Appendix
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EFIS-D10A Pilot’s User Guide
EFIS SERIAL DATA OUTPUT
The format for the data sent out the EFIS RS232 port is:
Start
Char
Width
Description
Notes
1
2
Hour
00 to 23, current Zulu time hour according to EFIS-D10A’s internal clock.
3
2
Minute
00 to 59, current Zulu time minute according to EFIS-D10A’s internal clock.
5
2
Second
00 to 59, current Zulu time second according to EFIS-D10A’s internal clock.
7
2
Fractions
00 to 63, counter for 1/64 second. Data output frequency.
9
1
Pitch Sign
‘+’ or ‘-’ (positive means aircraft is pitched up).
10
3
Pitch
000 to 900, pitch up or down from level flight in 1/10 degrees (900 = 90
o
).
13
1
Roll Sign
‘+’ or ‘-’ (positive means aircraft is banked right).
14
4
Roll
0000 to 1800, roll left or right from level flight in 1/10 degrees (1800 = 180
o
).
18
3
Yaw
000 to 359 in degrees (000 = North, 090 = East, 180 = South, 270 = West).
21
4
Airspeed
0000 to 9999, airspeed in units of 1/10 m/s (1555 = 155.5 m/s).
25
1
Altitude Sign
‘+’ or ‘-’ (positive means altitude is above sea-level).
26 4 Altitude 0000 to 9999, altitude in units of meters; alternates between pressure and displayed
altitude, depending on status bitmask, starting at character 42.
30 1
Turn Rate/VSI
Sign
‘+’ or ‘-’ (positive means aircraft is turning right). Alternates between turn rate and
VSI sign, depending on status bitmask, starting at character 42.
31 3 Turn Rate or
VSI
Alternates between turn rate and VSI, depending on status bitmask, starting at
character 42. When turn rate, 000 to 999, 1/10 degrees/second rate of yaw change.
When VSI, 000 to 999, 1/10 feet/second.
34 1
Lateral
g
’s Sign
‘+’ or ‘-’ (positive means aircraft is experiencing leftward lateral acceleration).
35 2 Lateral
g
’s
00 to 99, lateral
g
’s in units of 1/100
g
(99 = 0.99
g
’s).
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