You have to be connected to port A to run the DUMP command.  Sounds like 
you might have to reset it after all.  But it's useful to know what your 
setup is.  Is there data on port B when you're seeing this problem? 
Maybe it's a conflict between the NMEA and Garmin inputs.

Scott

ki6tsf wrote:
>  
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I sent it a CMD DUMP over the air but it did not reply.
> CMD VERSION returned Tracker2 Build 54740.
> 
> How should I do the DUMP? Connect the PC serial to the
> OT2 GPS port? Port A is in Garmin mode, port B is Auto (for NMEA).
> I guess the PC should be connected to B @4800 bauds, right?
> 
> BTW I now get more weird WX packets, with longitude being garbled:
> 
> 2009-11-23 00:27:39 PST: 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.80N/รกรณ_163/65535g63929t-3041P14776h95b31069T2WX
>  
> [Invalid uncompressed location]
> 
> Could this be RF leaking into the OT2 (or GPS)? I put small ferrites 
> bought from you on the end near the GPS, and on the RF coax near the 
> transmitter.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bernard
> 
> --- In [email protected] <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com>, 
> Scott Miller <sc...@...> wrote:
>  >
>  > Yikes. If possible, could you do a DUMP command and send me the
>  > results? Without powering the unit down, of course. I want to see if
>  > it was a random bit flip or if some buffer overflowed and trashed stuff.
>  >
>  > I don't know how it'd keep going like that, though. It's supposed to
>  > clear the weather flag after transmission and only re-set it if it gets
>  > valid weather data.
>  >
>  > I'll also need to know the firmware build number. I've got to remember
>  > to start saving the linker map files for old versions to do this sort of
>  > debugging.
>  >
>  > Scott
>  >
>  > ki6tsf wrote:
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > Forgot to add the traces. Those WX messages look weird.
>  > >
>  > > 2009-11-22 05:57:35 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C
>  > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on
>  > > 2009-11-22 06:17:39 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.5V 14C
>  > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on
>  > > 2009-11-22 06:17:39 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_126/850g65428t-873P48059h26b57238T2WX
>  > > 2009-11-22 06:27:40 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C
>  > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on
>  > > 2009-11-22 06:27:41 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_511/64153g63849t-376P31093h67b48059T2WX
>  > > 2009-11-22 06:37:42 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C
>  > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on
>  > > 2009-11-22 06:37:43 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_428/246g63849t2167P62832h39b39321T2WX
>  > > 2009-11-22 06:39:12 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C
>  > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on
>  > > 2009-11-22 06:49:13 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C
>  > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on
>  > > 2009-11-22 06:49:14 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_511/64153g1354t600P39321h15b61165T2WX
>  > > 2009-11-22 06:59:15 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C
>  > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on
>  > > 2009-11-22 07:09:16 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C
>  > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on
>  > > 2009-11-22 07:19:18 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C
>  > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on
>  > > 2009-11-22 07:29:19 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C
>  > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on
>  > > 2009-11-22 07:29:19 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_511/64169g1354t-1919P6508h94b65535T2WX
>  > > 2009-11-22 07:39:20 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C
>  > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on
>  > > 2009-11-22 07:49:22 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_511/64153g1354t-1871P39321h46b56797T2WX
>  > > 2009-11-22 07:59:24 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_511/63850g1354t-2621P13271h50b28398T2WX
>  > > 2009-11-22 08:09:25 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C
>  > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on
>  > > 2009-11-22 08:19:26 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C
>  > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on
>  > > 2009-11-22 08:19:27 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_511/63897g1354t466P6547h95b30582T2WX
>  > > 2009-11-22 08:29:28 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.3V 14C
>  > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on
>  > > 2009-11-22 08:29:29 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_511/63897g1354t1114P39276h95b13105T2WX
>  > > 2009-11-22 08:39:30 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W>12.4V 14C
>  > > GPS drift test: elevation mask>20, DOP<8, WAAS=on, SN=on
>  > > 2009-11-22 08:39:31 PST:
>  > > 
> KI6TSF-9>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,W6YX-5:!3723.79N/12205.97W_511/63897g1354t2186P35184h15b39321T2WX
>  > >
>  > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com> 
> <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com>,
>  > > "ki6tsf" <ki6tsf@> wrote:
>  > > >
>  > > > Hi,
>  > > >
>  > > > My OT2 started sending weather reports immediately after each
>  > > position report.
>  > > >
>  > > > There is no NMEA mode in the Config utility, only an AUTO mode for
>  > > NMEA GPSes so I suppose the OT2 got confused at some point and set
>  > > itself in weather mode when it got unexpected bits from the GPS.
>  > > > Or was that excess sunspot activity and a burst of X-ray hit the
>  > > wrong bit in the OT2.
>  > > >
>  > > > The GPS is a Globalsat BR-355 puck with SiRF chipset. A script
>  > > initializes some settings in binary mode at startup, then reverts 
> it to
>  > > NMEA. It's possible the GPS outputs binary during that 
> initialization phase.
>  > > >
>  > > > I'll try a reset, but I am worried this may happen again when I am
>  > > not there to look after it.
>  > > >
>  > > > Bernard KI6TSF
>  > > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  >
> 
> 



------------------------------------

Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracker2/

<*> Your email settings:
    Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracker2/join
    (Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
    [email protected] 
    [email protected]

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    [email protected]

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

Reply via email to