Folks:
Thanks to help here, I worked together a routine that generates a checksum which is now working with an externally connected GPS. This can be used when making a checksum for NMEA sentences for example. I was looking ALL OVER for this routine, so I am posting it here in case someone else might also be trying to do this.
Below I build an array with a bunch of data that is being used to create a $GPWPL sentence, which is a Waypoint. To do this, I am reading from a data source that contains important info like lat, long, n/s/e/w, and waypoint name.
Setting each array value to an ASCII value by appending +"0" to the variable data is a key! Then, run it throught a loop which eliminates the '$' and the '*' because these are not computed in a checksum. (1-35) The result is a HEX checksum that will be accepted by GPS units.
' create checksum '************** Checksum:
WPT_array[0]="$"
WPT_array[1]="G"
WPT_array[2]="P"
WPT_array[3]="W"
WPT_array[4]="P"
WPT_array[5]="L"
WPT_array[6]=","
WPT_array[7]=Dec_lat1 DIG 3+"0"
WPT_array[8]=Dec_lat1 DIG 2+"0"
WPT_array[9]=Dec_lat1 DIG 1+"0"
WPT_array[10]=Dec_lat1 DIG 0+"0"
WPT_array[11]="."
WPT_array[12]=Dec_lat2 DIG 3+"0"
WPT_array[13]=Dec_lat2 DIG 2+"0"
WPT_array[14]=Dec_lat2 DIG 1+"0"
WPT_array[15]=Dec_lat2 DIG 0+"0"
WPT_array[16]=","
WPT_array[17]=S_byte
WPT_array[18]=","
WPT_array[19]=Dec_long1 Dig 4+"0"
WPT_array[20]=Dec_long1 Dig 3+"0"
WPT_array[21]=Dec_long1 Dig 2+"0"
WPT_array[22]=Dec_long1 Dig 1+"0"
WPT_array[23]=Dec_long1 Dig 0+"0"
WPT_array[24]="."
WPT_array[25]=Dec_long2 Dig 3+"0"
WPT_array[26]=Dec_long2 Dig 2+"0"
WPT_array[27]=Dec_long2 Dig 1+"0"
WPT_array[28]=Dec_long2 Dig 0+"0"
WPT_array[29]=","
WPT_array[30]=E_byte
WPT_array[31]=","
WPT_array[32]=TracID Dig 2+"0"
WPT_array[33]=TracID Dig 1+"0"
WPT_array[34]=TracID Dig 0+"0"
WPT_array[35]=","
WPT_array[36]="*"
cksum=0
for p = 1 to 35
cksum = cksum^(WPT_array[p])
Next P
Serout2 AGPSout, 16572, [Str WPT_array\37, HEX Cksum,13,10]
If anyone has a shorter way to do this, please share!
Tom
