Orion NMEA User Manual
GPS Receiver Module
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3.6
RMC – Recommended Minimum Specific GNSS Data
This sentence contains the recommended minimum fix information.
See GGA for Fix Quality, Sats Used, HDOP, Altitude, Geoidal Separation, and DGPS data.
See GSA for Fix Type, PDOP and VDOP.
$GPRMC,042626.001,A,3345.7471,N,11750.8451,W,0.0,270.0,140707,,,A*77
Name
Description
Type
Example
MsgID
RMC Header
$GPRMC
FixTime
Fix Time (UTC)
hhmmss.sss
042626.001
FixStatus
V = No fix
A = Valid Fix
A
Lat
Latitude
ddmm.mmmm
3345.7471
LatDirection
N = North
S = South
N
Lon
Longitude
dddmm.mmmm
11750.8451
LonDirection
E = East
W = West
W
Speed
Speed (in knots)
0.0
Tcourse
True Course (in degrees)
270.0
FixDate
Fix Date (UTC)
ddmmyy
140707
MagVar
Magnetic Variation (in degrees)
<null>
MVdirection
Magnetic Variation Direction (E/W)
<null>
Fix Mode
N = No fix
A = Autonomous
A
ChkSum
Checksum
*77
EOL
NMEA end of line
<CR> <LF>
Table 7 – RMC Sentence Fields