence by the GPS se nsor causes the soft ware to restart the satellite acquisition pro[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 13 4.1.4 Additional Sensor Configuration Information (PGRMC1) The $PGRMC 1 sentence provi des additiona l informat ion used to con figure the GPS sensor operati on. Confi guration parameters are stored in non-volatile memory and retained between power cycles. The GPS sensor will echo this [...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 14 4.2 TRANSMITTED NMEA 0183 SENTENCES The subseque nt paragrap hs define the se ntences that can be transmitt ed on COM 1 by t he GPS sensor. 4.2.1 Sentence Transmission Rate Sentences are transmitted with respect to the user selected baud rate. The GPS sensor will transm it each sentence[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 15 4.2.2 Transmitted Time The GPS senso r outputs Co ordinated Univ ersal Time (UTC ) date and ti me of day i n the transmi tted sentences. Before the initial position fix, the on-board clock provides the date and time of day. After the initial position fix, the date and time of day are ca[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 16 4.2.5 GPS DOP and Active Satellites (GSA) $GPGSA,<1>, <2>,<3>,<3>, <3>,<3> ,<3>, <3>,<3>,<3>, <3>,<3>,<3> ,< 3>,<4>,<5>,<6>*h h<CR><LF> <1> Mode, M = Manual, A = Aut o[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 17 4.2.9 Geographic Position (GLL) $GPGLL,<1>, <2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,< 6>,<7>*hh<CR><L F> <1> Latitude, ddmm.mmmm format (leading zeros will be transmitted) <2> Latitude hem isphere, N or S <3> Longitude, dddmm. mmmm fo rmat[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 18 4.2.14 3D Velocity Information (PGRMV) $PGRMV,<1> ,<2>,<3>*h h<CR><LF> <1> True east velocity, -514.4 to 514.4 meters/second <2> True north velocity, -514.4 to 514.4 meters/s econd <3> Up velocity, -999.9 to 999.9 meters/second 4.2.15 DGPS[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 19 APPENDIX A: EARTH DATUMS The following is a list of the Garmin GPS 16x Earth datum indices and the correspond ing earth datum name (including the area of ap pl i cati on): 0 ADINDAN - Ethiopia, Mali, Sene gal, Suda n 1 AFGOOYE - Somalia 2 AIN EL ABD 1970 - Bahr ain Island, Saud i Arabia[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 20 36 HONG K ONG 1963 - Hong Kong 37 INDIAN - Bangladesh, I ndia, Nepal 38 INDIAN - Thaila nd, Vietnam 39 IRELAND 1965 - Ireland 40 ISTS O73 ASTRO 1969 - Diego Garcia 41 JOHNSTON ISLAND 1961 - Jo hnston Island 42 KANDAW ALA - Sri Lanka 43 KERGUELEN ISL AND - Kerg uelen Island 44 KERTAU 194[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 21 75 PICO DE LAS NIEVES - Canary Islands 76 PITCAIRN ASTRO 1967 - Pitcairn Island 77 PUERTO RICO - Puert o Rico, Virgin Islands 78 QATAR NATIONAL - Qatar 79 QORNOQ - S out h Greenland 80 REUNION - Mascarene Isla nd 81 ROME 1940 - Sardinia Island 82 RT 90 - Sw eden 83 PROVISIONAL SOUTH AME[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 22 APPENDIX B: GARMIN BI NARY OUTPUT FORMAT Note: The following applies to all software versions of GPS 16xLVS and GPS 16xHVS. Two records are transmitted once per second by the GPS 16x series pro du cts. One record contains primarily post- process information, such as position an d ve loc[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 23 alt Ellipsoid altitude (meters) epe Estimated posi tion error (meters) eph Position error, horizontal (meters) epv Position error, vertical (meters) fix 0 = no fix; 1 = no fix; 2 = 2D; 3 = 3D; 4 = 2D differenti al; 5 = 3D differenti al; 6 and greater = not defi ned gps_tow GPS time of w[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 24 Sample C Code DLE and ETX bytes: Sample C code to receive t he two records shoul d filter DLE and ETX bytes as descri bed below: typedef enum { DAT, DLE, ETX } rx_state_type; /* Declare and initialize static variables */ static char in_que[ 256 ]; static int in_que_ptr = 0; static rx_st[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 25 APPENDIX C: EPHEMERIS DATA DO WNLOAD (PROGRAMMING EXAMPLE) Synopsis This section describes, usi ng an exam ple, how to do wnload ephem eris inform ation from a Ga rmin 15, 1 6, 17 or 18 family GPS unit with the exception of the GPS 15-W and the GPS 15-F. Garmin Binary Format Review To d[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 26 Ephemeris Download Procedure The following is the sequence of even ts th at occurs when downloa ding ephemeris. Send a packet cont aining the command t hat requests ep hemeris data ( IOP_DOWN_LOAD_EPH) . The packet should look like this: TX Packet: Ephemeris Data Request Byte Descriptio[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 27 Next, the unit will send the specified number of pack ets containing the ep h emeris information. An example packet is shown below. Each pac ket should be ackno wl ed ged as befo re (be sure to m odify the ACK packet to i ndicate what type of packet being acknowle dged. For eph emeris d[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 28 An example f unction to d o the parsin g is shown below. Not e that the double data types are converted by the function cnvt_ieee_double() . This function merely swaps the upper and lower wo rds of the double. This is necessary on GPS 15, 16, 17 series sensors due to a compatib ility is[...]

190-00228-08 GPS 16x Technical Specificatio n s Rev. A Page 29 Each data mem ber of the ephem eris data structure i s indexed int o the data array of the ephem eris packet and cast as the appropriate data type. The indices are as follows (note that they correlate to the da ta members of the structure respectively): #define IDX_EPH_WN 0 #define IDX_[...]

APPENDIX D: SENSOR CONF IGURATION SOFTWARE SNSRCFG confi gures the GPS sensors based on user-selected pa rameters. Some application features include the ability to download GPS sensor con figuration, maintain di fferent configurations in f iles, and perform GPS sensor configuratio ns quickl y with the use of one f unction key. This section provides[...]

File Menu The File Menu allows you t o open, sa ve, and pri nt sensor configurations. The items in the File Menu work like most Windows-ba sed program s. Comm Menu The Comm (Communicat ion) Menu allo ws you to set t he port num ber, baud rate, and t hen connect a nd disconnect from the sens or. Setup : Opens the Comm Setup window. Sel ect the seria[...]

Get Configurati on From GPS (F8): Retrieves the c urrent programm ing from the sensor. The p rogramming is then displayed in the Main Interface window. Send Configurati on To GPS (F 9): Sends the changes you have m ade to the pr ogramming t o the sensor. Switch to NMEA M ode (F10): Switches the unit to NMEA Mode. Th e sensor must be in NMEA Mode wh[...]