Thank you very much Peter. Ron
> On 9 Nov 2014, at 16:57, peter robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ron, > You will need to send the Volkslogger to some-one who can reset the memory > inside the GPS and at the same time replace the internal battery or upgrade > to a new logger. > See post from several years ago from on Aus-Soaring. > > I found this post which indicates that the engine is a Garmin GPS25. > Just to wrap things up, this problem has beep traced to the Garmin GPS > Engine. The GPS25 engine has a battery which maintains some memory and > also runs the Real Time Clock when the device is not in use, recharging > during normal operation. > > When the GPS25 battery is low (which happens more often the older the > logger is), memory in the GPS engine sometimes gets partially corrupted, > in a way that the GPS is not able to detect. > > Therefore, the GPS thinks it is 1,024 weeks (about 19.6 years) before > present date. > > The solution is to replace the GPS battery (in order to reduce the > probability of a re-occurrence), and reset the memory inside the GPS so > that it knows in which 19.6 year epoch it is. This is not something the > user can do. > > It has nothing to do with the Volkslogger Internal Battery, but it is > perhaps worth thinking about taking the opportunity of replacing it > during the repair. > > > Regards > Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Sanders > Sent: Sunday, 9 November 2014 6:56 PM > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > Subject: [Aus-soaring] Volksloggers > > Can anyone tell me why my volksloger reckons yesterday was the 25th march > 1995?? > > Oh i wish it was indeed!! > > ron > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
