TSIP packets recognized by ArcPad

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The Trimble Standard Interface Protocol (TSIP) is a Trimble proprietary protocol for communicating with Trimble GPS receivers and some GPS receivers which use Trimble GPS boards.

The TSIP protocol consists of a number of binary packets which are used to request and receive information from the GPS receiver. Many TSIP packets are not sent by the GPS receiver unless specifically requested to do so via the receipt of a request TSIP packet. In contrast, most NMEA sentences are automatically sent by the GPS receiver once the receiver has been configured to output the NMEA 0183 sentence.

TSIP packets recognized by ArcPad

ArcPad recognizes the following TSIP packets sent by the GPS receiver:

Packet Description
0x13 Packet send error
0x41 GPS Time
0x42 XYZ ECEF, single precision
0x43 Velocity XYZ ECEF
0x44 Satellite selection
0x45 Software version
0x46 Health of receiver
0x47 Signal levels for all satellites tracked
0x4A Single precision LLA
0x4B Machine code/status
0x55 Input/Output options
0x56 Velocity fix (ENU)
0x5C Satellite tracking status
0x6D All-in-view satellite selection
0x82 Differential status
0x83 XYZ ECEF, double precision
0x84 Double precision LLA
0xBC Protocol configuration

TSIP packets sent by ArcPad to GPS device

ArcPad sends the following TSIP packets to the GPS receiver in order to request a TSIP packet from the receiver:

Packet Description
0x1F Receiver Firmware Information Request
0x21 Current Time Request
0x24 GPS Position Fix Mode Request
0x26 Health Request
0x27 Signal Levels Request
0x35 I/O Option Flags Command
0x3C Satellite Tracking Status Request