Model 20 GPS's stopped working this last weekend
On Friday, May 31, 2019 at 4:50:08 PM UTC-4, BG wrote:
I witnessed something pretty strange this last weekend several Cambridge Model 20 GPS stopped working. I have used it for years connected to my SN10b with zero problems. This last weekend I saw on the SN10 display, no GPS signal in the last 10 seconds over and over. Indeed it wasn't updating. I had a spare and another glider had a Model 20 that also stopped working in their glider. Has there been some type of change to the GPS signals being sent from the satellites?
This was very strange?
Buzz Graves
Were all of these specimens of the CAI Model 20 from the same manufacturing batch, or all had a firmware update at the same time (about 20 years ago)? From what I've seen around here, a correct update makes them understand the current GPS "epoch" (cycle of 1024 weeks), as long as the internal battery doesn't die. I am not familiar with the update method but some other members of my club are.
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