Hi, --- In [email protected], Scott Miller <sc...@...> wrote: > > You have to be connected to port A to run the DUMP command. Sounds like > you might have to reset it after all. But it's useful to know what your
By reset, do you mean power-off/power-on, or CMD RESET over-the-air? > setup is. Is there data on port B when you're seeing this problem? Yes, the Globalsat GPS is on port B and outputs NMEA. Once the WX problem occurs, it looks like the GPS doesn't output NMEA anymore but SiRF binary.... I have no idea why. It didn't do that before. It did it again after some time last night. I think the last resort is a factory reset on the GPS and a re-install of the OT2 firmware. Hopefully that will help. > Maybe it's a conflict between the NMEA and Garmin inputs. The Garmin was disconnect from port A when this occured.. Bernard KI6TSF > > Scott > > ki6tsf wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I sent it a CMD DUMP over the air but it did not reply. > > CMD VERSION returned Tracker2 Build 54740. > > > > How should I do the DUMP? Connect the PC serial to the > > OT2 GPS port? Port A is in Garmin mode, port B is Auto (for NMEA). > > I guess the PC should be connected to B @4800 bauds, right? > > > > BTW I now get more weird WX packets, with longitude being garbled: > > > > 2009-11-23 00:27:39 PST: > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.80N/รกรณ_163/65535g63929t-3041P14776h95b31069T2WX > > > > [Invalid uncompressed location] > > > > Could this be RF leaking into the OT2 (or GPS)? I put small ferrites > > bought from you on the end near the GPS, and on the RF coax near the > > transmitter. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Bernard > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com>, > > Scott Miller <scott@> wrote: > > > > > > Yikes. If possible, could you do a DUMP command and send me the > > > results? Without powering the unit down, of course. I want to see if > > > it was a random bit flip or if some buffer overflowed and trashed stuff. > > > > > > I don't know how it'd keep going like that, though. It's supposed to > > > clear the weather flag after transmission and only re-set it if it gets > > > valid weather data. > > > > > > I'll also need to know the firmware build number. I've got to remember > > > to start saving the linker map files for old versions to do this sort of > > > debugging. > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > ki6tsf wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Forgot to add the traces. Those WX messages look weird. > > > > > > > > 2009-11-22 05:57:35 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C > > > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on > > > > 2009-11-22 06:17:39 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.5V 14C > > > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on > > > > 2009-11-22 06:17:39 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_126/850g65428t-873P48059h26b57238T2WX > > > > 2009-11-22 06:27:40 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C > > > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on > > > > 2009-11-22 06:27:41 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_511/64153g63849t-376P31093h67b48059T2WX > > > > 2009-11-22 06:37:42 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C > > > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on > > > > 2009-11-22 06:37:43 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_428/246g63849t2167P62832h39b39321T2WX > > > > 2009-11-22 06:39:12 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C > > > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on > > > > 2009-11-22 06:49:13 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C > > > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on > > > > 2009-11-22 06:49:14 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_511/64153g1354t600P39321h15b61165T2WX > > > > 2009-11-22 06:59:15 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C > > > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on > > > > 2009-11-22 07:09:16 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C > > > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on > > > > 2009-11-22 07:19:18 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C > > > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on > > > > 2009-11-22 07:29:19 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C > > > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on > > > > 2009-11-22 07:29:19 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_511/64169g1354t-1919P6508h94b65535T2WX > > > > 2009-11-22 07:39:20 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C > > > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on > > > > 2009-11-22 07:49:22 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_511/64153g1354t-1871P39321h46b56797T2WX > > > > 2009-11-22 07:59:24 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_511/63850g1354t-2621P13271h50b28398T2WX > > > > 2009-11-22 08:09:25 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C > > > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on > > > > 2009-11-22 08:19:26 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C > > > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on > > > > 2009-11-22 08:19:27 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_511/63897g1354t466P6547h95b30582T2WX > > > > 2009-11-22 08:29:28 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.3V 14C > > > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on > > > > 2009-11-22 08:29:29 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_511/63897g1354t1114P39276h95b13105T2WX > > > > 2009-11-22 08:39:30 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C > > > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on > > > > 2009-11-22 08:39:31 PST: > > > > > > KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_511/63897g1354t2186P35184h15b39321T2WX > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com> > > <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com>, > > > > "ki6tsf" <ki6tsf@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > My OT2 started sending weather reports immediately after each > > > > position report. > > > > > > > > > > There is no NMEA mode in the Config utility, only an AUTO mode for > > > > NMEA GPSes so I suppose the OT2 got confused at some point and set > > > > itself in weather mode when it got unexpected bits from the GPS. > > > > > Or was that excess sunspot activity and a burst of X-ray hit the > > > > wrong bit in the OT2. > > > > > > > > > > The GPS is a Globalsat BR-355 puck with SiRF chipset. A script > > > > initializes some settings in binary mode at startup, then reverts > > it to > > > > NMEA. It's possible the GPS outputs binary during that > > initialization phase. > > > > > > > > > > I'll try a reset, but I am worried this may happen again when I am > > > > not there to look after it. > > > > > > > > > > Bernard KI6TSF > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
