AW: [time-nuts] Trimble Resolution T

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Tue Nov 8 15:26:14 EST 2005


In message: <22696.1131470104 at critter.freebsd.dk>
            "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
: In message <20051108.101219.08320012.imp at bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner Losh" writes:
: >In message: <000001c5e482$a3c475d0$14b2a8c0 at athlon>
: >            "Ulrich Bangert" <df6jb at ulrich-bangert.de> writes:
: >: the complete technical information about the Resolution T including a
: >: complete handbook can be downloaded from the Trimble pages. Having used
: >: the Motorola binary protocol myself, i would judge the Trimble protocol
: >: is more easy to implemement. However, it seems as if a lot of more
: >: information is spread over a lot more telegram types compared to
: >: Motorola binary.
: >
: >Some Trimble receivers talk multiple protocols.  Going from one to the
: >other, especially in an arbitrary way, can be frustrating to code up.
: >Other than that, the packets seem to be 'about the same' as Motorola
: >packets and the bundles you need may indeed be separated out
: >differently than the M12+.
: 
: But Trimble still don't have a checksum, do they ?

At least one of the binary formats do not.

Warner





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