It should only be serial data on a port set to AUTO mode that'd appear as weather data. It'd be useful to see a DUMP output from it after it's sent a bad weather packet.
Scott Graham wrote: > > > Port A is connected to one of the Deluo SiRF heads and set to Auto and > Port B is connected to a Nuvi350 and set to Garmin mode. When parked the > Nuvi is not on, but the OT2 is and does beacon every 30 minutes. Radio > is a Yaesu 411, although I also use a 301 at times. > > I just recalled one thing. About the same time (last month) I added a > 2x20 LCD display on the dash via a 2 ft long ribbon cable to the OT2m. > This is on even when parked. I have been using 4x20 LCD displays in the > house connected to other OT2's since last year, and had not noticed > anything happening; although for the most part the OT2's were monitoring > and not sending out beacons. I use the 2x20 in the vehicle since the > other ones are too large - also the most relevant data is in first two > lines. > > Is there any possiblity that spurious signals are being picked up by the > ribbon cable and somehow being fed back through the MONO8 connector and > being interpreted as telemetry? > > This is not all that serious since only very few packets get corrupted, > but is kind of interesting and I wondered if anyone else had similar > occurances. I will try it with and without the LCD cabling and see if > that might be the culprit. > > Graham VE6GW > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com>, > Scott Miller <sc...@...> wrote: > > > > Hi Graham, > > > > It shouldn't be related to the WS1. What are the port modes set to, and > > what is the unit connected to? > > > > Scott > > > > Graham wrote: > > > > > > > > > Scott: > > > > > > A couple of weeks ago when checking for weather stations near my WS1 > > > (VE6GW-4, I noticed that the OT2m in my vehicle (VE6GW) was > registering > > > as a weather station recording wind speeds like 406km/hour! It seems > > > that occasional packets (once every few days) get corrupted and > somehow > > > appear as weather packets. > > > > > > Example raw packets are given below for a day or so ago. > > > > > > 2010-06-14 11:30:04 UTC: > > > > VE6GW>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,VA6KRM-10:/141130z5330.80N/11332.00Wk000/000/A=002269 > > > > > 12.3V 16C > > > 2010-06-14 11:30:04 UTC: > > > > VE6GW>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,VA6KRM-10:!5330.80N/11332.00W_511/63897g819t2801p53392h81b52058T2WX > > > 2010-06-14 12:00:05 UTC: > VE6GW>APOT21,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,VA6KRM-10:>OT2D-2 > > > > > > Is there possibly some interference between my WS1 and the OT2m, or is > > > there a possible quirk in the OT2m? I have reloaded OT2 firmware and > > > changed settings several times since I used the unit as a > digipeater at > > > the Banff Jasper Relay a week ago (more on some other issues I found > > > later). > > > > > > The WS1 has been functioning outside on my garage roof since 1 April, > > > and my OT2m on the vehicle in the garage beacons when parked, but I > had > > > not noticed this phenomena prior to mid May. > > > > > > Graham VE6GW > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
