Spot 2 : OK interrupts tracking.

Bernie

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Sep 6, 2010, 6:31:52 PM9/6/10

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Playing with my new Spot 2 on car journeys, I see that tracking works
OK until I send an OK message.
I've tried this twice, see:

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0AmXJqUGDKMVmqDc1WAd4Nfqd7UcbKbSN

The first time I waited 1 hour, today I waited 30 minutes, but no more
tracking messages arrived after I sent (and received) the OK message.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?
Thanks, Bernie.

Ramy

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Sep 6, 2010, 6:39:23 PM9/6/10

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I usually notice 30 min delay until spot switches back to tracking.
You can alway press the track button again yourself to expedite.
Ramy

On Sep 6, 3:31 pm, Bernie <bb...@internode.on.net> wrote:
> Playing with my new Spot 2 on car journeys, I see that tracking works
> OK until I send an OK message.
> I've tried this twice, see:
>

> http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0AmXJqUGD...

>
> The first time I waited 1 hour, today I waited 30 minutes, but no more
> tracking messages arrived after I sent (and received) the OK message.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this problem?
> Thanks, Bernie.

I

Eric Greenwell

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Sep 7, 2010, 1:32:20 AM9/7/10

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If you put it back in Track mode, does that cancel the remaining
attempts to send the OK message?

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Bernie

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Sep 7, 2010, 3:10:16 AM9/7/10

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Eric,
this afternoon on my homeward journey I put it in track mode, then did
an OK, then back in track. It resumed tracking and the OK message
sending light went out. Just now I tried a second OK and will now let
it sit and see how long (if ever) it takes to resume Track mode.

Max Kirschner

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Sep 7, 2010, 3:00:07 AM9/7/10

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The same happens on the original SPOT if you press the Help Button.

It stops tracking.

At 22:39 06 September 2010, Ramy wrote:
>I usually notice 30 min delay until spot switches back to tracking.
>You can alway press the track button again yourself to expedite.
>Ramy
>

>On Sep 6, 3:31=A0pm, Bernie wrote:
>> Playing with my new Spot 2 on car journeys, I see that tracking works

>> OK =A0until I send an OK message.

>> I've tried this twice, see:
>>
>>

>=A0http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=3D0AmXJqUG=

Ramy

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Sep 7, 2010, 3:22:28 AM9/7/10

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On Sep 6, 10:32 pm, Eric Greenwell <flyguy...@verizon.netto> wrote:
> If you put it back in Track mode, does that cancel the remaining
> attempts to send the OK message?
>
> On 9/6/2010 3:39 PM, Ramy wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I usually notice 30 min delay until spot switches back to tracking.
> > You can alway press the track button again yourself to expedite.
> > Ramy
>
> > On Sep 6, 3:31 pm, Bernie<bb...@internode.on.net> wrote:
>
> >> Playing with my new Spot 2 on car journeys, I see that tracking works
> >> OK until I send an OK message.
> >> I've tried this twice, see:
>
> >> http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0AmXJqUGD...
>
> >> The first time I waited 1 hour, today I waited 30 minutes, but no more
> >> tracking messages arrived after I sent (and received) the OK message.
>
> >> Has anyone else experienced this problem?
> >> Thanks, Bernie.
>
> > I
>
> --
> Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (netto to net to email me)
>

> - "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarmhttp://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl

>
> - "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation Mar/2004" Much of what you need to know tinyurl.com/yfs7tnz

I believe if you resume track too soon it may not send the ok message.
I usually wait at least 10 min which is normally long enough for the
ok msg to go through.
Ramy