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gpspassion
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GraemeG
Australia
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 Posted - 13 nov. 2011 : 01:17:47
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Our BGT-31 is 3 years old. It has mainly been used during a couple of overseas trips for geotagging our photos. So it has had continuous use for 8 weeks at the beginning of 2009 and 6 weeks at the beginning of 2010 and sporadic days in between. I pulled it out and topped up the charge a couple of weeks ago to test the battery life as we are heading off for another 8 weeks in December. I have it set to log both internally and to the SD card every 5 seconds with power mode set to normal and bluetooth turned off and it lasted about 21.5 hours sitting on the window sill. I have a vague memory that it used to last a bit longer, may be 24 or 25 hours when it was new but I am not 100% sure. Anyway the battery is good enough for a 16+ hour day and then a recharge overnight so that's good enough for me.
But from the sound of Ian's description I wonder if the problem is not the battery but the charge circuit.
Ian, if you try a new battery please let us know how you get on.
Regards,
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Ian Worthington
USA
24 Posts |
Posted - 13 nov. 2011 : 01:56:46
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My suspicions are on the charge circuit too. I neglected to mention the charge light doesn't come on. Battery life was fine last time I used it a few weeks back. But if it's a standard battery type (http://sunpowcn.livejournal.com/61388.html ?) I'll see if I can find someone here -- Bogotá Colombia at the moment -- willing to test one out for me and see.
Annoying being here without a working logger :(
If a need a replacement logger is bt-31 still the best one out there or has it been superseded now? Hate to spend that money again on a unit which has proved bad. Maybe I should putit towards a phone with a built in gps instead and use that for logging? Any thoughts welcome. |
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Martin Jensen
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Posted - 07 janv. 2012 : 13:05:11
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Hi there.
My GT-31 crashed a week ago after some water entered into the (not so) waterproof bag I was using.
Do any of you have a used GT-31 you are not using and which you are willing to sell me?
The price for a new one is a bit steep...
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glaros
9 Posts |
Posted - 11 mai 2012 : 09:28:09
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Hello,
I am looking for firmware V1.2B2118T. Does anyone please know
where I can find it?
I am still using firmware version V1.2B1405x and I want to remain
on the V1.2 because on V1.3 and V1.4 the data logger stores less points.
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GraemeG
Australia
24 Posts |
Posted - 11 mai 2012 : 10:10:34
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Hi Glaros,
Sorry but I don't have that version. I have V1.2B0922 and V1.2B1003T if either are of use to you. I gather that the V1.2 firmware is not supported now but you could try contacting Locosys support who I have found very helpful or Tom Chalko on the mtbest.net site. They may be able to supply it. |
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glaros
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Posted - 11 mai 2012 : 10:22:06
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Graeme,
Thanks a lot for the quick reply.
I think I am looking inside the V1.2 series,
between the current version (B1405) and the
latest available, that is B2118T.
I will send an email to Locosys or Chalko as you suggested.
My concern is the reduced number of points when you
upgrade from V1.2 to V1.3 or V1.4. That's the reason
I prefer to remain on the V1.2 series.
Cheers. |
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dbikedoc
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Posted - 18 juil. 2012 : 23:03:22
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I want to use my BGT-31 for navigation, tracking and geotagging photos on my upcoming vacation. What is the best way to set it up so I can record my travels. How can I differentiate navigational waypoints from photo tags?
Up to now I have been using it as a simple bicycle cyclometer. Although I have read the documentation, I remain confused about exactly how to use the BGT-31's apparently overlapping functions. Thank you. |
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GraemeG
Australia
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Posted - 19 juil. 2012 : 12:25:19
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Hello dbikedoc,
I am sure there are many ways to use the BGT-31 to geotag photos but the method I use is to ensure the camera clock is set accurately (within a few seconds) then have the BGT-31 create a tracklog with 5 second points. At the end of the day/week/holiday I use Geosetter to match the image timestamps against the tracklog and update the image with the geotag data.
A more detailed description of my workflow is on page 6 of this thread. That was over 3 years ago but I still use the same process. Geosetter is a great application but can take a while to learn as it can do a lot more than just tag photos. I like it can handle jpg and RAW images and as a bonus it is free!
Regards,
Graeme |
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Ian Worthington
USA
24 Posts |
Posted - 19 juil. 2012 : 12:55:11
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FWIW I don't bother to adjust the camera clock. I just photograph the tracker the then adjust the image timestamps after.
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[TOPIC] Genie GT-31 and BGT-31 Data Loggers
