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...
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Geoff
kiwi_36_nz
Jan 23, 2007 10:49 am
... 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...
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Dale Ireland
drdale_com
Jan 23, 2007 5:37 pm
when did V3 start? How is it different from 1 and 2? Can you upgrade an osd from 2 to 3? Dale...
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Kiwi Geoff
kiwi_36_nz
Jan 23, 2007 10:22 pm
... 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)...
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Dave Gee
dave4gee
Jan 23, 2007 11:26 pm
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...
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Chad
stellarwave
Jan 24, 2007 2:10 am
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...
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Dave Gee
dave4gee
Jan 24, 2007 7:38 pm
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...
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Geoff
kiwi_36_nz
Jan 24, 2007 9:21 pm
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...
548
occultation_observation
occultation_...
Jan 24, 2007 11:10 pm
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 ...
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Geoff
kiwi_36_nz
Jan 25, 2007 12:46 am
... 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...
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occultation_observation
occultation_...
Jan 25, 2007 4:20 pm
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...
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Kiwi Geoff
kiwi_36_nz
Jan 26, 2007 11:34 am
... 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...
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occultation_observation
occultation_...
Jan 28, 2007 4:02 pm
Thanks, I'll try as suggested and hope I can identify the problem. Regards, W. C. Yue ... Systems ... KIWI ... a "mains" ... conditioner ... for...
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occultation_observation
occultation_...
Jan 29, 2007 3:05 am
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 ... ...
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Tom Campbell
thcampo
Jan 29, 2007 4:14 am
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. ...
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Kiwi Geoff
kiwi_36_nz
Jan 30, 2007 10:33 pm
... 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...
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Steve Welch
colorado_mr_...
Jan 30, 2007 11:21 pm
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 ...
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Kiwi Geoff
kiwi_36_nz
Jan 31, 2007 11:06 pm
... 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...
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thevinenator
Feb 1, 2007 3:08 am
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...
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Michael Wheatley
mwheatleyca
Feb 4, 2007 7:12 am
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...
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thevinenator
Feb 4, 2007 1:21 pm
Mr Wheatley, To put it another way, multiple OSDs can "share" one GPS unit. see here for more details: ...
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Kiwi Geoff
kiwi_36_nz
Feb 14, 2007 12:21 am
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,...
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Tony George
triastro2000
Feb 14, 2007 12:43 am
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...
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occultation_observation
occultation_...
Feb 14, 2007 1:17 am
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 ...
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Geoff
kiwi_36_nz
Feb 14, 2007 1:50 am
... 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...
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Geoff
kiwi_36_nz
Feb 14, 2007 1:54 am
... 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...
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occultation_observation
occultation_...
Feb 15, 2007 5:03 pm
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 ...
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Kiwi Geoff
kiwi_36_nz
Feb 18, 2007 10:39 pm
... 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...
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occultation_observation
occultation_...
Feb 19, 2007 3:53 am
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...
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Geoff
kiwi_36_nz
Feb 20, 2007 7:40 am
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...
