John,
What about just charging your receiver after a days of use? This should
resolve the battery issue. I tend to carry a spare battery in situations
like this.
Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Gassman" <johngassman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 4:57 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: I'm amazed!
> The other day when I was on my way to Phoenix, I tried to turn my receiver
> on and no luck. I did everything mentioned in Kevin's message below and
> still no satelites. I came to the conclusion that my battery was dead in
> the Holux and that's what it must have been because when I got home and
> charged it I acquired my satelites right away.
> I wish there was a way to get a battery reading from the holux which could
> be seen with the braille display or spoken on the mPower.
> John
> At 09:24 PM 10/2/2007, Kevin Chao wrote:
>>Peggy,
>>
>>I am sure that many will benefit from this message, so I figure that
>>instead
>>of sending it privately that I send it to the list. This is probably the
>>most critical thing to understand in getting up and running with GPS.
>>
>>I will outline what the various messages mean:
>>
>>no fix, acquiring satellites
>>-At the moment your reciever hasn't picked up any satellites, get in a
>>clear
>>open area and wait about 30 seconds.
>>
>>Receiver not detected press backspace with r to reconnect or v for
>>virtual.
>>-Here is where you would want to use the reconnect command. Another
>>situation where you might want to use the reconnect command is if you are
>>exploring in virtual mode then decide to switch to GPS mode, you can then
>>switch on the reciever, hit the backspace b command and you are now up and
>>running.
>>
>>If upon entry you receive the message about turn on bluetooth receiver.
>>-Here you could turn on your receiver and press C to connect to your
>>receiver. If it still doesn't connect, make sure bluetooth is on within
>>KeySoft.
>>
>>If upon entry, you get the message about make sure your receiver is
>>active.
>>-Make sure that the reciever is paired and active within the KeySoft
>>bluetooth connectivity menu. Then you cna go back into the program and
>>press
>>the backspace b command.
>>
>>Sorry if this is a lot to absorb, but this is just one of the quirks of
>>bluetooth as it isn't the most stable thing on the BrailleNote.
>>
>>Kevin
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Peggy Kern" <kernsac@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:47 PM
>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: I'm amazed!
>>
>>
>> > So if it looses a connection, do you just get the "no fix, acquiring
>> > satellites" thing? I'll have to read more carefully about what to do
>> > after resets and stuff, just so I don't find myself out and about
>> > somewhere with a lost fix, panicking. <grin>
>> >
>> > Peggy
>> > http://kernsac.livejournal.com/
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Kevin Chao" <g.unit89@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:41 PM
>> > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: I'm amazed!
>> >
>> >
>> >> Peggy,
>> >>
>> >> Yeah, the M-1000 is quite something, especially at looking at how fast
>> >> it
>> >> is able to acquire a fix and maintain a good one.
>> >>
>> >> I never used the Serial EarthMate, but did use the Bluetooth EarthMate
>> >> and from time to time I will just do a side-by-side comparison and am
>> >> still astonished at the results. The Earthmate will take quite longer
>> >> to
>> >> pull in satellites and if it does it will only pull in 3 at the most
>> >> while the M-1000 pulls in 10 easily within a matter of 30 or so
>> >> seconds.
>> >>
>> >> It turns out that there is a one-handed keystroke for the backsspace
>> >> with
>> >> r command and that is backspace with b. I find that I use this command
>> >> quite frequentley because the bluetooth connection may drop for an
>> >> unknown reason. It is really nice to be able to hit this command while
>> >> you are walking out the door and you are golden afterwards.
>> >>
>> >> I think other than knowing that single command there isn't much that
>> >> you
>> >> shouldn't figure out just from using it.
>> >>
>> >> Kevin
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Peggy Kern" <kernsac@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:30 PM
>> >> Subject: [gps-talkusers] I'm amazed!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Well, I still haven't left the house, but I just paired the receiver,
>> >>> and set my GPS program to use the Bluetooth receiver. I'm sitting
>> >>> here
>> >>> inside my house, and as soon as I entered the program, I got an
>> >>> instant
>> >>> fix, with where I am, and a good fix! It was amazing! I looked in
>> >>> the
>> >>> documentation and committed backspace with r to memory, in case I
>> >>> lose a
>> >>> connection. Is there anything else I should commit to memory, so I
>> >>> don't go into panic mode if I'm out and about and lose a connection?
>> >>> I'm sitting here in amazement!
>> >>>
>> >>> Peggy
>> >>> http://kernsac.livejournal.com/
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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