Thanks Bob, I believe the status screen only shows the first three sats. It may get more, but it doesn’t report them. There does not seem to be any way of getting more info from the web interface. The serial interface is poorly documented — there may be more info available from it, but they aren’t telling.
I don’t know if it’s relevant, but the manual says: > • GPS Module Specifications > • Based on SiRF GSC3e Lpx chipset. > • 20 channel low power receiver module > • Sensitivity: -144dBm, C/N0=26dBHz > • GPS Time Precision: <1us, typical +/- 300ns ref UTC. Perhaps you can help me interpret that… I have a south-facing window I can try. I’ll move it there and see if the db report gets better. Rick On Nov 9, 2014, at 2:27 PM, Bob Camp <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > On a normal GPS based gizmo, you should be seeing 6 to 8 satellites just > about all the time. Carrier to noise ratios typically are in the > 40 db > range. You seem to be “antenna challenged”. > > If you are in the northern hemisphere, a view to the north is not of much > use. The prime viewing area is all south of you based on the way the sat > orbits are set up. > > Bob > >> On Nov 9, 2014, at 4:49 PM, Rick Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Right. I did the reset to factory defaults jumper thing and it came back to >> life. I’m using it now with the default setup. >> >> I got a reply from somebody named Doug at css-timemachines suggesting that I >> use a different browser (I had been using Safari on my desktop Mac) so I >> switched to Chrome (still on the Mac) and now it seems to be a bit more >> friendly. >> >> In particular, it reports: >> >> Signal Strength: Satellite 1: 32 dB, Satellite 2: 31 dB, Satellite 3: 30 >> dB >> >> Can anybody tell if that’s good or bad? I have the antenna taped up against >> a window with a good view of the sky to the North-East: not too many trees >> in the way of a clear view out over the ocean — but somewhat occluded to the >> North-West: a low tree-covered ridge up to about 15 degrees above the >> horizon — and the bulk of the house in the way to the South. Is there a >> better way? >> >> I’ll report here as I explore further over the next week. >> >> Rick >> >> On Nov 9, 2014, at 2:21 AM, David C. Partridge >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> If you’re referring to this: >>> >>> I think he’s referring to section 4.3 "Resetting to Factory Defaults" >> >>>> You also have to reboot after a PW change ... >>> >>> Regards, >>> David Partridge >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
