Apparently you can't get to any drivers or software without a "login". I don't know if there are any opensource configuration utilities - but that doesn't help if you need a driver. On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:57 AM, tz wrote: > The Ublox 6 document (page 136) has "Align to UTC" for the messages and > the option to change the rate. > > It would be interesting to compare the jitter and offset with this set and > not using PPS> > > And there is a lot of discussion on dead reckoning. > > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Jau-Yang Chen wrote: > >> Dear Eric, >> >> Thanks again for your kind support. It's our responsibility to provide the >> good performance product with better quality to our customers. It's really >> the great reward for all of your help to promote Macx-1. >> >> For dead-reckoning and 1PPS issue, we will double check and come back to >> you. >> >> The data sheet of GR-601 is also attached. You are much appreciated to >> review and improve it. >> >> Best regards, >> >> JY >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Eric S. Raymond [mailto:esr@thyrsus.com] >> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:14 AM >> To: cjy@navisys.com.tw >> Cc: 'veronica'; tcf@navisys.com.tw; thumbgps-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net; >> 'lily'; gloria@navisys.com.tw >> Subject: Promoting the Macx-1 >> >> >From Jau-Yang Chen >> > It will be great and much appreciated if we could have >> >a channel to sell this winning product in Amazon. >> >> Working on it. But no result yet - I may have to go through several links >> in a chain of references. >> >> > We plan to put an article as attached on our website for advertisement. >> > Could you please review and comment? >> >> Have reviewed. You can quote any of that you like. >> >> > It will be helpful to promote Macx-1 USB >> > GPS receiver if you could also put it in the website of your >> > SIG/project. >> >> Done. Find it on >> >> Also note that once we confirm a U.S. retail partner for you guys I will >> promote the product on my blog and Google+. As I have over >> 18,000 blog and G+ followers with a heavy concentration among programmers >> and engineers who are likely GPS customers, this is exposure many vendors >> would kill for. I have never plugged a product before; this will be your >> reward for a job very well done. >> >> The market you will be selling the Macx-1 into is much more interested in >> detailed technical information about the device than you are probably used >> to. The datasheet for this device should list the exact uBlox chip or >> module it uses, the NMEA version, and (most importantly!) a link to >> programming information about the GPS engine - uBlox's technical manual on >> programming the chip would do. >> >> One of our people already mentioned turning off the dead-reckoning feature >> so the device won't emit PPS after it has lost lock. One reason to link to >> the technical manual is so we can determine if this is really an issue; it >> might be the firmware stops emitting PPS in dead-reckoning mode, and >> that's >> exactly the sort of detail Macx-1 customers will be interested in. >> >> Another one of our people, Dave Taht, has inquired about customized cases. >> That gives me an interesting marketing idea. Look at the GPSD project >> logo >> at . That's a Linux penguin >> with >> GPS satellites orbiting it. You might want to think about doing a batch >> of >> these with the logo on the case - with a little promotion they'd probably >> sell like crazy to Linux fans. >> >> My offer to review and improve the English version of your technical >> documentation is still open. >> -- >> Eric S. Raymond >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Thumbgps-devel mailing list >> Thumbgps-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/thumbgps-devel >> >> >