net.sf.marineapi.nmea.sentence

Interface MWDSentence

All Superinterfaces:

Sentence

public interface MWDSentence
extends Sentence

Wind speed and true/magnetic direction, speed given in meters per second and knots.

Author:

Richard van Nieuwenhoven

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	getMagneticWindDirection()
double	getTrueWindDirection()
double	getWindSpeed()
double	getWindSpeedKnots()
void	setMagneticWindDirection(double direction) Sets the magnetic wind direction.
void	setTrueWindDirection(double direction) Sets the true wind direction.
void	setWindSpeed(double speed) Sets the wind speed in meters per second.
void	setWindSpeedKnots(double speed) Sets the wind speed in knots.

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

getMagneticWindDirection

double getMagneticWindDirection()

Returns:

Wind direction, degrees True, to the nearest 0,1 degree. NaN if not available.

getTrueWindDirection

double getTrueWindDirection()

Returns:

Wind direction, degrees True, to the nearest 0,1 degree. NaN if not available.

getWindSpeed

double getWindSpeed()

Returns:

Wind speed, meters per second, to the nearest 0,1 m/s. NaN if not available.

getWindSpeedKnots

double getWindSpeedKnots()

Returns:

Wind speed, in knots, to the nearest 0,1 m/s. NaN if not available.

setMagneticWindDirection

void setMagneticWindDirection(double direction)

Sets the magnetic wind direction.

Parameters:

direction - Wind direction in degrees [0..360]

setTrueWindDirection

void setTrueWindDirection(double direction)

Sets the true wind direction.

Parameters:

direction - Wind direction in degrees [0..360].

setWindSpeed

void setWindSpeed(double speed)

Sets the wind speed in meters per second.

Parameters:

speed - Wind speed to set.

setWindSpeedKnots

void setWindSpeedKnots(double speed)

Sets the wind speed in knots.

Parameters:

speed - Wind speed to set.