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Is there somewhere I can view some screen shots of the various models? The link at PFD systems claiming "View Screen Shots" does nothing for me. Someone want...
Chad
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Jan 23, 2007
7:21 am
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... There have only been 3 models of the software Chad, the latest is V3 (version 3) which is the version 99.9% of folk have (including me). The screen shots...
Geoff
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Jan 23, 2007
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when did V3 start? How is it different from 1 and 2? Can you upgrade an osd from 2 to 3? Dale...
Dale Ireland
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Jan 23, 2007
5:37 pm
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... I just checked the compilation date for Version 3, and it is 26th November 2004. All OSD's that Vince has sold (i.e. those bought from PFD systems, USA)...
Kiwi Geoff
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Jan 23, 2007
10:22 pm
544
G'day Chad, ... I have uploaded some pictures to the photos section of kiwosd, showing NGC4755 aka The Jewel Box taken with my PC164 in my 10inch newt, focal...
Dave Gee
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Jan 23, 2007
11:26 pm
545
Thanks. I was wondering if the display of the KIWI-OSD would eat up a significant portion of the screen. That's what I meant when referring to FOV. Now a...
Chad
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Jan 24, 2007
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546
G'day Everyone, ... I have one of the ancient pre PCB and pre Garmin KIWI OSDs and it's still running fine. For fun, I have uploaded some pics to the photos...
Dave Gee
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Jan 24, 2007
7:38 pm
547
Hi Chad, ... There is a single button on KIWI OSD that does different things depending on what "mode" the OSD is in. If you press the button in the 30 second...
Geoff
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Jan 24, 2007
9:21 pm
548
Dear Geoff, When I run the Kiwi OSD for long period (say over an hour). It sometime display all the time information with xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx. I need to ...
occultation_observation
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Jan 24, 2007
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549
... One user could only run his KIWI OSD for a few minutes before the X's were overlayed onto the HH:MM:SS display! Like bathroom scales that might say we...
Geoff
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Jan 25, 2007
12:46 am
550
The Kiwi OSD I brought is the Model 2 (Cable free) from PFD Systems 10 months ago. GPS is Garmin 18 LVC ordered together with the Kiwi OSD. I use stand alone...
occultation_observation
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Jan 25, 2007
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... Thankyou for explaining your "power" setup. Is it possible for you to connect up the "minimum" amount of equipment to make the timing system work? In other...
Kiwi Geoff
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Jan 26, 2007
11:34 am
552
Thanks, I'll try as suggested and hope I can identify the problem. Regards, W. C. Yue ... Systems ... KIWI ... a "mains" ... conditioner ... for...
occultation_observation
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Jan 28, 2007
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Thanks Geoff, I'll try what you said and see I can find out where the noise come from. Regards, WC Yue ... Systems ... KIWI ... a "mains" ... conditioner ... ...
occultation_observation
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Jan 29, 2007
3:05 am
555
Hi all, I am happy to say that I have not had a single glitch in my KIWI system after an accumulative total of over 100 hours of use in the field or at home. ...
Tom Campbell
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Jan 29, 2007
4:14 am
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... Many thanks for sharing your knowledge about power filtering and EMI issues Tom. I think the "power" issue is the one remaining issue with respects to GPS...
Kiwi Geoff
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Jan 30, 2007
10:33 pm
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I have some additional information on this glitch problem, although it is very anecdotal: I have seen glitches (XXX... display) in only one circumstance--the ...
Steve Welch
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Jan 30, 2007
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... Thanks for your nice description Steve, your scenario is how I hope most folk will deal with the issue. When they get the X's on the screen, use logic to...
Kiwi Geoff
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Jan 31, 2007
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Thanks Geoff, a good explaination. As I stated in an IOTA thread, I got the XX's while trying to time the Palma event. I attributed it to the static i was...
thevinenator
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Feb 1, 2007
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560
I have a question for Geoff or anyone else. Can one GPS unit support multiple OSDs? Assuming the OSDs are initialized and query the GPS one at a time. What...
Michael Wheatley
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Feb 4, 2007
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561
Mr Wheatley, To put it another way, multiple OSDs can "share" one GPS unit. see here for more details: ...
thevinenator
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Feb 4, 2007
1:21 pm
562
Hi All, I have written up a page explaining about GPS Datums. http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/~geoff36/datum.htm If anyone spots an error, please let me know,...
Kiwi Geoff
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Feb 14, 2007
12:21 am
563
Geoff, Looks great to me. Good job! One thing that might be helpful to the other IOTA members is some data on the way the Garmin 16 and Garmin 18 output...
Tony George
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Feb 14, 2007
12:43 am
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Dear Geoff, Is there any software that I can use with KIWI OSD to take the average value of GPS height (also long / lat) over a period of time during ...
occultation_observation
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Feb 14, 2007
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565
... In the FILES section of this KIWI OSD egroup http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/kiwiosd/files/ - there is some software I wrote back in 2005 that will...
Geoff
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Feb 14, 2007
1:50 am
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... The reason I didn't talk about different GPS units Tony, is the horizontal datum, can be set to one of a hundred different "regional" values (which can...
Geoff
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Feb 14, 2007
1:54 am
567
Thanks Geoff, I have a Garmin differential beacon receiver unit (GBR23), if I use it with KIWI OSD, will I able to get better position accuracy under ...
occultation_observation
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Feb 15, 2007
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568
... Assuming you have the ~300kHz differential corrections available in Hong Kong, then YES the GBR23 may give some slight improvement in Lat/Lon/Hgt if you...
Kiwi Geoff
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Feb 18, 2007
10:39 pm
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Thanks Geoff, The GBR23 differential bascon receiver cannot operate as a stand alone unit. It only receive differenital correction signal (at 289 kHz, 200 bps...
occultation_observation
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Feb 19, 2007
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570
Hello Mr Yue I can see I did not understand what you were wanting to achieve in my Msg #568. Now I think I understand ;-) ... Because the precision of the 1PPS...
Geoff
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Feb 20, 2007
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