On Mon, 15 Dec 2014 07:53:51 -0800, herbkilian wrote:

On Monday, December 15, 2014 9:12:13 AM UTC-6, Dan Marotta wrote:
You should see that same date string at the beginning of the B
records, as well.Â* But I guess those would only happen if you were
moving?






On 12/14/2014 8:13 PM, Ramy wrote:



My 302 was purchased new in 2008 and has the black case. I fly
often which may helped the GPS battery to stay charged longer,
not sure.
I just checked the NMEA sentence on the ground (no IGC log since I
didn't fly or drive with it) and the NMEA sentence $GPRMC has the
string 141214 after the coordinates. Today was 12/14/2014 and from what
I gather this confirms my date is still correct.

Ramy





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Dan Marotta

My latest 302 file is from October and the date is fine. It shows this
line in the record:

HFGPS:GARMIN,LVS-25,12,18000

Does anyone know if this is one of the affected GPS engines?
With the 302 installed in my glider (which sits in my basement) I don't
have a good way to test the unit.
Herb

Yes, the 25 is the unit in question. However, that's likely just
hardcoded in the Cambridge firmware, so it doesn't mean anything. Even a
unit build in 2010 showed that string, and it almost certainly has the
GPS15 in it.

I was able to read the time from my unit before and after satellite lock
by looking at a tablet interfaced to the unit. Since the time before
lock had just drifted a bit from real time, I concluded the clock hadn't
lost power and the date almost certainly is still good.

-Dave