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RS232 Output

Updated on May 27, 2026

The RS232 output is present on the 6 Way Hirose connector on thebottom of the unit and can be used to provide a connection to a computer for testing online withVBOX Test Suite.



Protocol:

115200 Baud, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit


Message format:

$VBSIG$StttaaaaaaoooooovvvhhAAAVVxxyysddTTcc  

ParameterNumber of bytesDescription
$VBSIG$7

Header
Message identifier as ASCII string.

S1

Total satellites
Number of satellites used in solution irrespective of GNSS. Range (0, 255).

Note: All eight bits are used.

ttt3

Time
Number of 10 ms ticks since midnight UTC. Range (0, 8641000).

aaaaaa6

Latitude
Signed integers, 0.0000001 minutes per bit. Range (-539999999999, 540000000000)

oooooo6

Longitude
Signed integers, 0.0000001 minutes per bit. Range (-1079999999999, 1080000000000).

vv2

Speed
Unsigned integer, 0.01 kts per bit. Range (0, 63535). 

hh2

Heading
Unsigned integer, 0.01° per bit. Range (0, 35999).

AAA3

Altitude
Signed integer, 0.01 m per bit. Range (-8388608, 8388607).

VV3

Vertical velocity
Signed integer, 0.01 m/s per bit. Range (-32768, 32767).

xx2

Lateral acceleration
Signed integer, 0.01 g per bit. Range (-32768, 32767).

yy2

Longitudinal acceleration
Signed integer, 0.01 g per bit. Range (-32768, 32767).

s1

Solution type
Enumeration as signed integer.

  • -1: No data
  • 0: No solution
  • 1: Stand alone
  • 2: Code differential
  • 3: RTK Float
  • 4: RTK Fixed
  • 5: Fixed position
  • 6: IMU coasting
dd2

Date
DOS format.

  • Bits 0–4: Day of month Range (1, 31).
  • Bits 5–8: Month Range (1, 12).
  • Bits 9–15: Years since 1980 Range (0, 128).
TT2

Differential Correction Age
Unsigned integer, 0.01 seconds per bit (i.e. 10 ms per bit). Range (0, 655.35s).

cc2

Checksum
Standard Racelogic communications CRC calculation, See example below.

CRC Calculation example:

s[n] is a string containing the message

Polynomial:= 4129

CRC:=0;

for Loop:=1 to Length(s) do

begin

Temp:=s[Loop];

CRC:= CRC xor (integer(Temp) *256);

CRC:= CRC mod 65536;

for i:=7 downto 0 do

begin

if ( (CRC and 32768)=32768) then

begin

CRC:= CRC *2 ;

CRC:= CRC xor Polynomial;

end

else

begin

CRC:= CRC *2 ;

end;

CRC:=CRC mod 65536;

end;

end;

result:=CRC;