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Hello !

This message is primarily adressed to Tom Becker .
I used the DateTimeNMEA.bas  ( found SerialPort_24.bas but I didn't find 
the Support_24.bas , though it only drived the onboard leds O:-)
The code worked great !
After studying the code for a couple of hours ... I still wasn't sure 
that what i should do to get the speed reading from the $GPVTG line ....
I haven't used multitasking code before , so the code was a bit blurry 
to me ....

What is the easiest way to get speed (km/h) from GPVTG line ??
Can I use mostly the same variables allready in the DateTimeNMEA.bas ??
In my application I only need the Speed to be displayed but the accurate 
clock won't hurt to have ...

This is the output seen from my Leadtek Smart Antenna at 4800bps @ 1Hz
$GPRMC,164222.734,A,6010.8528,N,02500.7029,E,0.00,,220306,,*12                           
                                  

$GPVTG,,T,,M,0.00,N,0.0,K*7E
Speed, i think, is displayed on the $GPVTG line after M,0.00 is knots   
and   N, 0.0 is km/h .
What happens to the speed reading after 100km/h is it still 104.7km/h  
or  does the output change to 104km/h ?
	Thank You very much !!

 - Mikael Karstikko
	

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Why are you using the VTG sentence for speed? The RMC sentence has speed 
in knots. It's after the ,E, in the msg that you show:

$GPRMC,164222.734,A,6010.8528,N,02500.7029,E,0.00,,220306,,*12

which is 0.00 in this case. I think, but I may be wrong, that this speed 
is the true point to point 3 dimensional speed whereas the speed in the 
VTG sentence is the horizontal component of the RMC speed.

Paul

Mikael Karstikko wrote:
> Hello !
>
> This message is primarily adressed to Tom Becker .
> I used the DateTimeNMEA.bas  ( found SerialPort_24.bas but I didn't find 
> the Support_24.bas , though it only drived the onboard leds O:-)
> The code worked great !
> After studying the code for a couple of hours ... I still wasn't sure 
> that what i should do to get the speed reading from the $GPVTG line ....
> I haven't used multitasking code before , so the code was a bit blurry 
> to me ....
>
> What is the easiest way to get speed (km/h) from GPVTG line ??
> Can I use mostly the same variables allready in the DateTimeNMEA.bas ??
> In my application I only need the Speed to be displayed but the accurate 
> clock won't hurt to have ...
>
> This is the output seen from my Leadtek Smart Antenna at 4800bps @ 1Hz
> $GPRMC,164222.734,A,6010.8528,N,02500.7029,E,0.00,,220306,,*12                      
                                       
>
> $GPVTG,,T,,M,0.00,N,0.0,K*7E
> Speed, i think, is displayed on the $GPVTG line after M,0.00 is knots   
> and   N, 0.0 is km/h .
> What happens to the speed reading after 100km/h is it still 104.7km/h  
> or  does the output change to 104km/h ?
>
>
> Thank You very much !!
>
>  - Mikael Karstikko
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> What is the easiest way to get speed (km/h) from GPVTG line?

You can use the RMC sentence handling as a model to add a second 
condition.  You'll need to discard seven fields (skip seven commas), 
find the next comma and feed the intervening ASCII expression to ValueS 
to get a numeric value.  For example:

  if (bNMEA_Cmd(1)=asc("G")) and (bNMEA_Cmd(2)=asc("P")) and 
(bNMEA_Cmd(3)=asc("V")) and (bNMEA_Cmd(4)=asc("T")) and 
(bNMEA_Cmd(5)=asc("G")) then 'case "GPVTG"
   call SkipCommas(7)
   call GetBytesUntilNextComma (write this procedure yourself) 'get item
   do
    call GetBytes(bRawChecksum,1) 'discard but checksum
   loop until (bRawChecksum(1)=asc("*"))
   bChecksum=bChecksum xor bRawChecksum(1) 'remove * from checksum
   call GetChecksumBytes(bRawChecksum,2)
   call CalcNMEAChecksum
   if tfValid then 'data valid
  '*do what you want with course and speed here*
   end if
  end if

> ... does the output change to 104km/h ?

The data format will not change, so I'd expect 104.7.

Paul points out that Speed Over Ground is the same in RMC and VTG - and 
RMC is a better choice, I believe.  Check the VTG data when you are 
moving without a destination, and with a destination.  SOG in VTG might 
only be there when heading for a destination.  It's always there in RMC, 
but you'll need to extract it and convert it to km/hr.
	TOm
	

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Probably the best argument for using the speed from the RMC sentence is 
that your program will do less parsing. I believe the Leadtek device 
auto polls 5 sentences. If you only use the RMC, you can skip parsing 
the other 4 sentences which will save a lot of code and processing.

