My 204III worked flawlessly for years and then seemed to degrade slowly. I can't explain it. Maybe the RF environment got noisier and the receiver was not handling it well.
I'm glad I updated to the BR355, it's much smaller and rock solid reliable. There is a tiny flashing red LED on the edge. There is one minor gotchya with the GlobalSat units. They have a "feature" that they do not update the output GPS coordinates unless the unit is moving a few MPH. The intent is that when used in a vehicle, the user doesn't see the vehicle position dither when sitting at a stop light or in your own driveway. This might be configurable via software, but with the PS2 interface, I wasn't able to configure the unit. I know this is possible as another user here posted cable building instructions to convert it to a standard serial port. Alas, my laptop has no serial port. It was just more trouble than it was worth, and my unit functioned plug-n-play. So if you liked seeing the coordinates change slightly as the scroll across the Nixichron tubes, you'll miss that with the BR355. I don't know when it does update the GPS coordinates, but they are correct on my clock. Maybe just on power-up. Terry On Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 3:29:51 AM UTC-5, Nick wrote: > > On Wednesday, 21 March 2018 06:54:02 UTC+4, Terry S wrote: >> >> I switched to the GSTAR IV for my Nixichron. It's been way more reliable >> than the HaiCom ever was. >> > > Interesting - I've never had a HaiCom 204III fail on me, They're still > available - why not just get a new one? > > Nick > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/663bdd67-0044-4a15-8265-41013da53c1d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
