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BT-CD110 bluetooth data logger. | BT-CD110 bluetooth data logger. | ||
== Brief review == | == Brief review == | ||
Nice little unit. Battery life is great, well over the advertised 22 hours using stanby and motion detection (!), though there's no way to know what the current battery level is at, it will say | Nice little unit. Battery life is great, well over the advertised 22 hours using stanby and motion detection (!), though there's no way to know what the current battery level is at, it will say "Low power" for the last hour of battery life. The voice feature was a surprise to me, I thought I'd be dependant on the merry blinking lights. Some of the sounds are kind of obnoxious (and it's kind of bizarre to have "satellite fix" come out of your pocket at random times). | ||
In terms of getting a signal, it was a bit of a mystery, sometimes I couldn't get one after standing in a clear space, sometimes it'd lock on while in my pocket in the middle of the city. | In terms of getting a signal, it was a bit of a mystery, sometimes I couldn't get one after standing in a clear space, sometimes it'd lock on while in my pocket in the middle of the city. | ||
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=== included driver isn't Vista compatible === | === included driver isn't Vista compatible === | ||
The setup program thinks I am running Windows 2000 and am missing service pack 4, and the auto discover driver fails with | The setup program thinks I am running Windows 2000 and am missing service pack 4, and the auto discover driver fails with "BT + GPS + DATA LOG - The system cannot find the file specified." | ||
- fixed with an updated driver. | - fixed with an updated driver. | ||
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=== Bluetooth with utilities === | === Bluetooth with utilities === | ||
Regarding Bluetooth, the device connects as | Regarding Bluetooth, the device connects as "BT GPS" and shows up as COM3 (outgoing) / COM4 (incoming). When I use the basic "Set Data Log" utility, I either see "Cannot open COM3" or "Device can not into update mode, please try again." (grammar verbatim). | ||
- have to use USB with these utilities. | - have to use USB with these utilities. | ||
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== Resellers == | == Resellers == | ||
http://www.mobilegpsonline.com/mgpsstore/index.php?main_page=product_info& | http://www.mobilegpsonline.com/mgpsstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=463&zenid=f53ea5cd14fa18d55cdaf2a8905bd227 (Detang) - Ottawa, Canada | ||
http://www.acesuppliers.com/company/information_33551.html | http://www.acesuppliers.com/company/information_33551.html | ||