Table 7: Nmea 0183 Sentence Identifiers - NorthStar 961 Install Manual

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Three-letter abbreviations identify each sentence and are listed
alphabetically. The meanings of the NMEA 0183 three-letter identifiers
are described in the table below.

Table 7: NMEA 0183 sentence identifiers

0183 identifier Meaning
APB Autopilot Sentence "B"
BOD Bearing to Destination
BWC Bearing and Distance to Waypoint (great circle)
BWC V1.5 Bearing and Distance to Waypoint (great circle), version 1.5
DBT Depth Below Transducer
DPT Depth
GGA GPS Fix Data
GLC Geographic Position, Loran-C
GLL Latitude/Longitude
GLL V1.5 Latitude/Longitude, version 1.5
GSA GPS DOP and Active Satellites
GSV GPS Satellites In View
HSC Heading Steering Command
MSS MSK Receiver Signal Status
MTW Water Temperature
RMA Recommended Minimum Sentence A
RMB Recommended Minimum Sentence B
RMC Recommended Minimum Specific GPS/Transit Data
RNN V1.5 Navigation Route, version 1.5
VTG SOG/COG
WCV Waypoint Closure Velocity (SOA)
WPL Waypoint Location
XTE Cross-track Error
ZDA Estimated Time of Arrival
ZTG Time-To-Go
Modifying NMEA output sentences
The sentences that are highlighted on the screen are the ones that will be
output. Some devices can't handle all of these sentences correctly,
however, so you can customize the output by turning individual
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