From: Michael Beale (mjbeale50_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Sun May 08 2005 - 23:03:10 PDT
Please excuse this Newby asking a question all the rest of you know the
answer to. How do you do a brainwipe. I presume it is eliminating
everything from the memory but without recorse to the manual I would
not know how to do it.
Regards,
Michael
<br><br><br>>From: DJ Vollkasko
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: Mon May 09 2005 - 01:00:00 PDT
<DJ_Vollkasko_at_gmx.net><br>>Reply-To:
newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net<br>>To:
newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net<br>>Subject: Re: [NTLK] Newton GPS prob:
"GPS: 0" -----<br>>Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 19:00:25
+0200<br>><br>>"Subject: Re: [NTLK] Newton GPS prob: "GPS:
0" -----", should become=20<br>>"Victory at long last --
and terrible defeat... (was Re: [NTLK] Newton=20=<br>><br>>GPS prob:
"GPS: 0" -----)"<br>><br>><br>>Dear
all,<br>><br>><br>>a(nother) lesson in Humility was taught and
learned this morning. After=20=<br>><br>>trying every possible Init
command combination ($PRWIINIT and $PRWILOG,=20=<br>><br>>or $PRWIINIT
and $PRWIILOG?, etc.) and completing this very=20<br>>fascinating
(boring, actually) series of experiments, the only thing
I=20=<br>><br>>could try on my own was a deep Newton brainwipe and
reinstalling from=20<br>>backups, just as Adriano suggested (remember: HE
had success with the=20<br>>same receiver on a freshly brainwiped Newton
w/o any command strings!).=20=<br>><br>>Needless to say: As anything
Adriano says, this worked brilliantly.<br>><br>><br>>I have done
the following:<br>><br>>1. Back-up Internal storage to Storage Card
1.<br>>2. Back-up Storage Cards 1 + 2 to desktop.<br>>3. Remove Card
1; erase Card 2, install GPS Map on it. Remove Card 2.<br>>4. Erase
Internal storage.<br>>5. Insert Card 2 (which mounted nicely), start GPS
Map and wait. GPS=20<br>>Map acquires position -- worky.<br>>6.
Restore complete Internal storage from backup on Card 1. Start
GPS=20<br>>Map from Card 2 -- no worky.<br>> Assumption 1: Problem is
on Internal store.<br>>7. Remove cards, brainwipe Newton again.<br>>8.
Insert Cards. Restore all information, but no packages to
Internal.=20=<br>><br>>Start GPS Map -- worky.<br>> Assumption 2:
The error lies with a package (buggy?
corrupted?=20=<br>><br>>conflicting with GPS Map?).<br>>9. Install
packages by letters, reboot and try GPS Map (all
"a"=20<br>>packages, reboot, test, then all "b"
packages -- so I can say in which=20=<br>><br>>batch of installed
packages the cause might lie). -- This should have=20<br>>worked
perfectly, but didn't; very weird, as in: no worky, then I=20<br>>freeze
the packages of the last batch -- still no worky.<br>> Assumption 3:
WTF?!<br>><br>>10. In the end, I had everything restored to the
Newton, but no worky.=20=<br>><br>>So I went and froze ALL packages in
Internal storage and rebooted=20<br>>(which I didn't do after freezing in
the last step... shoulda done that=20=<br>><br>>after each freezing!).
GPS Map check: worky.<br>> Assumption 4: After freezing, something stays
alive in memory =<br>>which=20<br>>reminds Newton that there used to
be this thawed package, and this=20<br>>memory is gone after
reboot.<br>>11. Then I unfroze the packages letter-batch-wise, rebooted,
and=20<br>>checked again. I repeated this, until I found a batch that
broke GPS=20<br>>Map position acquisition again. Then I went through a
cycle of freezing=20=<br>><br>>one package of this batch, rebooting,
GPS Map checking, then the next=20<br>>-- until GPS Map worked again.
The last package processed was the=20<br>>culprit... (Deleted this for
the time being. Needs
more=20<br>>investigating...)<br>><br>><br>>E finalmente, amici
-- SUCSESS AT LONG LAST! HOORAY!<br>><br>><br>>Another observation:
I have checked TeleType GPS performance, too. I=20<br>>can now get a nice
reading in Position mode (more precise heigth=20<br>>reading than GPS
Map, plus I just LOVE the flashing satellite dish=20<br>>icon! ;=3D} )
and the Monitor mode doesn't stall anymore. Neat.<br>> Bonus: The Monitor
now only shows GGA, RMC and VTG sentences =<br>>coming
in=20<br>>(unlike last week...) -- just like I wanted it! Yay! Seems the
Init=20<br>>strings I'd used in GPS Map configured the receiver, which
keeps the=20<br>>settings in its RAM as long as its rechargeable battery
lasts (32 days,=20=<br>><br>>recharges during normal use; after longer
intervalls it will be reset=20<br>>by the Init strings in GPS Map).
Another brilliant triumph for Team=20<br>>Newtonia!<br>><br>>So, I
was very happy. Well, as things go, my pure and childish joy
very=20=<br>><br>>soon fizzed away, when I tried to get my original
data restored to Card=20=<br>><br>>2. The restore went nicely, BUT
THEN...<br>> LIGHTNING STRIKES! Restore went great, the Newton restarted,
and =<br>>when=20<br>>it wanted to activate the packages on Card 2, it
just stalled. I forced=20=<br>><br>>a reboot (pwr + reset), removed
card, waited until Newton was up and=20<br>>had activated all packages in
Internal and Card 1 stores. Then I=20<br>>reinserted Card 2 -- after a
couple packages, the activation stalled=20<br>>again (not always on the
same package, though...). ARRRGH -- RATS!!!!<br>><br>>Well, seems like
I have a new Mayday call:<br>><br>> *** How can I get the
=A7$%&#!-card to activate its =<br>>=A7$%&#!-packages?<br>> Or how to
erase the card completely so I can try the restore =<br>>again?
***<br>><br>><br>>Oscillating between crystal-clear tears of joy
and gratitude and sheer=20=<br>><br>>disgust, horror and
contempt,<br>><br>>yer pal 'Kasko.<br>><br>><br>>P.S.: Okay,
and next week I'll get the serial-to-USB cable the=20<br>>manufacturer
offers, so then I can hook the receiver up with my ole=20<br>>PowerBook.
Say, what's a good Navigation + GPS application for OS X=20<br>>(with
European topographical maps in 1:50.000 or even
1:25.000,=20<br>>preferably)?=<br>><br>>--<br>>This is the
NewtonTalk list - http://www.newtontalk.net/ for all
inquiries<br>>Official Newton FAQ:
http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/
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