ALMANAC

Decoded GPS L1 C/A Almanac

Platform:

OEM719, OEM729, OEM7500, OEM7600, OEM7700, OEM7720, PwrPak7, CPT7, CPT7700, SMART7, SMART2

This log contains the decoded GPS almanac parameters from L1 C/A subframes four and five, as received from the satellite, with the parity information removed and appropriate scaling applied. For more information about almanac data, refer to the GPS SPS Signal Specification.

The OEM7 family of receivers automatically save almanacs in their Non-Volatile Memory (NVM), so creating an almanac boot file is not necessary.

Message ID: 73

Log Type: Asynch

Recommended Input:

log almanaca onchanged

ASCII Example:

#ALMANACA,USB1,0,65.5,SATTIME,2209,494970.000,02000020,06de,16809;

31,

1,2210,61440.0,1.189947e-02,-7.49745516e-09,2.7464570e+00,9.04911221e-01,
5.43628036e-01,3.62396240e-04,-7.27595761e-12,1.45857660e-04,2.6559901e+07,
4.54861256e-02,3,0,0,TRUE,

2,2210,61440.0,2.042484e-02,-7.79461039e-09,2.6553604e+00,-1.4191382e+00,
6.98451114e-01,-6.53266907e-04,0.00000000,1.45858448e-04,2.6559805e+07,
2.35789625e-02,1,0,0,TRUE,

3,2210,61440.0,4.142284e-03,-7.64603277e-09,-2.5031848e+00,9.52756366e-01,
-5.65670396e-01,-2.45094299e-04,-1.45519152e-11,1.45862179e-04,2.6559352e+07,
3.12788270e-02,3,0,0,TRUE,

...

30,2210,61440.0,5.815029e-03,-7.89747182e-09,-3.91536612e-01,-2.6938085e+00,
-1.35149100e-01,-5.28335571e-04,0.00000000,1.45850074e-04,2.6560822e+07,
-6.21981273e-03,3,0,0,TRUE,

31,2210,61440.0,1.043320e-02,-7.71460706e-09,-3.84896228e-01,3.90039333e-01,
-5.91707997e-01,-1.77383423e-04,0.00000000,1.45852520e-04,2.6560525e+07,
1.28291128e-02,2,0,0,TRUE,

32,2210,61440.0,5.961895e-03,-8.08033658e-09,-1.4636431e+00,-2.2868654e+00,
-2.8675969e+00,-1.27792358e-04,-7.27595761e-12,1.45866076e-04,2.6558879e+07,
1.52259577e-02,3,0,0,TRUE*0eadcab6

The speed at which the receiver locates and locks onto new satellites is improved if the receiver has approximate time and position (SETAPPROXTIME and SETAPPROXPOS), as well as an almanac. This allows the receiver to compute the elevation of each satellite so it can tell which satellites are visible and their Doppler offsets, improving Time to First Fix (TTFF).

Field

Field type

Description

Format

Binary Bytes

Binary Offset

1

Log header

ALMANAC header

For information about log headers, see ASCII, Abbreviated ASCII or Binary.

 

H

0

2

#messages

The number of satellite PRN almanac messages to follow. Set to zero until almanac data is available

Long

4

H

3

PRN

Satellite PRN number for current message (dimensionless)

Ulong

4

H+4

4

week

Almanac reference week (GPS reference week number)

Ulong

4

H+8

5

seconds

Almanac reference time (seconds into the week)

Double

8

H+12

6

ecc

Eccentricity (dimensionless)

Double

8

H+20

7

ώ

Rate of right ascension (radians/second)

Double

8

H+28

8

ωo

Right ascension (radians)

Double

8

H+36

9

ω

Argument of perigee (radians)

Double

8

H+44

10

Mo

Mean anomaly of reference time (radians)

Double

8

H+52

11

afo

Clock aging parameter (seconds)

Double

8

H+60

12

af1

Clock aging parameter (seconds/second)

Double

8

H+68

13

N0

Computed mean motion (radians/second)

Double

8

H+76

14

A

Semi-major axis (metres)

Double

8

H+84

15

incl-angle

Angle of inclination relative to 0.3 π (radians)

Double

8

H+92

16

SV config

Satellite configuration

Ulong

4

H+100

17

health-prn

SV health from Page 25 of subframe 4 or 5

(6 bits)

Ulong

4

H+104

18

health-alm

SV health from almanac (8 bits)

Ulong

4

H+108

19

antispoof

Anti-spoofing on?

   0 = FALSE

   1 = TRUE

Bool

4

H+112

20...

Next PRN offset = H + 4 + (#messages x 112)

21

xxxx

32-bit CRC (ASCII and Binary only)

Hex

4

H + 4 +(112 x #messages)

22

[CR][LF]

Sentence terminator (ASCII only)

-

-

-