OSKER User Manual Version 3.0
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Status Change Message (Type S)
Status messages are sent from the device when there has been a change to the operation of the
device, whether a timing change between modes (Start-up mode to Normal mode). This message
is always sent in ASCII format.
Status Readout
03151218
Timestamp in UTC (Month/Day/Hour)
S
Type of message (Status Change)
Status / Value Change
Indicates that a setting has been changed
gps = 10Mns
Currently used GPS repetition rate
ird = 10Mns
Currently used Iridium repetition rate
lat=47.57143
Latitude of latest fix
lon=-53.56037
Longitude of latest fix
Sched hr = 0
Timing offset of Iridium/GPS sessions from UTC, set via
$reporthour
Information Message (Type I)
In situations where the device fails a GPS session through low SNR or other factor, the follow-up
Iridium session will send a synopsis of the latest statistics from the device. This message will
always be in ASCII format regardless of message format settings and approximately 80 bytes.
This message can be prompted using
$sysinf
Information Readout
02210243
Timestamp in UTC (Month/Day/Hour)
I
Type of message (Information)
V=10.59/9.03/9.00
Battery voltages unloaded/after Iridium session/after GPS session
T=0.0
Most recent temperature measurement, not used in OSKER
SNR=37
MaxSNR (Signal-to-Noise ratio) of the last GPS attempt
nSats=7
Number of connected satellites during last GPS attempt
GPS:25/1/729
Quantity of good fixes since powerup, fails/Quantity of failed fixes/
Seconds total GPS has been powered on since power-up
Ird:30/29/764
Quantity of Iridium messages/Quantity of Iridium sessions/ Seconds
total on time for Iridium
RSSI=5
Value reported back from the modem. Always a number
between z
ero and five;
five being the strongest signal.
