Specifications
 142 Z-Family Technical Reference Manual
SAL: Almanac Data
$PASHQ,SAL,c
Request for almanac data in Ashtech format, where c is the optional serial port.
Example: Query receiver for almanac data on current port.
$PASHQ,SAL <enter> 
REC Data recording to PCMCIA card ‘Y’ = Yes
‘N’ = No (does not close file)
‘E’ = Error (recording is Y but 
can’t write to PC card at this 
point)
‘S’ = Stop recording (closes 
file)
‘F’ = Bad FAT
‘D’ = Download in progress
Y
MST Minimum satellites required for 
kinematic survey
0, 4 - 9 N/A 0
ANH Antenna height 0.0000 to 64.0000 meter 0.0
ANA Antenna height after survey 0.0000 to 64.0000 meter 0.0
SIT Site id (4 character alphanumeric) n/a ????
EPG epoch counter 0 - 999 0
RNG data mode which controls what 
data type is stored
0 = B-files
2 = C-files
4 = B and C files
0, 2, 4 0
RAW Raw data type MBN, PBN, CBN, SNV, EPB, 
SAL, DBN
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PRTA/
PRTB/
PRTC/
PRTD
serial port  ‘ON’, ‘OFF’ OFF
BAUD Baud Rate index at each port 0-9 (see Table 6.40 on page 106) 5
Format Format setting of each port ASCII, Binary ASCII
 Table 6.75: RAW Message Structure (continued)
Return 
Parameters
Description Range Unit Default










