Spot 2 or Spot Connect??

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August 2, 2013 at 10:17 am #235928

Dwayne O
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Yeah mate,
The Spot sends a blip to the satellites every 10 mins (as long as it has coverage) and joins each blip with a straight line. It does not follow track line like a GPS would normally.

August 2, 2013 at 10:31 am #247481

Lindsay Petersen
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Hey eagle

I’m heading down to the central Coast in the morning to see my Dad – here’s my link – interersted to see if it works ok.

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0fTNmhiDI0yLdpjJ1hthEVf547RgedW9v

Linz

August 2, 2013 at 10:35 am #235929

Dwayne O
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I`m flying to Brisvegas mid morning mate,,
Will have a look later in the day when I get there

Cheers

August 4, 2013 at 1:02 am #247483

Dave O’Rourke
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OK so I have finally set up my spot connect. Wasn’t to much of a drama. I even found a promo code online for free tracking for 12 months and saved myself $50USD. Although it had to process my credit card number twice for some reason. Anyway I decided to give it a test by sending a predefined message.

Well the wrong message came through to my wifes’ phone. Instead of

“All OK – Just got here”

She received

“Broken down – call when I can”

So as you can see I was a little surprised. Anyone else had the wrong message come through on their spot before. I’m now sending a typed message to see if that works.

August 4, 2013 at 1:06 am #247517

Greg
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D-Rally wrote:

OK so I have finally set up my spot connect. Wasn’t to much of a drama. I even found a promo code online for free tracking for 12 months and saved myself $50USD. Although it had to process my credit card number twice for some reason. Anyway I decided to give it a test by sending a predefined message.

Well the wrong message came through to my wifes’ phone. Instead of

“All OK – Just got here”

She received

“Broken down – call when I can”

So as you can see I was a little surprised. Anyone else had the wrong message come through on their spot before. I’m now sending a typed message to see if that works.

No mate, maybe have them in the wrong boxes or did it wrong on your app. Try again, practice makes perfect :laugh: or ring if you get stuck

TB

August 4, 2013 at 1:31 am #235930

Dave O’Rourke
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Check these images TB. I might do another one today and see if it does it again

August 4, 2013 at 1:33 am #247518

Dave O’Rourke
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BTW – the custom typed message worked fine.

August 6, 2013 at 8:19 am #247302

Lindsay Petersen
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Trailboss wrote:

plindz wrote:

Hi TB

Any chance of a pic – :unsure:

Linz

Yes mate of course but you will need to wait until Saturday I am away mate

TB

Hey TB

How’s that pic coming along ??

I found something on ebay that looked ok for $20 but they wanted $50 to post it – that’s not gunna happen

Linz

August 6, 2013 at 9:03 am #247600

Greg
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plindz wrote:

Trailboss wrote:

plindz wrote:

Hi TB

Any chance of a pic – :unsure:

Linz

Yes mate of course but you will need to wait until Saturday I am away mate

TB

Hey TB

How’s that pic coming along ??

I found something on ebay that looked ok for $20 but they wanted $50 to post it – that’s not gunna happen

Linz

Forgot will do it tonight mate

TB

August 7, 2013 at 10:26 am #247482

Greg
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Sorry Linz I fell asleep last night before I got to it :blush:

top of the strap just out from under the helmet two cable ties facing straight up at satellites

Second tie is a safety

Hope that helps, cheap simple, has a safety and faces the sats

TB

August 7, 2013 at 10:38 am #247652

Lindsay Petersen
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Thanx (it’s important you get your beauty sleep)- give’s me an idea as to what to do.

Shame they don’t have an actual holder designed for that type of application. Maybe worth making one – could make a $mill :whistle:

August 31, 2013 at 9:46 am #247653

Lindsay Petersen
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Hey TB

Tried out the SPot last weeekend – thanks for the pics of how to attach to backpack strap. Couple of questions
The spot kept disconnecting from my iphone (bluetooth) even though not more than 300mm apart
I sent my spot address to mate but it showed on my link that the spot was not activated even though i set it up as per instructions and set it on track via my iphone – whats the deal??

Linz

September 10, 2013 at 5:29 am #235931

Dwayne O
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Hey Linz,
Check if you hadn`t deactivated the page.
*Hit the “”SHARE tab at top of page
*Then click “Edit/manage Shared page”
*Highlight the page you want in the small box in left hand column (I have multiple ones setup)
*Then there is an ACTIVATE or DEACTIVATE button at top of screen.

This may help :whistle:

September 10, 2013 at 8:33 am #249512

Lindsay Petersen
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Thanx mate – that should fix it :woohoo: Need a bit of time on these thing to work out properly

September 10, 2013 at 8:45 am #235932

Dwayne O
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Well it might fix it,,, if that was actually the problem :laugh:

Not sure on the disconnecting Bluetooth drama.
Good Lithium betteries are a must and make sure they are fresh ones at the start of a multi day ride (and carry spares just in case) :whistle:
I presume the connect runs the same batery setup ??? 3x AAA Lithiums

If you have any more probs with it, give me a yell and I`m sure we can sort something out after work one arvo
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