[OSM-talk] NaviGPS Units for the Foundation

Etienne 80n80n at gmail.com
Tue Sep 5 15:35:46 BST 2006


On 9/4/06, Joerg Ostertag (OSM Munich/Germany) <openstreetmap at ostertag.name>
wrote:
>
> And one more thing:
> After switching them on always check the following:
> They must say:
>     "CARD FOUND"
>     "NEW FILE"
> After a short time they must Beep  (If Alarm-Buzzer is set on) to tell you
> that you have reception and a LOCK. This is important, because sometimes
> (one
> out of 10) they don't get a lock an never start logging. If this happens
> you
> can simply switch them off and on and try again. Most of the time this
> helps.
> Looking at the Filesize on the SD Card doesn't help to recognize this,
> since
> the NaviGPS always logs NMEA Sentences; but they only show 000,000 as
> position so it will be useless.
> I think looking at the speed displayed on the Track Page might help to see
> if
> you got a lock, but I'm not sure if this always tells that they are
> logging
> too.


I've found that if you start moving first then it can sometimes take it a
very long time for it to get a fix.  If you remain stationary until it gets
a fix then you will be ok.  I don't think I've ever needed to power off and
back on to get a fix.

Etienne
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