Hi gurus, I have posted this in another forum as well and would like feedback from anyone who can help.
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Thanks to Alby I have firmware update Version 1.62 (B1115) on my Navi.
Can someone plesae advise me of any settings that are a must and their value, here is what I have done. I have followd MTbests instructions and the ones mentioned here are the ones I guessed needed to be looked at.
SETTINGS -
Unit - NM
DOP - 0
Interface - NMEA by default
Bluetooth - Off
NMEA BIN ALIGN - off by default
Speed average time - 1 sec
Speed genie - Off as I have no idea what this is
DATA LOGGER -
Interval - off by default
Min speed - 1 kts
MEMORY CARD -
Min speed - 3 kts
Thanks and cheers gurus
GT
#@%$^^ old age, swear I just relied to this, must have hit the wrong button!
OK I'll have another go.
More thoughts.
when you record .sbn files to the memory card, you need to read the data off the card with a card reader, "navilink" doesn't recognise the .sbn files in the GT11
"Datalogger" continually puts the latest data at the top of it's file, dropping the oldest off the bottom, so there's no need to clear it, like you had to with the old "track" file. If you want to import that to computer, you just have to hit "save to card". It could take quite a while, you'll see a progress bar come up. When that's finished you can read the .sbp file off the card
Hey Decrepit,
Sorry for the late reply, great help with that info mate, I used it today and all is swell
Good winds to you mate.
Cheers GT
Updated to v1.62 B1115 on my own NAVi today.
Followed the instructions on MtBest site, but have a question regarding setting the NMEA ITEMS; MtBest only mentions setting SBN to 1sec (which I've done).
When I set up my NAVi for v1.5 last year I followed Roo's instructions (as per "Roo's NAVi GPS user guide" thread) which involved setting NMEA ITEMS GGA, GGL, GSA, GSV, RMC and VTG to 1sec.
Should I be doing this for v1.62 B1115 as well?
Think you only have the one option, if you set "SBN" it cancels out the others.
If you set the others, they cancel out SBN.
Roo's guide came out before binary logging was available (SBN).
Binary is supposed to be more reliable, so setting SBN to 1sec is the preferred option.
Ta muchly Decrepit.
I did notice that when I set SBN, it became highlighted in the display and all the other (previously highlighted) formats instantly lost theirs - your post explains why nicely - and also (I'm guessing) why the file sizes are so much smaller and you can therefore fit much longer sessions onto the DataLogger and SD Card, seeing as (it sounds like) you no longer need to record these other formats.
Cheers!
