net.sf.marineapi.nmea.sentence
Interface VDRSentence

All Superinterfaces:

Sentence

public interface VDRSentence
extends Sentence

Set and drift, true/magnetic direction and speed of current.

Example:

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

double	getMagneticDirection() Returns the magnetic current direction.
double	getSpeed() Returns the current flow speed.
double	getTrueDirection() Returns the true direction of current.
void	setMagneticDirection(double direction) Sets the magnetic direction of current.
void	setSpeed(double speed) Sets the current flow speed.
void	setTrueDirection(double direction) Sets the true direction of current.

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

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

Method Detail

getMagneticDirection

double getMagneticDirection()

Returns the magnetic current direction.

Returns:

Direction in degrees

See Also:

getTrueDirection()

getSpeed

double getSpeed()

Returns the current flow speed.

Returns:

Speed in knots

getTrueDirection

double getTrueDirection()

Returns the true direction of current.

Returns:

Direction in degrees

See Also:

getMagneticDirection()

setMagneticDirection

void setMagneticDirection(double direction)

Sets the magnetic direction of current.

Parameters:

direction -

setSpeed

void setSpeed(double speed)

Sets the current flow speed.

Parameters:

speed - Speed in knots

setTrueDirection

void setTrueDirection(double direction)

Sets the true direction of current.

Parameters:

direction - Direction in degrees

See Also:

setMagneticDirection(double)