TTM5 - Losing signal

Dansco · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 19, 2005 Posts: 23

Well I recently bought a PBT-111 GPS unit on ebay and was having problems getting a fix. I was told it might take a while so after several attempts I took it to cricket yesterday and it actually WORKED...

Great but it soon crashed (Tom Tom on my Nokia 6260 that is) when we were leaving to go home and now I can't get a fix again.

My question is that if you make a first "fix" it should then be quick to pick up again right

Has it lost it's fix coz of the crash or does the unit not save it Confused

TIA Dan

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Polstar GPS - http://www.polstargps.com/products/pbt-111.htm

Dansco · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 19, 2005 Posts: 23

30 odd looks but not one reply...

Surely someone knows Question

markyhedgehog73 · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 12:27 am Post subject:

Hi there
for all gps receivers there is a time for first fix after initial startup of the receiver
1 is a cold start
2 is a warm start and
3 is a hot start this is dependant on whether or not you turned the receiver off 10 secs ago or ten mins ago
as for the crashing of tt i cannot see this being down to your receiver but more likely just a glitch in your setup maybe Confused

Dansco · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 19, 2005 Posts: 23

markyhedgehog73 · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:03 pm Post subject:

tt does load up quicker after the initial setup of the application but if your chipset in the receiver is of a lower quality then time to first fix will always be slow especially on a cold start i have known it take up to 20mins with some receivers Confused

have you got tt up and running again without connection to the receiver?
also if its possible for you, could you leave the receiver on in your vehicle so its always on and then when you run tt it will make the connection as and when?

Dansco · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 19, 2005 Posts: 23

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