Version 2.0 61Waypoint Operator’s Manualroute.The CFG1 NMEA out WPL has a special “Send All” option. Selectingthis feature will send all the waypoints in the Waypoint Bank onceindependent of the WPL sentence setup as ON or OFF. This formatdoes not strictly conform to the NMEA 0183 standard, and may notwork with all equipment. It is provided for your use to store data on aPC using normal ASCII text editors.WPL can be sent as version 1.5, 2.0 or 2.1.field#: 2 3 4 5 6 7$GPWPL,llll.ll,a,yyyyy.yy,a,cccc xxxxxxxxxxzzzzzzzzzz*hhexplanation / actual use:2 & 3: Waypoint Latitude, North or South, N/S number of deci-mals can be set to 2, 3, 4 or 5 (default 2).4 & 5: Waypoint longitude, East or West, E/W number of decimalscan be set to 2, 3, 4 or 5 (default 2).6. Waypoint identifier; 4 place numeric waypoint number, fol-lowed by 1 space, followed by 10 characters for the top line ofthe description, followed by 10 characters for the bottom lineof the description. When this field is output, you may seespaces between the xxx and zzz. These are “fill characters”and are necessary to fulfill the 10 character count to maintaincharacter placement when read back into the CDU.7: Checksum can be set on or off (default on).Downloading Waypoints to a Personal ComputerYou can use any terminal or communications program to download orupload waypoints and routes to or from the CDU and a PC.Set the PC to:4800 baud 8 bits1 stop bit no parityno flow controlWhen sending data to the CDU, it must be sent in block form, followedby (with an appended) CR (carriage return) and LF (line feed). Normalcommunications programs, like Windows 3.1 or 3.11 Terminal are suf-
