Leica TS12 robotic NMEA output for depth sounder

Ease,

The raw string is shown in the Technical Reference measurement under the GSI Output section. I can download the manual and post a screen capture if needed. If you have not looked at the manual yet the Pseudo NMEA is a GGA string that only exports the position in your local Northing and Easting - not Latitude and Longitude as a true GGA string would contain.

You can look at the raw sting in the manual or use Windows Hyperterminal to capture the output in real-time. There are free version of the HyperTeminal type applications out there if you are running Windows 7, 8, or 10. I have one but it is on my backup drive at home and I do not have access to it at the moment.

Ease,

The raw string is shown in the Technical Reference measurement under the GSI Output section. I can download the manual and post a screen capture if needed. If you have not looked at the manual yet the Pseudo NMEA is a GGA string that only exports the position in your local Northing and Easting - not Latitude and Longitude as a true GGA string would contain.

You can look at the raw sting in the manual or use Windows Hyperterminal to capture the output in real-time. There are free version of the HyperTeminal type applications out there if you are running Windows 7, 8, or 10. I have one but it is on my backup drive at home and I do not have access to it at the moment.

This has worked for many people using popular Hydro software like HyPack.

Thank you. No need for the screenshot I think I found that page. I bet that's why I'm not having luck with SurvPC because it's not a lat/long position in the string.

Thanks you. No need for the screenshot I think I found that page. I bet that's why I'm not having luck with SurvPC because it's not a lat/long position in the string.

ease, post: 383113, member: 1584 wrote: Does anyone have any experience using a robotic instrument on shore to give positions to a depth sounder package (hypack, etc) via NMEA? We are renting a sounder with a custom software package that I don't have my hands on yet but I'm trying to figure out how to do it beforehand. I have found the GSI output and the Pseudo NMEA GGA option. Testing it with SurvPC as a generic NMEA bluetooth GPS I can't get it to output a position. My next step is to try to look at the raw string.

Anyone get this working in any capacity?

Robots don't normally do NMEA. That's a GNSS thing.