On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 11:39:15 AM UTC-8, Steve Leonard wrote:
On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 6:56:10 AM UTC-6, Richard wrote:

3rd solution (not very comfortable to the user, but least cost):
All Volksloggers with healthy GPS battery, still knowing the right date (as can be seen in the NMEA stream) should stay connected to a power source until used, and again after usage, to avoid a GPS battery outage after some days / weeks.



So, I suspect I best keep my 4 good ones powered up to keep that hidden internal battery charged.

And wait and see if there is another way to get the others back on track, short of spending nearly what they are worth to make them useable again. Would be nice if the "repair" also put the battery where it was owner replaceable when it does die. Just sayin....

We have some news on the Volksloggers.

Hello Richard,


we're still testing our GPS firmware update fix. Next week, we'll get a GPS simulator to try things out, so that GPS modules will work for the next 9 or 19 years.

In order to completely remove the need to open the VL's at all, which is the ultimate goal, we're also preparing a firmware change together with a change in the validation EXE file for FAI/IGC / OLC.
This will take some more weeks. Consider that we have not touched the VL firmware the last 12 years. It's difficult to think into this again and find a quick solution for a change.


Anyway, if you are able to open a VL (you are), you're able to do both kind of service fixes in the US. The only thing we have to do (in both cases) is to send you the firmware files for resealing the VL's. I hope you have access to good anti-tamper seal stickers or the like.


best regards
Georg