I believe the label is still on my puck, I will look this evening.

Lithium batteries are finicky little devices. They like to be stored 
depleted and charged just before use. Staying charged all the time is 
probably the worst case scenario for these little cells. I would not be 
surprised to see them eventually fail in droves. 

Maybe the configuration is maintained in a capacitor? Do you know for a 
fact there is a lithium cell?

At one time PC's had "PS2" ports and serial ports, both of which could be 
directly adapted to talk to the Haicomm units. I distinctly recall 
tinkering with one at one point, perhaps during some similar discussions 
with Jeff. I may still have the SiRF configuration software installed on an 
old PC.

Terry

On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 1:00:08 PM UTC-5, Sonar Tech wrote:
>
> Unsure about that.  The HI-204III puck it allegedly waterproof, so I 
> imagine they glued it shut all the way around.  Also, there's no FCC ID on 
> my puck, so I can't look up the internal photos on the FCC's web site.  
> Anyone know the FCC ID for the HI-204III puck?  Also, my battery isn't 
> failing, per se, it's just not holding a charge for months.  I don't know 
> what it's rated at performance-wise, but I know my puck still holds a 
> charge (and thus retains configuration data) for at least a few weeks.  Now 
> that I've made the programming cable and have figured out how Jeff 
> programmed to puck, I'm way less panicky about this part failing.  If the 
> clock internals die, however, I'll have quite the emotional episode!
>
>
> On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 9:27:39 AM UTC-7, Terry S wrote:
>
>> Very comprehensive -- thank you. Any info on replacing the internal 
>> battery?
>>
>

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