[aprssig] Garmin GPS35

Wed Sep 28 05:49:59 EDT 2005

From cold they can take 5 minutes to lock i have seen this 

On Wednesday 28 September 2005 19:38, Andrew Rich wrote:
> 
> Your GPS does not have a location to produce - see the "V"
> 
> Where are u ?
> 
> In a shed ?
> 
> 
> On Wednesday 28 September 2005 16:49, N0YXV - Stan Coleman wrote:
> > I don't think the GPS could be full because I've RESET the unit several
> > times as well as cleared out its memory. I've even tried upgrading the
> > firmware to the latest version. Below is what I got in strings tonight.
> > I'll have to try adding the $PGRMT sentence to its output tomorrow. 
> > 
> > Here is an output from one of my sessions.
> > 
> > $GPGGA,001446,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*48
> > $GPRMC,001448,V,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,000.0,000.0,280905,007.2,W,N*09
> > $GPGGA,001448,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*46
> > $GPRMC,001450,V,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,000.0,000.0,280905,007.2,W,N*00
> > $GPGGA,001450,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*4F
> > $GPRMC,001452,V,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,000.0,000.0,280905,007.2,W,N*02
> > $GPGGA,001452,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*4D
> > $GPRMC,001454,V,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,000.0,000.0,280905,007.2,W,N*04
> > $GPGGA,001454,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*4B
> > $GPRMC,001456,V,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,000.0,000.0,280905,007.2,W,N*06
> > $GPGGA,001456,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*49
> > $GPRMC,001458,V,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,000.0,000.0,280905,007.2,W,N*08
> > $GPGGA,001458,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*47
> > $GPRMC,001500,V,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,000.0,000.0,280905,007.2,W,N*04
> > $GPGGA,001500,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*4B
> > $GPRMC,001502,V,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,000.0,000.0,280905,007.2,W,N*06
> > $GPGGA,001502,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*49
> > $GPRMC,001504,V,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,000.0,000.0,280905,007.2,W,N*00
> > $GPGGA,001504,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*4F
> > $GPRMC,001506,V,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,000.0,000.0,280905,007.2,W,N*02
> > $GPGGA,001506,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*4D
> > $GPRMC,001508,V,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,000.0,000.0,280905,007.2,W,N*0C
> > $GPGGA,001508,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*43
> > $GPRMC,001510,V,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,000.0,000.0,280905,007.2,W,N*05
> > $GPGGA,001510,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*4A
> > $GPRMC,001512,V,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,000.0,000.0,280905,007.2,W,N*07
> > $GPGGA,001512,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*48
> > $GPRMC,001514,V,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,000.0,000.0,280905,007.2,W,N*01
> > $GPGGA,001514,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*4E
> > $GPRMC,001516,V,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,000.0,000.0,280905,007.2,W,N*03
> > $GPGGA,001516,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*4C
> > $GPRMC,001518,V,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,000.0,000.0,280905,007.2,W,N*0D
> > $GPGGA,001518,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*42
> > $GPRMC,001520,V,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,000.0,000.0,280905,007.2,W,N*06
> > $GPGGA,001520,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*49
> > $GPRMC,001522,V,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,000.0,000.0,280905,007.2,W,N*04
> > $GPGGA,001522,0000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0,00,,,M,,M,,*4B
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org 
> > > [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Rich
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 11:04 PM
> > > To: TAPR APRS Mailing List; 'TAPR APRS Mailing List'
> > > Subject: RE: [aprssig] Garmin GPS35
> > > 
> > > 
> > > A GPS will send the same location over and over again because it is 
> > > the last known location until such times as it works out where it is.
> > > 
> > > You can do 1 of two things
> > > 
> > > 1) Wait and see if it comes good and knows where it is
> > > 2) Throw it in the rubbish
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > > I don't know if this is the fix, but I remember sometime back
> > > > > a similar problem with a Garmin where the "Bread crumbs" 
> > > > > tracking were used up.  If you reset the Bread Crumbs or 
> > > > > reverse track or what ever it's called you should start 
> > > > > tracking again.
> > > > 
> > > > I think the GPS35 is one of the older 'mouse' type units 
> > > with no user 
> > > > interface.
> > > > 
> > > > Scott
> > > > N1VG
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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