Output messages

Applicable receivers:  All OEM GNSS receivers

This section provides information about the following types of messages:

• National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) messages (ASCII format)

  • NMEA-0183 messages

  • NMEA-0183 messages: Common message elements

• General Serial Output Format (GSOF) messages (binary format)

  • GSOF messages

  • GSOF messages: General Serial Output Format

  • GSOF messages: Reading binary values (Motorola format)

If you are not familiar with GSOF messages, you may find the GSOF message parsing and decoding application note useful.

You may also want to refer to the API documentation - Introduction to the receiver interface protocol and the Command packet and report packet summary to understand other commands that can be used to return data from the receiver. In particular, the Application file packets can be used to retrieve the current configuration, or any stored configurations, from the receiver.