When first purchased took a while to get transmitter to detect satellite hence worked fine,disconected SDS 100 now that I want to utilize again will not pick up satellite?
Any input would be appreciated?
Any input would be appreciated?
SDS100/SDS200: Uniden's GPS
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tvengr
Well Known Member
Which GPS are you using?
Uniden BC-SGPS Serial GPS Receiver
Is it a Uniden GPS? Did you change anything other than unplug GPS and later plug it back in? Are you inside or outside? Does the display show the GPS is connected?
Uniden GPS, best I Know did not change anything, in vehicle, no icon lit
Did you check your baud rate?
BTW, many of us customize our displays to show the lat/long, so we know when the unit actually has a GPS lock.
BTW, many of us customize our displays to show the lat/long, so we know when the unit actually has a GPS lock.
tvengr
Well Known Member
By any chance, did you reset the scanner. The baud rate defaults to 4800. The BC-SGPS requires you set baud rate to 9600. Check power to GPS.
wtp
Member
in the car, on the dash ?
it has to 'see' the satellites.
it has to 'see' the satellites.
in the car on the dash ?
Anything else i can try
Just typed in location 200 miles away to see if it detects my location?
maybe not enough wattage to GPS?
Anything else i can try
Just typed in location 200 miles away to see if it detects my location?
maybe not enough wattage to GPS?
Ubbe
Member
GPS's uses a calendar it downloads from the satellites. If you do not have the GPS in use for a couple of weeks it usually will need to download a new calendar and that could take 20-30 minutes. I bought a GPS from Ebay that where delivered from China and that needed to be powered on and have GPS connection for at least 30 minutes until it started to work. Then I had it disconnected for 3-4 weeks and tried it again and it took at least 15 minutes until it worked again. When it has the current calendar it starts to work in seconds, depending of how many satellites it needs to receive, that have been set in its configuration.
When I was dealing with GPS receivers for taxi cabs I downloaded the calendar from a website and load into the GPS's so they would start working directly when they where installed.
/Ubbe
When I was dealing with GPS receivers for taxi cabs I downloaded the calendar from a website and load into the GPS's so they would start working directly when they where installed.
/Ubbe
I’m not sure what you have tried. Summarizing some useful responses above:
Does GPS appear on the sds100 display?
What do you have the baud rate set to?
Uniden scanners are typically default to 4800bps. Be sure to set your scanner to 9600bps when using the BC-SGPS.
How are you powering the gps?
If you have updated the radio with Sentinel recently and did not save the Profile the baud rate probably changed. Like said above be sure you have the right baud rate. The square Uniden GPS uses 9600, the round one uses 4800. If I forget to adjust my Profile I have to return my scanner to the proper setting after updating it.
Press Menu>Set your Location>Set Up GPS> Set Serial Port and select the proper rate. Then press the Avoid key to resume your prior operations.
Press Menu>Set your Location>Set Up GPS> Set Serial Port and select the proper rate. Then press the Avoid key to resume your prior operations.
