checksum_utils.py
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00033 # Check the NMEA sentence checksum. Return True if passes and False if failed
00034 def check_nmea_checksum(nmea_sentence):
00035     split_sentence = nmea_sentence.split('*')
00036     if len(split_sentence) != 2:
00037         #No checksum bytes were found... improperly formatted/incomplete NMEA data?
00038         return False
00039     transmitted_checksum = split_sentence[1].strip()
00040 
00041     #Remove the $ at the front
00042     data_to_checksum = split_sentence[0][1:]
00043     checksum = 0
00044     for c in data_to_checksum:
00045         checksum ^= ord(c)
00046 
00047     return ("%02X" % checksum)  == transmitted_checksum.upper()
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nmea_navsat_driver
Author(s): Eric Perko , Steven Martin
autogenerated on Thu Aug 27 2015 14:11:02