Simrad PSIMP F datagram format
Simrad PSIMP F is a proprietary datagram format created by Kongsberg Maritime to provide the type and configuration of PS and PI sensors used by a Simrad catch monitoring system.
Format
$PSIMP,F,S1,S2,S3,T1,T2,T3,F1,F2,F3*chksum<CR><LF>
Description
Note
This datagram description is not complete. For more information, contact Kongsberg Maritime.
1 PSTalker identifier
2 IMPDatagram identifier
3 FSentence specifier
4 S1,S2,S3: sensor types
•  D: Depth 300 m
•  E: Depth 600 m
•  T: Temperature
•  C: Catch slow
•  F: Catch fast
•  B: Bottom
•  N: No sensor
5 T1,T2,T3: Telemetry channel numbers for sensors 1, 2 and 3
6 F1,F2,F3: Offset values for sensors 1, 2 and 3
7 chksum: Checksum
The checksum field consists of a "*" and two hex digits representing the exclusive OR of all characters between, but not including, the "$" and "*" characters.