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NAV4 Plus User Guide Issue 2 - ICS Electronics Limited

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<strong>NAV4</strong>plus <strong>User</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />

APPENDIX IV : MESSAGE TYPE INDICATORS<br />

NAVTEX broadcasts use following message type letter:<br />

A<br />

Navigational warnings<br />

B<br />

Meteorological warnings<br />

C<br />

Ice reports<br />

D<br />

Search and rescue information, and pirate warnings<br />

E<br />

Meteorological forecasts<br />

F<br />

Pilot service messages<br />

G<br />

DECCA messages<br />

H<br />

LORAN messages<br />

I<br />

OMEGA messages (now discontinued)<br />

J<br />

SATNAV messages (i.e. GPS or GLONASS)<br />

L<br />

Navigational warnings - additional to letter A<br />

V<br />

Notice to Fishermen (U.S. only)<br />

W<br />

Environmental (U.S. only)<br />

X<br />

Special services - allocation by IMO NAVTEX Panel<br />

Y<br />

Special services - allocation by IMO NAVTEX Panel<br />

Z<br />

No message on hand<br />

APPENDIX V : NMEA SENTENCES SUPPORTED<br />

Data Item<br />

Time<br />

Date<br />

Position<br />

Log travelled<br />

Speed through water &<br />

magnetic course<br />

Wind speed & direction<br />

Water depth<br />

Waypoint list<br />

Taken from NMEA Sentences<br />

RMC or GGA or GLL or ZDA<br />

RMC or ZDA<br />

RMC or GGA & VTG or GLL* & VTG<br />

VLW<br />

VWH<br />

MWV or VWR<br />

DBT<br />

WPL<br />

* Note older GPS systems providing NMEA 0183 version 1.5 GLL<br />

may be used if ZDA & VTG are also provided<br />

Note that the if a data item is present in more than one sentence,<br />

then it is taken from the leftmost sentence in the table entry above.<br />

I.e. if Date is available in RMC and ZDA, it will be taken from RMC.<br />

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