[time-nuts] Odetics 325 - 865

Robert Atkinson robert8rpi at yahoo.co.uk
Sun Feb 10 19:37:48 UTC 2008


Hi Bruce,
  Sorry, saw the label, but could not look inside. It was a repair shop label so maybe they had fitted the factory uprade kit and used a misleading label. I've only ever seen the Odetics and the Magellen OEM5000. Never seen an OEM 5000 anywhere else.
   
  Robert.

Bruce Lane <kyrrin at bluefeathertech.com> wrote:
  Hi, Robert,

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On 10-Feb-08 at 18:04 Robert Atkinson wrote:



>An "R" suffix to
>the part number indicates a retrofitted L1 (standard 12V antenna) GPS RX.
>Some also have a label stating a 3rd party retrofit GPS has been fitted.

??!!

Now THAT's interesting! The only receivers I've ever seen in the Odetics were the OEM5000 and the original.

Do you have any of the 325's that have been fitted with a third-party receiver? If so, I would be VERY interested to know which receiver it is. One of my long-term goals has been to find a way to use a standard (NMEA output) module with the 325, and if the firmware already exists to do so I'd love to get image files for the EPROMs involved.

> At least you don't have the common problem with these units, a failed
>switch-mode power supply. 

Heh... Actually, my own unit had an intermittent problem of not receiving any sats. Turned out that the Magellan receiver module had some seriously flawed solder joints. Some judicious reflowing with a heat gun, coupled with some touch-up work using a needle-point soldering pencil, brought it back to life.

Happy timing.


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