New Vista HCx firmware: Post your results.

[gallet]

There's been a few threads pointing out the new SW 2.40 firmware for the chipset.

 

What we know so far...

 

•Earlier units that had the SW 2.30 firmware will not update to 2.40 (note this is the SW firmware NOT the 'Software Version')

 

•It is not a solution to the already documented problems with regard to the track log and low speed logging.

 

I've done a small informal test between a 2.30 HCx and the new 2.40 HCx chipset firmware. Not an exhaustive scientific test but I'll publish what I've found anyway and if anyone else manages to do more extensive testing perhaps they could publish it here.

 

Both units were left out for a while to make sure they were tracking the same satellites, they were both getting good reception and accuracy of 3 metres.

 

Holding them both and walking slowly, the SW 2.40 version would record speeds as low as 1.6kph whereas the SW 2.30 version as we all know started recording only when the speed was over 3kph. Nevertheless when walking faster, about 4 kph, the SW 2.30 version would record that I had stopped moving before the 2.40 version would that is, it appeared to be a bit snappier.

 

Also after walking about 50 metres down the road from a marked waypoint, both units showed that I was 50 metres away but when I started walking towards the waypoint at a few kph, the new SW 2.40 started counting down the distance immediately but the older SW 2.30 stayed at 50 metres for quite a while before it eventually corrected itself.

 

So far my impressions are that there has been some tweaking but I can't tell yet if it is better or worse, it's definitely different.

[+hogrod]

gallet, why start another topic when this one is about the same issue?

 

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=179758

[freeday]

it is a good idea to start a new topic.

Here we can discuss it.

on the other thread we can collect data.

Edited December 17, 2007 by freeday