Hi Mike, thanks. I let the light stay on till it drained the battery down a fraction. The light went out, so I then reconnected to the computer and it reset itself. Cool. Now letting it fully charge, so I can upload the new firmware. Although the system updater states that the boot loader is missing? Ever heard of that? Wondering whether to redo the original firmware update..

sailquik said..

jn1 said..

sailquik said..

Would one not always charge the watch/GPS before use

I suppose at this stage, Heisenberg needs to clarify what he wrote. I took what he said is that the product bricks itself once it's battery goes flat (ie: you can't charge it up, or power it on - ever. Throw it in the bin).

That would be extremely unlikely.

It was fine once recharged. I was just surprised that after a relatively short period of 6 weeks, the watch had 'drained'. Having previously used the gw52 and gt11 I have never had this problem, hence the reason why I did not charge before going out. I made the comment so no one else makes the same mistake. I always thought the Li-ion batteries held charge well but maybe not the case here.

I learnt yesterday it is a good idea to carry the cable with you in the car so if the watch will not wake up after going to sleep using the cable to charge it up from the car wakes it up and you can use it.

wow ! bad news :

www.locosystech.com.mhjn.clonezone.link/recall

seanhogan said..
wow ! bad news :

www.locosystech.com.mhjn.clonezone.link/recall

April fool ?

Big thanks to Decrepit for helping with my gw60, and it only took him about 30 seconds. It sure helps if you're not a complete numpty when you set things technical up on the computer. An incompatible installer didn't want to install a program that had no chance of being recognised. Now the correct software can work in conjunction with what the programmer had no idea the installer didn't know!! That would be my Maxwell Smart understanding of what happened.
So, if you're passing my house and you hear the words, "DON'T TOUCH IT!", you'll probably guess who's talking to whom.

Subsonic said..
Pretty sure, he did mean it will run itself flat after an extended period of not being used, even after being fully charged and left switched off. I've had it happen with mine, but I assumed that I'd left it sitting in a position where the mode button was being pressed on.

i always make sure it's charged now. You live you learn.

That's the problem, It's not "switched off" it's only asleep, to switch it off you need the GW52 utility, that has a power off button.
I've no idea how much doing that extends battery life, but you have to plug it back in to wake it up anyway, so just plug it in a few hours earlier to make sure it's charged.

seanhogan said..

It was a good prank Sean !

BTW: Decrepit sorted me out with the 24hr time. I upgraded to a beta firmware and I had the TIME FMT option on the watch. That's D :)

J

morts said..
Have just purchased a GW60 from Surf Sail Australia (Thanks Mark ) & have managed to update it to Firmware V1.2A0314B which I think is the latest version.

Would it be possible for one of the Guru's to please post a screenshot of their Settings from the GW60 Utility, so this numpty can get an idea of how to do an initial set-up. Post Nightshift brain struggled to do the update, let alone contemplate setting up an unfamiliar device Thanks

Tell you what mate,
I'll email you my config file, you can test how easy it is to use. I assume you hit the "Restore CFG" button and browse to the file.


And if that doesn't work, here's the util with my settings.

Just note, that the 10kts on the speed genie setting is what I use for alphas, (lower than my minimum gybe speed), when exclusively speed sailing I up that to around 27kts, (slower than my downwind speed but faster than my upwind speed).

Yes, the Speed Genie is a running calculation and report of some of the divisions which are set up in it

The GPS device records all the raw data in memory for download and analysis later in whatever software you choose. All your results can be calculated from this data.

When Decrepit is speed sailing and has the Genie speed set at 27 knots, his Alphas would not be displayed.

Does anyone have a link for this setup utility GW60AR UTIL V1.5A0310A? Only the earlier one VER1.1B1021B is on the Locosys website.

Thanks John

didn't do U turns with the bike to score alphas ??

I'm still working though the earlier posts and learning.

I went out on the mountain bike and rode up and down the street turning in gybe-like fashion. I uploaded to KA72 and it showed an Alpha 500 (kts) entry. I guess I'm good to go if we get some wind tomorrow.

Results
2 Second Peak (kts):27.55
5x10 Average (kts):16.572
Top 5 5x10 speeds: (1)25.119
Top 5 5x10 speeds: (2)16.644
Top 5 5x10 speeds: (3)15.733
Top 5 5x10 speeds: (4)13.248
Top 5 5x10 speeds: (5)12.115
Alpha 500 (kts):13.468
Nautical Mile (kts):13.006
100m peak (kts):26.046
Total Distance (km):2.307