[OZAPRS] TinyTrack3 Plus GPS Combo- Problems

[David and Justine Olsen]

On 13 Apr 2009, at 19:10, Mark Cheeseman wrote:

> David and Justine Olsen wrote:
>
>> The lights flash as they should, but the GPS Valid (green light)  
>> does not come on. I left the GPS powered for hours, but still  
>> nothing. I


Light flashes three times at start up, then nothing at all


>
> Are you getting nothing at all, or is the light flashing but not  
> steady? Flashing indicates that it is receiving GPS data, but the  
> GPS doesn't have a fix. No light at all indicates no GPS data.
>
>> I do not have a laptop so I can't run GPS  terminal software in a  
>> place where the GPS can see the sky but being new, surely it  
>> works :-).
>
> Don't worry about a laptop - just plug the GPS into the serial port  
> of any computer and see if it's sending data, as a first step.  
> You'll need to make sure that the GPS has power, if that's provided  
> over the serial connector.

Will it send data if it can;t see the sky??????


>
> -Mark VK2XGK
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