net.sf.marineapi.nmea.sentence

Interface MMBSentence

All Superinterfaces:

Sentence

public interface MMBSentence
extends Sentence

Barometer - Barometric pressure in bars and inches of mercury.

Notice: not recommended as of Oct 2008, should use XDR instead.

Example:
$IIMMB,29.9870,I,1.0154,B*75

Author:

Kimmo Tuukkanen

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface net.sf.marineapi.nmea.sentence.Sentence

ALTERNATIVE_BEGIN_CHAR, BEGIN_CHAR, CHECKSUM_DELIMITER, FIELD_DELIMITER, MAX_LENGTH, TERMINATOR

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	getBars() Returns the barometric pressure in bars.
double	getInchesOfMercury() Returns the barometric pressure in inches of mercury.
void	setBars(double bars) Sets the barometric pressure in bars.
void	setInchesOfMercury(double inhg) Sets the barometric pressure in inches of mercury.

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.marineapi.nmea.sentence.Sentence

getBeginChar, getFieldCount, getSentenceId, getTalkerId, isAISSentence, isProprietary, isValid, reset, setBeginChar, setTalkerId, toSentence, toSentence, toString

Method Detail

getInchesOfMercury

double getInchesOfMercury()

Returns the barometric pressure in inches of mercury.

Returns:

Barometric pressure, inHg.

getBars

double getBars()

Returns the barometric pressure in bars.

Returns:

Barometric pressure, bars.

setInchesOfMercury

void setInchesOfMercury(double inhg)

Sets the barometric pressure in inches of mercury.

Parameters:

inhg - Barometric pressure, inHg.

setBars

void setBars(double bars)

Sets the barometric pressure in bars.

Parameters:

bars - Barometric pressure, bars.