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SMS GPS Data Formats

KF7EEL edited this page Mar 11, 2022 · 2 revisions

#GPS/SMS Data

This page describes the various things related to radios and formats that I have discovered during development. This is for information only, and may help someone else.

GPS

Various formats of GPS data transmitted by radio model.

These are my notes, hopefully they help someone else.

See this page on Brandmeister for NMEA RMC details.

Radios known to output GPRMC

Radio Format
Anytone D878 GPRMC
Anytone D578 GPRMC
Anytone D868 GPRMC
BTech DMR 6x2 GPRMC

Radios known to output GNRMC:

Radio Format
Retevis RT73 GNRMC

Example NMEA GPRMC output:

'~'~$GPRMC,015857.000,A,4519.2000,N,12127.0000,W,0.00,121.00,190121,,,A*67

Example NMEA GNRMC output:

'~'~$GNRMC,224048.000,A,2527.41211,S,04932.96192,W,0.00,99.18,120121,,,A,V*39

After BPTC decoding, we find that the NMEA sentence is a UTF-16 string. Usually 3 CSBK blocks, followed by the deader, then the data blocks. Typically sent as unconfirmed UDP.

SMS

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