Technical Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 Revision History
- 2 SPECIFICATIONS
- 3 DATA TRANSMISSION
- 4 DESCRIPTION OF SENTENCE FORMAT
- 4.1 Input
- 4.1.1 ABM Addressed Binary and safety related Message
- 4.1.2 ACA AIS Regional Channel Assignment Message
- 4.1.3 ACK Acknowledge alarm
- 4.1.4 AIR AIS Interrogation Request
- 4.1.5 AIQ - Query Sentence
- 4.1.6 BBM Broadcast Binary Message
- 4.1.7 DTM Datum reference
- 4.1.8 EPV – Command or report equipment property value
- 4.1.9 GBS GNSS satellite fault detection
- 4.1.10 GGA Global positioning system (GPS) fix data
- 4.1.11 GLL Geographic position latitude/longitude
- 4.1.12 GNS GNSS fix data
- 4.1.13 HBT Heart Beat
- 4.1.14 HDT Heading true
- 4.1.15 LRF Long Range Function
- 4.1.16 LRI Long-Range Interrogation
- 4.1.17 OSD Own ship data
- 4.1.18 RMC Recommended minimum specific GNSS data
- 4.1.19 ROT Rate of turn
- 4.1.20 SPW - Security password sentence
- 4.1.21 SSD Station static data
- 4.1.22 VBW Dual ground/water speed
- 4.1.23 VSD Voyage Static Data
- 4.1.24 VTG Course over ground and ground speed
- 4.1.25 ZDA – Time and date
- 4.2 Output
- 4.2.1 ABK Addressed and binary broadcast acknowledgement
- 4.2.2 ACA See “Input “
- 4.2.3 ALR Set alarm state
- 4.2.4 EPV See “Input “
- 4.2.5 HBT See “Input “
- 4.2.6 LRF See “Input “
- 4.2.7 LR1 Long-range Reply with destination for function request "A"
- 4.2.8 LR2 Long-range Reply for function requests "B, C, E, and F"
- 4.2.9 LR3 Long-range Reply for function requests "I, O, P, U and W"
- 4.2.10 NAK – Negative acknowledgement
- 4.2.11 TRL – AIS transmitter non functioning log
- 4.2.12 TXT Text transmission
- 4.2.13 VDM VHF Data-link Message
- 4.2.14 VDO VHF Data-link Own-vessel message
- 4.2.15 VER – Version
- 4.1 Input
- 5 Abbreviations and Definitions
TR-8000 Technical manual 4-25
4.1.25 ZDA – Time and date
UTC, day, month, year and local time zone.
$--ZDA, hhmmss.ss, xx, xx, xxxx, xx, xx*hh<CR><LF>
Local zone minutes (see Note 1),
00 to +59
Local zone hours (see Note 1), 00 h to ±13 h
Year (UTC)
Month, 01 to 12 (UTC)
Day, 01 to 31 (UTC)
UTC
Note 1: Local time zone is the magnitude of hours plus the magnitude of minutes added, with the sign of local zone
hours, to local time to obtain UTC. Local zone is generally negative for East longitudes with local exceptions near the
international date line.
4.2 Output
All sentences starts with a delimiter that can be “$” or “!” followed by the talker identifier indicated
by “- -“. The talker identifier is AI for AIS.
4.2.1 ABK - Addressed and binary broadcast acknowledgement
The ABK-sentence is generated when a transaction, initiated by reception of an ABM, AIR, or
BBM sentence is completed or terminated.
$--ABK,xxxxxxxxx,a,x.x,x,x*hh<CR><LF>
Type of acknowledgement
Message Sequence Number
ITU-R M.1371 message ID
AIS channel of reception
MMSI of the addressed destination AIS unit
4.2.2 ACA See “Input “
4.2.3 ALR - Set alarm state
Local alarm condition and status. This sentence is used to report an alarm condition on a device and
its current state of acknowledgement.
$--ALR,hhmmss.ss,xxx,A, A,c--c*hh<CR><LF>
Alarm's description text
Alarm's acknowledge state, A = acknowledged
V = unacknowledged
Alarm condition (A = threshold exceeded, V = not exceeded)
Local alarm number (identifier)
Time of alarm condition change, UTC