NMEA-0183 message: PTNL,VHD

Heading information

NOTE – The heading computation in this message is computed from the moving baseline vector, which requires a two-antenna system.

An example of the PTNL,VHD message string is:

$PTNL,VHD,030556.00,093098,187.718,-22.138,-76.929,-5.015,0.033,0.006,3,07,2.4,M*22

PTNL,VHD message fields

Field

Meaning

0

Message ID $PTNL

1

VHD

2

UTC of position in hhmmss.ss format

3

Date in mmddyy format

4

Azimuth

5

Rate of change of azimuth = azimuth/time

6

Vertical angle

7

Rate of change of vertical angle = vertical/time

8

Range

9

Rate of change of range between antenna = range/time

10

GPS Quality indicator:

0: Fix not available or invalid
1: Autonomous GPS fix
2: RTK float solution
3: RTK fix solution
4: Differential, code phase only solution (DGPS)
5: SBAS solution – WAAS/EGNOS/MSAS
6: RTK Float 3D network solution
7: RTK Fixed 3D network solution
8: RTK Float 2D network solution
9: RTK Fixed 2D network solution
10: OmniSTAR HP/XP solution
11: OmniSTAR VBS solution
12: Location RTK
13: Beacon DGPS
14: CenterPoint RTX
15: xFill

11

Number of satellites used in solution

12

PDOP

13

M

14

The checksum data, always begins with *