Magellan and the lack of WAAS FIXED!!!
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:22 pmTaken from Magellan_Meridian yahoo group:
--- In Magellan_Meridian@yahoogroups.com, "trainlove" <trainlove@...> wrote:
>
> Merry Christmas One and All.
> I have solved the WAAS issue for Magellan receivers. The solution,
> which actaully was figured out by qwert1515, should work for all
> Meridian GPSr's, no matter what firmware version you have.
>
> I believe the solution will work for all SportTrak's since it appears
> that their firmware has a lot in common with the Meridians, at least
> in the WAAS arena.
>
> I have yet to see if the Explorists are also similar.
>
> I know that the Map330 and Map330Pro should also work, I had a copy
> of that firmware hanging around for some reason.
>
> Details will follow when I'm thoroughly satisfied with repeatability
> and documentation issues.
>
> But it will require you to modify your own firmware, using nothing
> more complicated than WordPad and the Windows Calculator. I don't
> feel comfortable supplying 'modified' firmware and Magellan, whoever
> owns Magellan today, probably wouldn't like it even though they
> consider all these GPSr's as Legacy Unsupported products.
Currently only for Magellan Meridian receivers, sorry.
Visit Magellan Meridian Yahoo Groups at Fixed WAAS Firmware for fixed firmware while it last! You must register but it is FREE!
--- In Magellan_Meridian@yahoogroups.com, "trainlove" <trainlove@...> wrote:
>
> Merry Christmas One and All.
> I have solved the WAAS issue for Magellan receivers. The solution,
> which actaully was figured out by qwert1515, should work for all
> Meridian GPSr's, no matter what firmware version you have.
>
> I believe the solution will work for all SportTrak's since it appears
> that their firmware has a lot in common with the Meridians, at least
> in the WAAS arena.
>
> I have yet to see if the Explorists are also similar.
>
> I know that the Map330 and Map330Pro should also work, I had a copy
> of that firmware hanging around for some reason.
>
> Details will follow when I'm thoroughly satisfied with repeatability
> and documentation issues.
>
> But it will require you to modify your own firmware, using nothing
> more complicated than WordPad and the Windows Calculator. I don't
> feel comfortable supplying 'modified' firmware and Magellan, whoever
> owns Magellan today, probably wouldn't like it even though they
> consider all these GPSr's as Legacy Unsupported products.
Currently only for Magellan Meridian receivers, sorry.
Visit Magellan Meridian Yahoo Groups at Fixed WAAS Firmware for fixed firmware while it last! You must register but it is FREE!