NMEA 0183

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NMEA 0183 is a combined electrical and data specification for communication between marine electronics such as echo sounder, sonars, anemometer, gyrocompass, autopilot, GPS receivers and many other types of instruments. It has been defined and is controlled by the National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA). It replaces the earlier NMEA 0180 and NMEA 0182 standards. [1] In leisure marine applications, it is slowly being phased out in favor of the newer NMEA 2000 standard, [2] [3] though NMEA 0183 remains the norm in commercial shipping.

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Details

The electrical standard that is used is EIA-422, also known as RS-422, although most hardware with NMEA-0183 outputs are also able to drive a single EIA-232 port. Although the standard calls for isolated inputs and outputs, there are various series of hardware that do not adhere to this requirement.

The NMEA 0183 standard uses a simple ASCII, serial communications protocol that defines how data are transmitted in a "sentence" from one "talker" to multiple "listeners" at a time. Through the use of intermediate expanders, a talker can have a unidirectional conversation with a nearly unlimited number of listeners, and using multiplexers, multiple sensors can talk to a single computer port.

At the application layer, the standard also defines the contents of each sentence (message) type, so that all listeners can parse messages accurately.

While NMEA 0183 only defines an RS-422 transport, there also exists a de facto standard in which the sentences from NMEA 0183 are placed in UDP datagrams (one sentence per packet) and sent over an IP network.

The NMEA standard is proprietary and sells for at least US$2000 (except for members of the NMEA) as of September 2020. [4] [5] However, much of it has been reverse-engineered from public sources. [6] [7]

UART settings

Typical Baud rate 4800
Data bits8
ParityNone
Stop bits1
HandshakeNone

There is a variation of the standard called NMEA-0183HS that specifies a baud rate of 38,400. This is in general use by AIS devices.

Message structure

ASCIIHexDecUse
<CR>0x0d13Carriage return
<LF>0x0a10Line feed, end delimiter
 !0x2133Start of encapsulation sentence delimiter
$0x2436Start delimiter
*0x2a42Checksum delimiter
,0x2c44Field delimiter
\0x5c92TAG block delimiter
^0x5e94Code delimiter for HEX representation of ISO/IEC 8859-1 (ASCII) characters
~0x7e126Reserved

As an example, a waypoint arrival alarm has the form:

$GPAAM,A,A,0.10,N,WPTNME*32

Another example for AIS messages is:

!AIVDM,1,1,,A,14eG;o@034o8sd<L9i:a;WF>062D,0*7D

NMEA sentence format

The main talker ID includes: [8] [9]

NMEA message mainly include the following "sentences" in the NMEA message: [10]

SentenceDescription
$Talker ID+GGAGlobal Positioning System Fixed Data
$Talker ID+GLLGeographic Position—Latitude and Longitude
$Talker ID+GSAGNSS DOP and active satellites
$Talker ID+GSVGNSS satellites in view
$Talker ID+RMCRecommended minimum specific GPS data
$Talker ID+VTGCourse over ground and ground speed

One example, the sentence for Global Positioning System Fixed Data for GPS should be "$GPGGA".

Vendor extensions

Most GPS manufacturers include special messages in addition to the standard NMEA set in their products for maintenance and diagnostics purposes. Extended messages begin with "$P". These extended messages are not standardized.

Software compatibility

NMEA 0183 is supported by various navigation and mapping software. Notable applications include:

Sample file

A sample file produced by a Tripmate 850 GPS logger. This file was produced in Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland. The record lasts two seconds.

$GPGGA,092750.000,5321.6802,N,00630.3372,W,1,8,1.03,61.7,M,55.2,M,,*76 $GPGSA,A,3,10,07,05,02,29,04,08,13,,,,,1.72,1.03,1.38*0A $GPGSV,3,1,11,10,63,137,17,07,61,098,15,05,59,290,20,08,54,157,30*70 $GPGSV,3,2,11,02,39,223,19,13,28,070,17,26,23,252,,04,14,186,14*79 $GPGSV,3,3,11,29,09,301,24,16,09,020,,36,,,*76 $GPRMC,092750.000,A,5321.6802,N,00630.3372,W,0.02,31.66,280511,,,A*43 $GPGGA,092751.000,5321.6802,N,00630.3371,W,1,8,1.03,61.7,M,55.3,M,,*75 $GPGSA,A,3,10,07,05,02,29,04,08,13,,,,,1.72,1.03,1.38*0A $GPGSV,3,1,11,10,63,137,17,07,61,098,15,05,59,290,20,08,54,157,30*70 $GPGSV,3,2,11,02,39,223,16,13,28,070,17,26,23,252,,04,14,186,15*77 $GPGSV,3,3,11,29,09,301,24,16,09,020,,36,,,*76 $GPRMC,092751.000,A,5321.6802,N,00630.3371,W,0.06,31.66,280511,,,A*45

Note some blank fields, for example:

Status

NMEA 0183 continued to be maintained separately: V4.10 was published in early May 2012, and an erratum noted on 12 May 2012. [14] On November 27, 2018, it was issued an update to version 4.11, which supports Global Navigation Satellite Systems other than GPS. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ Peter Bennett (Sep 15, 1997). "The NMEA FAQ". Archived from the original on 2014-02-15. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  2. ↑ "NMEA 0183 vs NMEA 2000". November 2018. Archived from the original on 2013-08-19. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  3. ↑ Spitzer, Steve. (May 2009). "NMEA 2000 white paper" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  4. ↑ "Publications and Standards from the National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) / NMEA 0183". NMEA. November 2008. Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
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  7. ↑ Dale DePriest. "NMEA data". Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  8. ↑ Eric S. Raymond (2024-05-26). "NMEA Revealed - Talker IDs" . Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  9. ↑ "NMEA 0183 - Standard For Interfacing Marine Electronic Devices - Talker Identifier Mnemonics" (PDF). 2020-01-31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-09-02.
  10. ↑ Donald Choi. "Introduction to GPS Data NMEA & RTCM". p. 15. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
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  12. ↑ Marc Balmer (2006–2008). "/sys/kern/tty_nmea.c". BSD Cross Reference. OpenBSD.
  13. ↑ "ObserVIEW - Free Vibration Analysis Software" . Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  14. ↑ "ERRATA # 0183 120512" (PDF). NMEA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  15. ↑ "NMEA PUBLISHES UPDATED VERSION OF NMEA 0183 FOR NEW GLOBAL SATELLITE SYSTEMS" (PDF). November 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
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