SkyCaddie query

[chellie]

I have the LINX and my PP today had the SkyCaddie watch. However, mine was showing the distances between 10 - 15 yards less than hers from the same spots. HID and her HID Garmins were showing the same distances as her watch. Does that mean I've got a faulty LINX

 

[srixon 1]

Can it be rebooted or calibrated?

 

[chellie]

Can it be rebooted or calibrated?

Mm, not sure. HID has reminded me I've had the same compared to his Garmin the other week.

 

[kmdmr1]

I have the LINX and my PP today had the SkyCaddie watch. However, mine was showing the distances between 10 - 15 yards less than hers from the same spots. HID and her HID Garmins were showing the same distances as her watch. Does that mean I've got a faulty LINX

I used to have a Skycaddie SG2.5 and was a great bit of kit and was pretty much accurate,I recently purchased the new Skycaddie Aire,took them both out on the course and the Aire was way out, somehow it had defaulted back to meters,

 

[chellie]

I used to have a Skycaddie SG2.5 and was a great bit of kit and was pretty much accurate,I recently purchased the new Skycaddie Aire,took them both out on the course and the Aire was way out, somehow it had defaulted back to meters,

Oh, wonder if it's on that setting. Off to check. Thanks

 

[chellie]

Thanks kmdmr1 :thup:Looks like it was that. Must have altered it accidentally.

 

[kmdmr1]

Thanks kmdmr1 :thup:Looks like it was that. Must have altered it accidentally.

Was gutted when I thought my new Skycaddie Aire was dodgy,even contenplated sending it back to DG,
Reset the unit and took back it out, and it is pretty much the same as the SG2.5

 

[Fish]

Also, you should not put them side by side to compare, the wireless signal can affect them both!

 

[chellie]

Also, you should not put them side by side to compare, the wireless signal can affect them both!

Won't do it again then.

 

[Fish]

Won't do it again then.

It can mess them up Chellie, shouldn't be done with any GPS to be honest

 

[Deleted member 16999]

It can mess them up Chellie, shouldn't be done with any GPS to be honest

Hi folks, not sure this is quite correct, in my profession we use anywhere between 20-40 GPS Units at a time depending on the job, and to get them ready we have them side by side and all switched on to get GPS lock, GPS's in 99% of the time are receivers only and do not transmit.
Only posting as helpful advice.

 

[Fish]

Hi folks, not sure this is quite correct, in my profession we use anywhere between 20-40 GPS Units at a time depending on the job, and to get them ready we have them side by side and all switched on to get GPS lock, GPS's in 99% of the time are receivers only and do not transmit.
Only posting as helpful advice.

As I work for SkyCaddie and have been informed not to put them side by side at any time as it can affect them, I can assure you I am correct.

 

[Scrindle]

Can you find some info out on this when you get back to work, Fish? Genuinely interested because as far as I was aware most if not all GPS receivers have no capacity to transmit a signal, only seeking signals from overhead satellites. They shouldn't therefore be affected by one another.

I'd really be interested to know why they affect each other and what causes it (because I'm a geek like that :/ ), or whether it's just one of these theoretical warning messages to cover off the legal side of things with no practical risk being there (mobile phone use in petrol stations, for instance).

 

[the smiling assassin]

That's a very convenient answer. I might conduct an experiment tomorrow - my Aire versus my PP's 2.5. Could be interesting seeing the results from the same spot - a yardage disc for example:

1. Aire only
2. 2.5 only
3. Both together.

In theory 1 and 2 should be exactly the same, but 3 might be a touch skewed by the sounds of things.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

As I posted, this was helpful advice as I work with Garmin, there is no conclusive proof either way, as you're aware mobiles and other electronic devices have a greater effect on interference, apologies to anyone I confused, it was not my intention

 

[duncan mackie]

As I posted, this was helpful advice as I work with Garmin, there is no conclusive proof either way, as you're aware mobiles and other electronic devices have a greater effect on interference, apologies to anyone I confused, it was not my intention

having 5 units with various aerial arrangements and most of the available accuracy enhancing capabilities on the boat I have certainly used it where variable errors of this scale associated with using them 'together' would be a disaster!

I also struggle to see how the underlying technology would be susceptible to cross interference from each other - they are also resilient re other, fairly strong, interference such as radar and radio.

Whilst it's taken a long time they are now fully accepted in commercial airliner cockpits - I can't think of more electronic interference orientated environments than ships bridges and aircraft cockpits (accepting that they will both use remote aerial arrays to some degree or another - but mine are a mix of internal and external).

what I have noticed in my years of buying and using GPS devices (since almost the first available units!) is that marketing departments go to huge lengths to (1) explain the benefits of their units accuracy and (2) highlight any possible reasons for the lack of accuracy in units in general!