[ntp:questions] OT: GPS18x LVC failure

David J Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.not-this-part.nor-this.co.uk.invalid
Mon Oct 19 12:29:24 UTC 2009


"Hal Murray" <> wrote in message 
news:FJOdnd_xPMkY0EnXnZ2dnUVZ_jFi4p2d at megapath.net...
>
>>Thanks, Hal.  Perhaps I should have been a little more patient!  <G>  I
>>wonder what version of the firmware your unit had?
>
> $PGRMT,GPS 18x-LVC software ver. 2.50,,,,,,,,*68
>
> It was an early one.
>
> It also seems to have a bug/glitch.  After you turn on the PGRMT
> stuff, it echos many copies of the command to turn them on.
>
> $GPRMC,094410,A,3726.0875,N,12212.2619,W,000.0,345.1,131009,015.0,E*65
> $PGRMO,PGRMT,1
> $PGRMO,PGRMT,1
> $PGRMO,PGRMT,1
> $PGRMO,PGRMT,1
> $PGRMO,PGRMT,1
> $PGRMO,PGRMT,1
> $PGRMO,PGRMT,1
> $PGRMO,PGRMT,1
> $GPRMC,094411,A,3726.0875,N,12212.2619,W,000.0,345.1,131009,015.0,E*64
>
> Power cycling fixes it.

Thanks, Hal.  Have just got my unit replaced by Garmin, and this one has 
software V3.10.  While I see that 3.20 is out, I think I'll leave it for 
the moment.

Cheers,
David 




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