[time-nuts] Re: Oncore UT+ EEPROM -

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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k1jos at att.net writes:

> I have an Oncore UT+ for a project and found that it works fine after
> updating the almanac and getting a 3D fix but it never stores my location
> coordinates in its EEPROM.  Each time I power up it shows all zeroes in Lat,
> Lon, Alt for about an hour or so until it finds satellites.  With Lady
> Heather I tried entering my coordinates and this leads to faster tracking.
> Is this normal Oncore UT+ behavior?  Any advice other than a battery backup.

As far as I know, the EEPROM (Flash?) is only used for code.  The almanac
and other changing info is in battery-backed NOVRAM.

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