[time-nuts] NMEA Checksums

[Chris Kuethe]

Commas matter. The checksum runs over every character between the
leading '$' and the '*' delimiter.

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Matthew Smith <matt at smiffytech.com> wrote:
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> Hi Folks
>
> When calculating the checksum for an NMEA message, are the commas taken
> into account or ignored?
>
> Just trying to work out whether I can get away with a minor modification
> to the Oncore checksum (but ignoring the $ and the *) or whether I need
> to sort out the relevant bits into a new buffer first.
>
> Cheers
>
> M
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