File Format ID: scs_dpt

Format Description Creation Date: 2019-05-02

File Type: ASCII, comma-separated values

Record Format: National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) 0183 depth of
water string with external datetime stamp.

Data Format Description:
The file contains DPT strings prefixed by an external datetime stamp.

Example Record: 03/15/2010,14:08:45.876,$SDDPT,0006.29,002.40*6C

where:
     03/15/2010     Date (source unknown), UTC
                      03   = 2-digit month
                      15   = 2-digit day of month
                      2010 = 4-digit year
     14:08:45.876   Time (source unknown), UTC
                      14     = 2-digit hour [24-hour clock]
                      08     = 2-digit minute
                      45.876 = decimal seconds
     $DPT			NMEA record (see definition below)


Definition of DPT:

       1   2   3
       |   |   |
$--DPT,x.x,x.x*hh<CR><LF>
Field Number:
	1. Depth, meters
	2. Offset from transducer, positive means distance from tansducer to
		water line negative means distance from transducer to keel
	3. Checksum


