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NMEA sentence message

NMEA sentence messages store the raw sentences received from an external GPS or marine device using the NMEA 0183 protocol.

FIT name
nmea_sentence
Global message number
177
JavaScript SDK key
nmeaSentenceMesgs
Fields
4

Fields

  • timestampDateTimes

    Moment the message refers to, in UTC. FIT stores it as seconds since the FIT epoch (December 31, 1989, 00:00:00 UTC); decoders usually expose it as a regular date.

  • timestampMsUint16ms

    Millisecond part of the timestamp, for sub-second precision.

  • sentenceString

    NMEA sentence, as received.

  • mesgNumString

    Global message number identifying the kind of message. Decoders use it to know which profile to apply to the data.

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