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FORMAT C (108 BYTE ASCII STRING) - con’t
BYTE DESCRIPTION / FORMAT
71-76 Density Altitude (DALT, feet)
ASCII-coded decimal format with a sign character, as for PALT.
77 Density Altitude Checksum
Sum for DALT bytes, excluding the sign character, as for PALT.
78-80 Total Air Temperature (×C)
ASCII-coded decimal format with a sign character
Example:
An OAT of 25×C would be sent as “52+”.
81 Total Air Temperature Checksum
Sum for total air temperature bytes, excluding the sign byte, as for PALT.
82-84 Wind Direction (degrees from true North)
ASCII-coded decimal format
Example:
122 degrees would be sent as “22” (32H, 32H, 31H).
85 Wind Direction Checksum
Sum for wind direction bytes, as for IAS
86-88 Wind Speed (knots)
ASCII-coded decimal format, as for IAS
89 Wind Speed Checksum
Sum for wind speed bytes, as for IAS
90-92 Drift (degrees)
ASCII-coded decimal format with a direction character
Example:
7 right would be sent as “70R”, 14 left would be sent as “41L”.