Baller rfa Posted June 21, 2019 Baller Share Posted June 21, 2019 My ski buddy with ZBox single GPS puck sent me this letter (below) from PerfectPass yesterday. We have noticed these symptoms (too long for GPS to "lock") in his boat recently. I have a dual puck ZeroOff system (2013 Prostar 197), and have not noticed any differences in mine. Has anyone noticed any impacts on a ZO system? I presume the Garmin pucks are the same as my friend's ZBox. Thank you. May 2019 Re: Garmin GPS Units Slower to Lock It became apparent in April of this year that the Garmin 5 Hz GPS units in circulation are taking longer to “lock” after being powered up than in previous years. Initial delay to lock on a new boating day will take one or two minutes, but after key off & back on they normally take up to 38 seconds. In previous years, you may have noticed that after a brief key off the GPS would lock faster than the current time of 38 seconds +/-. Garmin has advised us that the satellite system changes require new “Almanac Data” updates to allow for faster starts and this updating is not happening automatically on older versions. For most PerfectPass customers, a start time of 38 seconds or less is more than adequate and is not an issue that would affect their use of the product. For any customer that performs a lot of key offs in-between passes or sets and finds the re-lock time of 38 seconds +/- too slow there is a solution. Garmin has recently produced a new V4.2 software version which PerfectPass has acquired which solves this issue and has other enhancements as well. Your GPS Puck can be updated to this version which will increase the Lock Speed. The Puck can be mailed to PerfectPass for this update now or at the end of the season. The update cost is free, only return mailing charges will apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller S1Pitts Posted June 22, 2019 Baller Share Posted June 22, 2019 Sent two in last week and they are in transit back to me now. They updated , tested and return shipped in less than 24 hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rfa Posted June 22, 2019 Author Baller Share Posted June 22, 2019 @S1Pitts, great, thanks! PerfectPass or ZeroOff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller S1Pitts Posted June 23, 2019 Baller Share Posted June 23, 2019 Perfect Pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jcamp Posted June 23, 2019 Baller Share Posted June 23, 2019 @rfa I definitely noticed this and was wondering what the issue was. Glad to hear it's not just my puck. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller UWSkier Posted June 24, 2019 Baller Share Posted June 24, 2019 Yeah, there was a long thread about this discussing slow lock times. I've had my updated puck for several weeks now and things are working great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ghutch Posted June 24, 2019 Baller Share Posted June 24, 2019 @UWSkier how fast does it come up now. I just upgraded to Zbox and mine comes up in 27-28 sec's. Is the new update quicker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller UWSkier Posted June 24, 2019 Baller Share Posted June 24, 2019 @ghutch the first start of the day takes about that long. After that, it takes about 3-5 seconds after the StarGazer splash screen goes away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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