Manufacturer Messages Transmitted by DDCS

The PNAVRIS message is an extension of the IEC 61162 protocol developed by the manufacturer for transmitting navigation data (position, course, speed) from a VHF radio station supporting DDCS to ECDIS.

PNAVRIS message format:

$PNAVRIS,xxxxxxxxx,llll.ll,a,yyyyy.yy,a,hhmm,ddmmyy,x.x,x.x,xx,*hh<CR><LF>
    1       2         3    4    5     6   7    8     9   0  11     12            

Message Fields

No.

Field

Description

1

Message identifier

$PNAVRIS

2

RMPS

River mobile service identifier

3

Latitude

Latitude coordinate

4

N/S

Latitude direction (north/south)

5

Longitude

Longitude coordinate

6

E/W

Longitude direction (east/west)

7

Time

Time in hhmm format

8

Date

Date in ddmmyy format

9

Course Over Ground (COG)

Course over ground

10

Speed Over Ground (SOG)

Speed over ground

11

Radio station channel number

VHF radio station channel number

12

Checksum

<CR><LF>

Checksum and end-of-line characters