Yes. I need to finish verifying the latest board rev and order a large quantity, but everything's looking good so far. Scott...
15323
dantez_e
Mar 7, 2013 3:23 am
Hi All, Spent a few hours on this last night pulling my hair out so I am hoping someone might be able to help. OpenTracker USB connected using the "Tracker...
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Scott Miller
n1vg
Mar 7, 2013 4:07 am
The HT jumper should be set. Also, make sure the connector goes in all the way. The factory got the overmold slightly wrong and we trim the excess before they...
15325
dantez_e
Mar 7, 2013 7:51 am
Scott, It looks like this may have been the issue. I used a sharp knife and gently cut away a few mm of the plastic overmold. It looks like that has solved the...
15326
watchtinker
Mar 7, 2013 4:02 pm
Hi Scott - I believe you could use dummy loads in place of antennas on the repeater since you are presumably in close proximity to the repeater. Michael...
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Scott Miller
n1vg
Mar 7, 2013 4:40 pm
Glad to hear it. Sorry for the trouble. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to coordinate manufacturing of those things when no one who has the tooling does...
15328
chris.ronk
Mar 7, 2013 7:23 pm
I bought two tracker 2s almost 3 years ago. I also bought 2 GPS units to go with it. I've been holding out hope that someday a firmware would be released...
15329
Jason KG4WSV
joeuser66
Mar 7, 2013 7:32 pm
... Which GPS units? -Jason kg4wsv...
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Fred Hillhouse
Broncus
Mar 7, 2013 7:41 pm
Have you been following to group? There has been new development on the Tracker2. Is your particular interest mentioned as part of the discussion? If not,...
15331
Scott Miller
n1vg
Mar 7, 2013 8:52 pm
What features are you waiting on? Scott...
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James Ewen
ve6srv
Mar 8, 2013 1:28 am
... Thousands of people have been using their OT2 units for many years now. I have 7 of them out in the field in use, and even more OT3 unit as well. ... What...
15333
thedeer_slayer
Mar 8, 2013 7:41 am
Anyone ever tried to use the ArgentData GPS with a computer. I tried to use mine with Microsoft MapPoint, and the computer won't even recognize the GPS. I've...
15334
zl1vfo
Mar 8, 2013 7:55 am
Not to hijack the thread or anything, but I'd really like the ability to do Viscous Digipeating, a la <http://wiki.ham.fi/Viscous_APRS_Digipeater> Its very...
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Marcel S
ki6qdj
Mar 8, 2013 8:30 am
I assume you are giving it 5V through either a USB port or an external power supply. You should see a blinking red light inside the GPS puck indicating...
15336
ke4nyv
Mar 8, 2013 1:05 pm
Paul, Are you supplying the GPS some kind of external +5VDC power on pin 4 of the GPS? Â The unit won't even power up without this. Jason Rausch - KE4NYVRPC...
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Wes Freeman
cycliste3
Mar 8, 2013 6:12 pm
Scott, Chris has apparently never been able to get his Nuvi350 to talk to his tracker. He gets a "feature not supported" message. There were a lot of messages ...
15338
Tom Hayward
kd7lxl
Mar 8, 2013 6:19 pm
... Not to hijack the thread or anything, but I'd really like the ability to ... Do you find that transmitting is a significant portion of your power budget?...
15339
Scott Miller
n1vg
Mar 8, 2013 6:56 pm
It needs 5v power, which your PC isn't going to provide. You could wire up an adapter and steal 5v power from a keyboard or mouse connector, or a USB port. ...
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Scott Miller
n1vg
Mar 8, 2013 7:55 pm
That sounds like maybe the wrong cable. I'll need more information on the setup. Scott...
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James Ewen
ve6srv
Mar 8, 2013 8:46 pm
... What's your network load? Any packet coming in with a valid hop request will trigger a digipeat. If you are operating a fill-in digipeater in an area where...
15342
Tom Hayward
kd7lxl
Mar 8, 2013 8:56 pm
... The places I have considered installing solar digipeaters are all out in the boonies--areas where there are zero permanent APRS users, and maybe a few...
15343
James Ewen
ve6srv
Mar 8, 2013 9:13 pm
... So you are creating RX only digipeaters basically. One would need to use the specialized aliases to be able to get packets back into the area. ... Most...
15344
Paul Martin
thedeer_slayer
Mar 8, 2013 11:18 pm
Thanks to all for responding. I have checked with a Volt meter and found that I am not getting any voltage to pin 5. Does anyone know of an easy way to...
15345
James Ewen
ve6srv
Mar 8, 2013 11:26 pm
... I like to use wire... it works pretty well for making current follow a desired path. You could make an adaptor that fits between the laptop and the GPS ...
15346
Keith VE7GDH
ve7gdh
Mar 8, 2013 11:29 pm
Paul KJ4YOJ wrote... ... I made my own adapter with a 5V regulator on a small cct board, but Byonics has adapters available. I haven't gone looking to see if...
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Scott Miller
n1vg
Mar 8, 2013 11:31 pm
Pin 5 is ground. You want power on pin 4. You can take power from a keyboard port. Scott...
15348
zl1vfo
Mar 10, 2013 12:18 am
Where the digi is, is on the edge of a city, so it will hear a reasonable amount of traffic. The site USED to be mains powered, until the Aircraft NDB beacon...
15349
captnkliegle
Mar 11, 2013 8:40 pm
I've been running a solar WX digi for years, using an HT (very old Icom HT) makes RX consumption very low, but still 5W on TX into a good high gain antenna....
15350
francois.rogez
Mar 14, 2013 5:52 pm
I am looking for advice/examples on detecting condition based on a speed threshold in a script. My current setup uses a speed threshold to transition between...
15351
Scott Miller
n1vg
Mar 14, 2013 11:01 pm
Speed isn't presently one of the things you can check from a script. I can add that to my to-do list for the next release. Scott...
