Darren Clemons
Well-Known Member
We've had our 1m for almost a year now - June of 2015. The last few weeks we've had some strange issues going on with acquiring ANY full validated/verified shots in ANY coverage at all. We have three identical systems: a 1m base, HPT35BT radio and an LS. With this, we have been able to mix/match some to troubleshoot and have narrowed the problem down to the oldest of our 1m bases.
What is typically happening is about 2 hours into the job, it's like a switch is just turned off. NOTE: The battery indicator on the 1m is always still yellow by this time - NOT red. It will be off a full charge as I hook it up almost every night. The LS will just quit doing almost anything - yes it's in mostly heavy coverage, but hey that's why we've got three of these things - they work almost anywhere! I'm not talking "struggling" for 10/15 minutes going through several buckets, I'm talking maybe 5 "clicks" TOTAL in 35 minutes. I've reset tracking many many times but that doesn't help. We've tried both the 1w and the 35w radio - both of which are at 100% reception at these areas and neither will make a difference.
We were at a point today right at my 2 hour into the job window and bang, just stopped. The point was barely marginal (for this machine ) being 6' out of a fence row on the open field side. Stayed there for 15 minutes collecting 3 different 5 minute Dpos sessions but never even got through first phase of the RTK. My partner went and got our external battery and plugged it into the 1m and - bang!! The LS immediately started clicking away like crazy. Went through all three phases of verification without a pause. As soon as I stored that one I started over and it never missed a beat - 5 more uninterrupted 6 full engine minutes.
So, it's definitely a power issue inside the 1m, but my question is how can it still show yellow on the indicator, coming off a full charge overnight and just stop after two hours?
Maybe 1 year is the life of these internal batteries? I have once let it drain all way down til it powers off and then re charged. I'm doing that again tonight. Not sure if the battles inside these "build a memory" like some of the older system I've had did.
Just curious if anyone who has the 1m - LS combo has had anything at all similar going on.
What is typically happening is about 2 hours into the job, it's like a switch is just turned off. NOTE: The battery indicator on the 1m is always still yellow by this time - NOT red. It will be off a full charge as I hook it up almost every night. The LS will just quit doing almost anything - yes it's in mostly heavy coverage, but hey that's why we've got three of these things - they work almost anywhere! I'm not talking "struggling" for 10/15 minutes going through several buckets, I'm talking maybe 5 "clicks" TOTAL in 35 minutes. I've reset tracking many many times but that doesn't help. We've tried both the 1w and the 35w radio - both of which are at 100% reception at these areas and neither will make a difference.
We were at a point today right at my 2 hour into the job window and bang, just stopped. The point was barely marginal (for this machine ) being 6' out of a fence row on the open field side. Stayed there for 15 minutes collecting 3 different 5 minute Dpos sessions but never even got through first phase of the RTK. My partner went and got our external battery and plugged it into the 1m and - bang!! The LS immediately started clicking away like crazy. Went through all three phases of verification without a pause. As soon as I stored that one I started over and it never missed a beat - 5 more uninterrupted 6 full engine minutes.
So, it's definitely a power issue inside the 1m, but my question is how can it still show yellow on the indicator, coming off a full charge overnight and just stop after two hours?
Maybe 1 year is the life of these internal batteries? I have once let it drain all way down til it powers off and then re charged. I'm doing that again tonight. Not sure if the battles inside these "build a memory" like some of the older system I've had did.
Just curious if anyone who has the 1m - LS combo has had anything at all similar going on.