Trimble Outdoors 58052-00 GPS Receiver User Manual


 
Copernicus GPS Receiver 203
TRIMBLE ASCII INTERFACE PROTOCOL (TAIP) B
ST Status
Data String Format:
AABCDDEFGG
Note –
This message provides information about the satellite tracking status and the
operational health of the receiver. This information is contained in five status bytes
which are output as five 2 digit hexadecimal values. The data format and the
meanings of the hex characters are given in the following tables.
Item # of Char Units Format Definition
Tracking Status Code 2 n/a AA (see table below)
Error Codes - Nibble 1 1 n/a B (see table below)
Error Codes - Nibble 2 1 n/a C (see table below)
Machine ID 2 n/a DD
Error Code - Nibble 3 1 n/a E (not currently
used)
Error Code - Nibble 4 1 n/a F (see table below)
Reserved 2 n/a GG (see table below)
Value AA Meaning
00 Doing position fixes
01 Don’t have GPS time yet
02 Not used
03 PDOP is too high
08 No usable satellites
09 Only 1 usable satellite
OA Only 2 usable satellites
OB Only 3 usable satellites
OC Chosen satellite is unusable
Value B Meaning
0 No problems reported
2 Antenna feedline open fault
6 Antenna feedline short fault