| Character Pos. | Description |
| 1-7 | Dec as SDDMMSS (eg +103344 for +10 33 44) |
| 8-14 | RA as HHMMSSS (eg 1033445 for 10 33 44.5) |
| 15-20 | ST as HHMMSS (eg 103344 for 10 33 44) |
| 21-32 | UT Date/Time as YYMMDDHHMMSSS (eg 0003011033445 for 2001/03/01 at 10 33 44) |
| 33-35 | Air mass times 100 (eg 123 for 1.23) |
| 36-39 | Dome position as on screen (eg 010L) |
| 40-45 | Equinox of the RA/Dec times 100 (eg 200217 for 2002.17) |
| 46-52 | Current RA rate times 10 and direction (eg bb1345E for 134.5 s/hr East) |
| 53-60 | Current Dec rate times 10 and direction (eg bb1345N for 134.5 "/hr North) |
| 61-67 | Current focus position and mode (eg b-1345A) |
| 68-69 | Filter position (eg b9 or -1 for unavailable) |
| 70 | Dome follow state T/F for on or off. Given in lower case if a problem with the dome position. |
| 71 | Coordinate lock mode (S for Sidereal, T for Track, O for off). |
| 72 | Slow slew limit state (T for on; F for off) |
| 73 | Horizon limit state (T for on; F for off) |
| 74 | Focus limit state (O for out limit; I for in limit; blank if no limit) |
| 75 | PSST or Wallace RA limit (E for east limit; W for west limit; blank if off) |
| 76 | PSST Dec limit (N for north limit; S for south limit; blank if off) |
| 77 | Sideral Track (T for on; F for off). Note that this can be on even if the item in col 71 is O. |
| 78 | Focus motion (I for in; O for out; blank if not moving) |
| 79 | Focus rate (S for slew; s for set; G for guide; blank if not moving) |
| 80-81 | Dec direction and rate (eg Ns for set north or SS for slew south) |
| 82-83 | RA direction and rate (eg Es for set east or WS for slew west) |
| 84 | Dome motion (L for left; R for right; blank if not moving) |
| 85 | Guiding mode (A for active; P for paused; C for waiting for clouds; blank if inactive) |
| 86 | Shutter at PSST (O for open; C for closed; U if unknown; blank at other telescopes) |
| 87 | Sleep state (S for sleeping; W if awake) |
| 88 | Telescope ID (1 = 72"; 2 = 42"; 3 = LONEOS; 4 = PSST; 5 = 31"; 6 = Wallace; 7 = Astrograph; 8 = Perth) |
| 89 | Coordinate validity (U for updated; F for set on fiducials; A for assumed home; G for guessed) |
| 90 | Telescope moving (T if telescope is moving point-to=point, F otherwise) |
| 91 | Telescope waiting (72" only) (D if telescope is waiting to start a delayed slew; ' ' otherwise.) |
| 92 | Alternate Mirror Status (72" only) (1 = stowed; 2 = active; 3 = unavalable; 4 = moving; 5 = undefined) |
| 93-96 | Currently unused and set blank. |