[time-nuts] More GPS troubles

David davidwhess at gmail.com
Thu Jan 17 15:03:28 UTC 2013


If the GPS receiver hardware itself is integrated then it would
require a separate firmware update which may not be possible.  I know
one of my more recent Garmin receivers has separate firmware for the
integrated GPS receiver and the unit as a whole.

On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:22:55 -0500, "Bob Camp" <lists at rtty.us> wrote:

>Hi
>
>Most cheap GPS's these days have user friendly firmware update capability.
>That's been true for quite a while. I'd be amazed if the higher end stuff
>didn't make updates an easy thing. Bugs in GPS code are not exactly
>uncommon. 
>
>The real issue is the need to get the GPS code patched for this kind of
>thing. Without nutty articles that alarm the marketing department, the work
>will never get any sort of priority. 
>
>Bob



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