Ok, I just implemented all of yall's suggestions at 0025 Z. Thanks and I will watch it for the next couple of days to see how it does. I do think bumping the low speed up to 7 mph helped the smart beaconing problem that I had. Dan
--- In [email protected], "dan" <wd0...@...> wrote: > > Ok thanks Scott. I thought I had the message set for every 3rd one. I will go > back in and change that to 5th. I also moved the low mileage to 7 mph last > nite, up from 5. That might have been my problem. I will notice tomorrow, > when we travel, what beacon rates I see. I have it set for every 60 seconds. > I did not know about the time stamp, will get that off too. I really > appreciate the information. I have no elmer to assist here. As you know, I > have been playing with this stuff for a year, just trying to dig up stuff on > my own. > dan > > --- In [email protected], Scott Miller <scott@> wrote: > > > > That's a really long comment to be sending with every transmission and > > it'll reduce the number of packets that actually get received. The > > shorter the packet, the better its chances of making it through. If you > > need a long comment like that, set it to every 5 or 10 transmissions. > > Also, timestamps are almost never needed - the packets are timestamped > > when they're received. Turning the 'time' option off will save more > > bandwidth. > > > > Altitude is also probably unnecessary for a ground vehicle. > > > > What beacon rates are you seeing at different speeds? > > > > Scott > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > This email message is a notification to let you know that > > > a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the tracker2 > > > group. > > > > > > File : /OT.cfg > > > Uploaded by : wd0afq <wd0afq@ <mailto:wd0afq%40yahoo.com>> > > > Description : WD0AFQ settings > > > > > > You can access this file at the URL: > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracker2/files/OT.cfg > > > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracker2/files/OT.cfg> > > > > > > To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit: > > > http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/members/forms/general.htmlfiles > > > > > > <http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/members/forms/general.htmlfiles> > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > wd0afq <wd0afq@ <mailto:wd0afq%40yahoo.com>> > > > > > > > > > > > >