Paul

Tom Becker wrote:
>> What is the easiest way to get speed (km/h) from GPVTG line?
>>     
>
> You can use the RMC sentence handling as a model to add a second 
> condition.  You'll need to discard seven fields (skip seven commas), 
> find the next comma and feed the intervening ASCII expression to ValueS 
> to get a numeric value.  For example:
>
>   if (bNMEA_Cmd(1)=asc("G")) and (bNMEA_Cmd(2)=asc("P")) and 
> (bNMEA_Cmd(3)=asc("V")) and (bNMEA_Cmd(4)=asc("T")) and 
> (bNMEA_Cmd(5)=asc("G")) then 'case "GPVTG"
>    call SkipCommas(7)
>    call GetBytesUntilNextComma (write this procedure yourself) 'get item
>    do
>     call GetBytes(bRawChecksum,1) 'discard but checksum
>    loop until (bRawChecksum(1)=asc("*"))
>  
>

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Thank You Tom and Paul !
You are both right !

The RMC string is the easiest way , I was just too tired yesterday to 
see that ...
I just needed to add two lines to the existing code to extract 4 digits 
... Now it seems to be working .

Altough the decimal point does change place , i noticed that the byte 
value for the decimal point is 254 so i figured this would work .
Haven't got to try it yet in movement but during the weekend i'll 
install the gps in my car ... ( if this works. .. )

dim speed(1 to 4) as byte
dim totspd as single

'Calculating
if speed(2) >10 then
 totspd = totspd + (csng(speed(1))*10.0) + (csng(speed(3))*0.1) + 
(csng(speed(4))*0.01)    ' decimal point 1.23
end if
if speed(3) >10 then
 totspd = totspd + (csng(speed(1))*100.0) + (csng(speed(2))*10.0) + 
(csng(speed(4))*0.1)    '  decimal point 45.6
end if
totspd = totspd * 1.852   ' convert knots to km/hr
debug.print "Speed : " & fmt(totspd, 1)

Does it look like it would work .. ?

Is the data allways 4 digits long or does it increase in lenght as speed 
increases ??
I programmed the gps to output only RMC and VTG lines but i can ignore 
the VTG line as You pointed out .

You have been a great help !
Next time You visit Finland Saunas are on me !

 - Mikael Karstikko
	

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Mikael,

The length could be 3 characters (3.0 knots) or as many as 5 characters 
if the speed max for the device is 999.9 knots which I think is the 
reporting max for this device.

Check the ValueS procedure in the System Library. You can simply extract 
the speed component as a string and then use ValueS to convert it to a 
single. Something like this:

dim qChar as string * 1
dim Speed Str as string
dim totspd as single
dim Success as boolean

call GetQueue(queue, qChar, 1)

do while (qChar <> "," )
    SpeedStr = SpeedStr & qChar
    call GetQueue(queue, qChar, 1)
loop

call ValueS(SpeedStr, totspd, Success)

If (Success = true)
    debug.print CStr(totspd)
    debug.print SpeedStr
else
    debug.print "Conversion failed"
end if

Paul

Mikael Karstikko wrote:
> Thank You Tom and Paul !
> You are both right !
>
> The RMC string is the easiest way , I was just too tired yesterday to 
> see that ...
> I just needed to add two lines to the existing code to extract 4 digits 
> ... Now it seems to be working .
>
> Altough the decimal point does change place , i noticed that the byte 
> value for the decimal point is 254 so i figured this would work .
> Haven't got to try it yet in movement but during the weekend i'll 
> install the gps in my car ... ( if this works. .. )
>
> dim speed(1 to 4) as byte
> dim totspd as single
>
> 'Calculating
> if speed(2) >10 then
>  totspd = totspd + (csng(speed(1))*10.0) + (csng(speed(3))*0.1) + 
> (csng(speed(4))*0.01)    ' decimal point 1.23
> end if
> if speed(3) >10 then
>  totspd = totspd + (csng(speed(1))*100.0) + (csng(speed(2))*10.0) + 
> (csng(speed(4))*0.1)    '  decimal point 45.6
> end if
> totspd = totspd * 1.852   ' convert knots to km/hr
> debug.print "Speed : " & fmt(totspd, 1)
>
> Does it look like it would work .. ?
>
> Is the data allways 4 digits long or does it increase in lenght as speed 
> increases ??
> I programmed the gps to output only RMC and VTG lines but i can ignore 
> the VTG line as You pointed out .
>
> You have been a great help !
> Next time You visit Finland Saunas are on me !
>
>  - Mikael Karstikko
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