Manual

June 2004 Isis® Sonar User's Manual, Volume 2
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When you do this, pertinent target data are automatically transmitted out the com
port which was set up in step #1.
The “Contact Digitize” or CD string contains the information shown in Table D-2.
Table D-2. Contact Digitize strings and their meanings
String Meaning
ccc
contact number. This corresponds to the digits in the file name portion of
the currently saved contact. You can use more than three digits in the
name.
dd
day of the month, 1… 31
MMM
month of the year, JAN, FEB, …
yyyy
year [four digits]
hh
hour of the day, 00… 23
mm
minute of the hour, 00… 59
ss
second of the minute, 00… 59
ee.e
longitude or eastings (depending on available navigation); longitude is
accurate to seven decimal places; eastings are in meters * 10, and
therefore will have no decimal point.
nn.n
latitude or northings (depending on available navigation); latitude is
accurate to seven decimal places; northings are in meters * 10, and
therefore will have no decimal point.
hh.h
heading to tenths of a degree
rr
range in integral meters
tt
contact type, 1…12
ff
sonar carrier frequency in kHz
vol
disk volume label
file
disk file name with drive letter but no extension
pp
ping number
Appendix D: Serial Interfaces