ION/UTC report

The ION/UTC report is sent when Command Packet 54h is used to request the UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) and Ionospheric data. The Command Packet 54h SUBTYPE byte (byte 4) is set to three (3) when requesting the report.

Data follows the standard defined within GPS ICD-200 except that some parameters are expanded. A NAK is returned if Command Packet 54h DATA SWITCH values is out of range.

The following table shows the additional records provided in Report Packet 55h when ION/UTC data is included.

Subtype 3: ION/UTC report

Byte

Item

Type

Value

Meaning

ION parameters

6–13

ALPHA 0

8 (double)

GPS ICD-200

 

14–21

ALPHA 1

8 (double)

GPS ICD-200

 

22–29

ALPHA 2

8 (double)

GPS ICD-200

 

30–37

ALPHA 3

8 (double)

GPS ICD-200

 

38–45

BETA 0

8 (double)

GPS ICD-200

 

46–53

BETA 1

8 (double)

GPS ICD-200

 

54–61

BETA 2

8 (double)

GPS ICD-200

 

62–69

BETA 3

8 (double)

GPS ICD-200

 

UTC parameters

70–77

ASUB0

8 (double)

GPS ICD-200

 

78–85

ASUB1

8 (double)

GPS ICD-200

 

86–93

TSUB0T

8 (double)

GPS ICD-200

 

94–101

DELTATLS

8 (double)

GPS ICD-200

 

102–109

DELTATLSF

8 (double)

GPS ICD-200

 

110–117

IONTIME

8 (double)

GPS ICD-200

 

118

WNSUBT

1 (byte)

GPS ICD-200

 

119

WNSUBLSF

1 (byte)

GPS ICD-200

 

120

DN

1 (byte)

GPS ICD-200

 

121–126

RESERVED

6 (byte)

GPS ICD-200

Reserved (set to 0)

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