Bill, I am planning on installing my New FA 8000 in my glider this summer ! Do you think the diffrance in power will make a big diffrance as I was planning on...
Only way to know is to fly it, Tim. Results will depend, I suppose, on height above average terrain, topography (lots of nearby digi's here are deeply shaded...
Allen- just got my new MT 8000 from your eBay auction and sat down to program it using my USB to Serial cable and null modem adapter. Powered up the MT with a...
Doc, Open up control panel then system then select hardware then device manager once that is open is go to com ports see what com port your usb device is on...
Doc, I also noticed you said you were using the tt3 software. Go get the Mt8000 software off the web site. I also had to change my usb to com 4 before it would...
Bill, First, you should use a 12 volt power supply to power the unit. It sounds to me that your nine volt may be on the threshold of failure (they are really ...
You may also want to download the AGWPE ham shareware. It will allow you to see and decode packets sent over the air, by plugging a receiver into your PC's...
The 12 v power supply made no difference, except it seems to beacon less often than 5 seconds now. Changing to comm port 2 made no difference, nor did playing...
Which ever setting and cable you are using to program the Micro-Trak 300 will (should at least) program the 8000. You can swap chips with no problems on those...
My bad! In a message dated 1/6/2008 1:00:03 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, vhsproducts@... writes: Pin 3 is connected to pin 2 of the DB9 connector through...
Plot thickens... swapped chips and it reads the new chip fine in the old (300) board (but won't read the old chip in the 8000 board). Problem must therefore...
Now it works! - just soldering the DB9 on was all it took, apparently. Never had this problem playing with the MT300 while the connector was just slipped on,...
What value needs to go here for the Microtrack's rf hardware? I assume the value for manual tx delay should be the same as for auto? Are the recommended delay...
Bill, Excellent! Sir William of Occam was right when he said the simplest explanation is probably the right one! On the first version of Micro-Trak, I used ...
Bill, I would raise the delay from 300 to 400 ms to allow the voltage on the amplifier gate to stabilize, but the other values are all perfectly fine. Allen ...
... PTM: Found another thing too. Originally there is no C in reset. I added a 1uF with 10kOhm (10ms) to the reset and now my device seems to boot better....
... you to ... into your ... Allen- what cabling do I need to go from the radio to the sound card- just a 2-conductor cable with 1/8 male phone plugs on each...
Bill, For the radio to soundcard interface I used a telephone isolation transformer (600 Ohm to 600 Ohm) to eliminate ground loop noise. You can use a ...
Thanks, Allen. I'll have to give that a try. I found a stock RS ABS project box that was a perfect fit for the MT300. I wonder if I will be so fortunate...
I cannot get my Micro-Trak 8000 FA to connect to the config software. I have verified my serial port is functioning properly, but continue to get "No TT3...
First, make sure you are using the MT-8000 FA Config software, not the regular TT3 software. Second, make sure you are using either a serial null modem cable...
I still get the occasional TT3 not found error, but retrying the connect button always works in the end, now that the connections are electrically tight....
I posted a "look at me, guys - I'm gonna appear in real time on aprs.fi!" message to my airplane buddies, then took a flight to 7200 feet for 45 minutes to try...
Bill, The GPS should light solid red when it is "synched", if its blinking, its not locked. . Do you get a solid green light on the MT board? If you chose the ...
FlyinDoc, I have not followed this discussion so I hope I am noy just covering old ground. I fly a Bonanza, N629T, and have had the same (poor) results with a...
Allen- I do have "only send valid" selected. I will have to look over my shoulder in flight to see if I have a steady red LED. I verified the flashing LED on...
If I may help, the blinking light on the Byonics GPS means it can not find enough satellites to get a fix on your position. In this case, you will not transmit...
