
Orion NMEA User Manual
GPS Receiver Module
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3.7 VTG – Course Over Ground and Ground Speed
This sentence contains the course and speed of the navigation solution.
$GPVTG,270.0,T,,,0.0,N,0.0,K,A*45
Name Description Type Example
MsgID VTG Header $GPVTG
Tcourse True Course (in degrees) 270.0
ReferenceT T = True T
Mcourse Magnetic Course (in degrees) <null>
ReferenceM M = Magnetic <null>
Speed Speed (in knots) 0.0
UnitN N = Knots (Nautical Miles per Hour) N
SpeedKPH Speed (in Kilometers per Hour) 0.0
UnitK K = KPH K
Mode
N = No fix
A = Autonomous
A
ChkSum Checksum *45
EOL NMEA end of line <CR> <LF>
Table 8 – VTG Sentence Fields
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