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Format of the meinberg capture string – Meinberg GPS170LCD-MP User Manual

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Format of the Meinberg Capture String

The Meinberg Capture String is a sequence of 31 ASCII characters terminated by a
CR/LF (Carriage Return/Line Feed) combination. The format is:

CHx_tt.mm.jj_hh:mm:ss.fffffff

The letters printed in italics are replaced by ASCII numbers whereas the other
characters are part of the time string. The groups of characters as defined below:

x

0 or 1 corresponding on the number of the capture input

_

ASCII space 20h

dd.mm.yy the capture date:

dd

day of month

(01..31)

mm month

(01..12)

yy

year of the century

(00..99)

hh:mm:ss.fffffff

the capture time:

hh

hours

(00..23)

mm minutes

(00..59)

ss

seconds

(00..59, or 60 while leap second)

fffffff

fractions of second, 7 digits

Carriage Return, ASCII Code 0Dh

Line Feed, ASCII Code 0Ah

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