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ARGOS Satellite tracking

Calibration Types

A repository of all ARGOS satellite messages from 1982 to present. Trackers have been used on Automatic Weather Stations, buoys and numerous species of whales, seals and birds.
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Calibration types

Calibration Types


List of Calibration Types

Code Comments
-3 Non-Compulsory checksum sensor
-2 Non-Compulsory 6 msbs of 10 bits null sensor
-1 Non-Compilsory null sensor
0 Dummy sensor (output = input)
1 Compulsory null sensor
2 Compulsory 6 msbs of 10 bits null sensor
3 Compulsory checksum sensor
4 Linear sensor
5 Polynomial barometer sensor
6 Thermistor temperature sensor
7 Inverted thermistor temperature sensor
8 Direction sensor
9 Multiple choice 8 lsbs temperature sensor
10 Temperature sensor with 4 lsbs in the following sensor
11 Linear sensor with auxiliary input
12 Linear sensor with twos complement data
13 Thermistor resistace temperature sensor
14 Accumulation air temperaure compensation