We found in all our pre-tests that turning on the receiver first gave much better results. This is why we put that in the SenseNav manual.
Mary Ellen Earls said the following on 7/2/2008 3:23 PM:
Andy, Yes, I turn the receiver on first. I actually started doing this back in the days of the Earthmate Blue Logger because we are in the desert and it took so long to get a position (sometimes a good 5 to 6 minutes,) so when I got the Holux, I continued to do this. Interestingly in the Voice Sense Nav owner's manual they tell you to switch on the receiver first.I don't remember what I did with Trekker, as I haven't used it in ages. Mary Ellen Earls----- Original Message ----- From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco@xxxxxx>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:41 AMSubject: [gps-talkusers] Re: have a question about acquisition of satellitesThat happens occasionally with trekker, and what I do is to shut down the application and the GPS receiver, and turn on the receiver, and restart the application. When you want to use the system, do you turn on the receiver first? I have found that the system comes up faster if you turn on the receiver, and wait a minute or two before starting the application. Andy -----Original Message----- From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Karen Bailey Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:00 AM To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gps-talkusers] have a question about acquisition of satellites Hello, I turned on my gps and it says acquiring satellites but just sits there for quite a long time. How long should I wait for it to do this? I noticed it's seems easier to get the satellites early but now it's around noon and nothing much comes up. Why is this? Karen
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