Vince, While we are discussing KIWI issues, I have an issue with my KIWI. I'm supposed to have to fields in the display that register thousandths of a second....
Hi Brian and Jonathan, Brian wrote ... Jonathan wrote, ... Hmm, I have never seen the screen roll down before with the other 3 KIWI OSDs I have, prototype #1,...
On behalf of the IOTA Lunar Observation Report Collection Team ( IOTA-LORCT), I'd like to remind everyone that now is a good time to report your lunar ...
Hi All, my bilingual web page about the leap second recordings with KIWI time insertion is finished: http://www.dangl.at/2009/leap/leap2009e.htm Regards ...
I use Kiwi OSD and video tape another Garmin 12XL GPS to see how the GPS display leap second. After play back the video record, I can see the 12XL GPS display...
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Tony, i am not sure what you mean by "registers". do you mean the even/odd millisecond time fields? how are you "seeing" that it is stuck? during realtime play...
i have posted two documents related to the recall of the OSD. the first describes how to update the firmware on your GPS, so that is not really related, but...
i forgot to add... if you find any confusing wordage in either document, please email me and let me know. i'll make the necessary changes and repost them. they...
Hi Vince, Yes, one of the millisecond time fields is stuck on 325. The other progresses normally at 0.0334 seconds per frame or 0.01667 per field. Yes, I...
Vince, I found the instructions very clear. I modified my unit with the minimum of fuss by following them, and now have a VERY bright led!!! Regards, Jonathan....
Tony, i checked my records and found that you only have one OSD, correct? a kit you made. one of the first, serial number 004!! i seem to remember this issue...
Hello occultation_observation, That's an unusual name. What do your friends call you? :-) ... You would have had to press the reset button to receive the...
... Tony, this is the first time I have heard of this kind of fault. To have one of the millisecond timers "stuck" would involve a partial failure in the...
Hi Vince and Jonathan, ... Agreed! My only difficulty was that Vince said to use a soldering pencil. My soldering crayon isn't that fine and I couldn't easily...
About a 18 months back, I think it was Bob Sandy (Hi Bob) and maybe someone else, had problems with their Garmin18LVCs and it had to go back to Vince to have...
... Many thanks for your experiment Dave, and reminding me of this extra issue, that applies to "anyone" using a GPS and regardless of what Video Time Inserter...
Hello All, does anybody know about the technical difference between the newer Garmin GPS 18x LVC and the older version without the "x"? Reading the pdf-manuals...
Hi Gerhard, ... As I understand it, the "X" has a more sensitive RF front end. However greater sensitivity is not always an advantage, because it can also...
Hi Geoff, thank you for the information. Now looking again in both data sheets, I see (page #5) that the serial output levels seem to have no difference. But...
in my humble opinion, Geoff is (as usual), correct in stating that it probably doesn't make much difference whether you have a 18 or an 18x. i use an 18x when...
i just did a quick test using the 18x i test with against WWV. i did not notice any leap second issues; the start of the minute coincided with the minute tone...
the OSD has a "poly-fuse" that protects the GPS from excessive current. we chose a 100ma value since the eariler GPSs were, as stated by Gerhard around 60ma....
... I agree Gerhard, that the data sheet shows no difference (between 18 and 18X) regarding the electrical nature of the serial output of the Garmin 18 series....
Vince, I agree, the polyfuse with In=100mA is far away from the point to actuate. A normal poly-fuse will reach this point at about the double current value ...
Hi Geoff, My KIWI is used at the college observatory and I have not been able to check it out since I got your message. I can share a few responses to your ...
Hi Vince, Yes, I bought one of the very first OSDs! I even did a modification of the connectors to have the GPS connector flush-mount on the side of the case,...
... The KIWI OSD pcb has diode protection for reversed voltage, so I wouldn't think that would be a problem. It is more likely a "transient" from an electrical...
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