Re: [time-nuts] Garmin 18x, new firmware Ver 3.60, NOT recommended for Time Nuts!

2011-06-16 Thread David J Taylor
Folks, The new Garmin 3.70 firmware which corrects the problem is now available here: https://buy.garmin.com/shop/store/downloadsDetails.jsp?id=4055product=010-00321-51cID=170pID=223 Cheers, David -- SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements Web:

Re: [time-nuts] Garmin 18x, new firmware Ver 3.60, NOT recommended for Time Nuts!

2011-06-16 Thread Joseph Gray
Thanks for letting us know. Joe Gray W5JG On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 12:19 AM, David J Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: Folks, The new Garmin 3.70 firmware which corrects the problem is now available here:  

Re: [time-nuts] Garmin 18x, new firmware Ver 3.60, NOT recommended for Time Nuts!

2011-06-16 Thread Kiwi Geoff
David Taylor wrote: The new Garmin 3.70 firmware which corrects the problem I agree, the new version 3.70 at last does not suffer from excessive NMEA latency. It looks like our messages to Garmin finally got through David. Last night I did a 12 Hr test of the NMEA latency with the new 3.70

Re: [time-nuts] Garmin 18x, new firmware Ver 3.60, NOT recommended for Time Nuts!

2011-06-16 Thread David J Taylor
Thanks for letting us know. Joe Gray W5JG .. and I had also meant to thank those who reported the problem up to Garmin, helped in the analysis, and suggested work-rounds. 73, David GM8ARV -- SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements Web: http://www.satsignal.eu

Re: [time-nuts] Garmin 18x, new firmware Ver 3.60, NOT recommended for Time Nuts!

2011-03-02 Thread David J Taylor
Folks, I got this reply this morning from Garmin UK: Thanks for your reply at this time we have not been made aware on a release date for any up coming software updates. The problem you have been having is something which has been passed onto our engineers in the US so they are aware of it.

Re: [time-nuts] Garmin 18x, new firmware Ver 3.60, NOT recommended for Time Nuts!

2011-02-17 Thread Kiwi Geoff
David Taylor wrote: Have you heard anything from Garmin?  I take it you have reported the issue. I have only received an automated reply from the Garmin site so far David: Category Or Device: GPS 18 Serial Problem Description: I

Re: [time-nuts] Garmin 18x, new firmware Ver 3.60, NOT recommended for Time Nuts!

2011-02-17 Thread David J Taylor
David Taylor wrote: Have you heard anything from Garmin? I take it you have reported the issue. I have only received an automated reply from the Garmin site so far David: [] Regards, Geoff (NZ). In the absence of a further reply, may I suggest that you report the problem directly to

Re: [time-nuts] Garmin 18x, new firmware Ver 3.60, NOT recommended for Time Nuts!

2011-02-17 Thread jim s
I am curious what software and version you are running with these. On 2/17/2011 3:32 AM, David J Taylor wrote: David Taylor wrote: snip ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] Garmin 18x, new firmware Ver 3.60, NOT recommended for Time Nuts!

2011-02-17 Thread David J Taylor
From: jim s j...@jwsss.com Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 7:12 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Garmin 18x, new firmware Ver 3.60, NOT recommended for Time Nuts! I am curious what software and version you are running

[time-nuts] Garmin 18x, new firmware Ver 3.60, NOT recommended for Time Nuts!

2011-02-16 Thread Kiwi Geoff
Hello fellow Garmin 18x users, About 2 months ago, I wrote a message on this list - that my Garmin 18x was 1 second slow to UTC. With the help of a few other kind folk here, we came to the conclusion that the only firmware version a Time Nut should use with the 18x is 3.20 I noticed today that

Re: [time-nuts] Garmin 18x, new firmware Ver 3.60, NOT recommended for Time Nuts!

2011-02-16 Thread David J Taylor
Hello fellow Garmin 18x users, [] I noticed today that Garmin have a new 18x firmware version, release date = GPS 18x PC/LVC Ver. 3.60 as of Jan 04, 2011 ( Fixed factory firmware flash capabilities. ) [] It is very odd, clearly Garmin are adding more stuff