
Serial Interface Specifications
Apollo SL50 / SL60 Installation Manual
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APPENDIX E - SERIAL INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS
This appendix includes the RS-232 serial port interface specifications.
The RS-232 serial interface configurations supported by the SL50/60 are listed in Table 5.
Instructions for configuring the serial port are included in the checkout procedure on page 22.
Table 5 RS-232 Serial Interface Selections
Selection RX/TX Comment
NONE/NONE -- No input or output
NONE/MAP TX Moving map data output
NONE/MAPCOM TX Moving map data output with SL40 comm data
PC / SETUP RX/TX Used for factory test
MOVING MAP OUTPUT
The format of the moving map data output is as follows. Definitions of the output data is
included in Table 6 and Table 7. A sample output message is included in Figure 13.
Baud rate: ......................................... 9600
Data bits: .......................................... 8
Stop bits: .......................................... 1
Parity: ............................................... none
Output rate: ....................................... approx 2 seconds
Message length: ................................ variable, approx 83 to 484 characters
The serial output messages are in the following format.
<STX><id><data><it><id><data><it>...<id><data><it><ETX>
<STX> .............................................. ASCII “start of text” character (1 byte, 02h)
<id> .................................................. item designator (1 byte, from following table)
<data> ............................................... item data (format listed in following table)
<it> ................................................... item terminator (1byte, 0Dh)
<ETX> ............................................. ASCII “end of text” character (1 byte, 03h)
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