Hi, John,I use the Holux 256 in a motor home. The receiver sits beside the side window which has a plastic film on it to darken the window. So far the receiver has acquired a fix and satellites. I have had to plug it in several times as we've traveled, but so far it's not been a problem. The body of the motor home is metal, and the first time I attempted a fix it wouldn't work, but ever since then it has. Good luck with yours. One thing I did try was sticking one of those plastic suckers with a hook on it for hanging sun catchers in a window. I hung the receiver on that. Don't know if that would work in a cab because of whether the window is clean or not.
Kathy
----- Original Message ----- From: John Gassman <johngassman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:06:05 -0700 Subject: [gps-talkusers] satelite acquisition inside a vehicle
I wondered about that but its happened in the last three vehicles I've been in. John At 04:47 PM 10/6/2007, Gil Lutz wrote:John,
There may have been a coating of some kind on the windows of the taxi. I've run into that before and haven't been able to get a signal inside of a vehicle.
Gil
At 05:30 PM 10/6/2007, you wrote:
Kevin, I could do that although after using it today, I'm not sure it was a battery issue.
I signed in three people at disneyland this morning and since I was there I also rode the Matterhorn, space mountain, star Tours and Pirates Of the Caribbean. My mPower enjoyed it as well!! I had no problems acquiring satelites while walking around and Jamie and Mike have done a great job in collecting Pois around the park. By the way, I added the taxi stand in front of the park and will send it in. In any event, I tried acquiring satelites in the cab on the way over to disneyland and also in a truck on the way back home. In both cases, I got the messages indicating that no fix and eventually no satelites could be acquired. I had the receiver near the window so I don't understand why I could not get satelites inside the car and yet I could while outside walking around? This just started happening with a week or so. John At 11:33 AM 10/6/2007, you wrote: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 turnmy receiveron 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 holuxwhich couldbe 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 arenow up andrunning.
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 lookingat how fastit is able to acquire a fix and maintain a good one.
I never used the Serial EarthMate, but did use theBluetooth EarthMateand from time to time I will just do a side-by-sidecomparison and amstill 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 usethis commandquite frequentley because the bluetooth connection may drop for an unknown reason. It is really nice to be able to hit thiscommand whileyou 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 pairedthe 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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