Color change of Compass reading
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Color change of Compass reading
I couldn't find anything about this in the FEH manual. Anyone know why the compass reading changes color in the Nav System?? It will change from yellow to red to white. Most of the time it is white however. What is this telling me?
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Re: Color change of Compass reading
Originally Posted by mppkll
Yellow = GPS 2D Lock (2 or 3 Sat)
btw: Do you know what 'dead recononing' means? "If you don't get it right, I reckon you're dead"
Actually, it's 'ded reckoning' ... or DEDuced Reckoning. Based on a known previous position + course + speed, you can deduce your current position.
david
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Re: Color change of Compass reading
Originally Posted by dmgibbs
That would be 3 sats ... I'm pretty sure that GPS's can't calculate a position with less than 3.
I have been working with Motorola & Garmen GPS units while designing autonomous vehicles for the IGVC completion and I know that those units need at least 3 sats, maybe Visteon is changing color with 2 sats to show signal reception. Not sure, but I got the info from a reliable contact.
Originally Posted by dmgibbs
btw: Do you know what 'dead recononing' means? "If you don't get it right, I reckon you're dead"
LOL!!
Originally Posted by dmgibbs
Actually, it's 'ded reckoning' ... or DEDuced Reckoning. Based on a known previous position + course + speed, you can deduce your current position.
Originally Posted by dmgibbs
I've always seen it as "dead reckoning" ( I won't mention that I spelled reckoning wrong )
Webster has this ...
Main Entry: dead reckoning
Function: noun
1 : the determination without the aid of celestial observations of the position of a ship or aircraft from the record of the courses sailed or flown, the distance made, and the known or estimated drift
Last edited by mppkll; 07-22-2005 at 02:03 PM. Reason: remove spaces
#7
Re: Color change of Compass reading
Originally Posted by mppkll
I have been working with Motorola & Garmen GPS units while designing autonomous vehicles for the IGVC completion and I know that those units need at least 3 sats, maybe Visteon is changing color with 2 sats to show signal reception. Not sure, but I got the info from a reliable contact.
Originally Posted by mppkll
Webster has this ...
Main Entry: dead reckoning
Main Entry: dead reckoning
Doesn't really mater that much.
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