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Serial altitude formats, Format 1, Format 2 – Dynon Avionics EFIS-D100 Installation Guide User Manual

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EFIS-D100 Installation Guide

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SERIAL ALTITUDE FORMATS

There are four formats used by serial transponders. Choose the correct format for your
transponder in the ALTENC menu, using the FRMAT button.

Format 1

Used By

Dynon Encoder Serial-to-Parallel Converter, Garmin AT
(formerly UPS Aviation Technologies)

Baud rate

1200

Format

#AL, space, +/-sign, five altitude bytes, T+25, checksum,
carriage return

Example message

#AL +05200T+25D7[CR]

Format 2

Used By

Magellan

Baud rate

1200

Format

$MGL, +/- sign, five altitude digits, T+25, checksum, carriage
return

Example message

$MGL+05200T+25E3[CR]

Format 3

Used By

Northstar, Garmin

Baud rate

2400

Format

ALT, space, five altitude bytes, carriage return

Example message

ALT 05200[CR]

Format 4

Used By

Garmin GTX330 (set on Icarus input), Garmin GTX327 (set
on Icarus input), Garmin GTX328, Icarus, Trimble

Baud rate

9600

Format

ALT, space, five altitude bytes, carriage return

Example message

ALT 05200[CR]