I'm having trouble with opening the file. What should I be using to open it?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers.

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Dag said..
I'm having trouble with opening the file. What should I be using to open it?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers.

I used "Rar opener" If your referring to the utility.. sorted me out, Need the updater tool to load firmware.

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Agree, big improvement, thanks to Decrepit and everyone involved in getting this all to happen. Used the GW60 with the upgrade yesterday and could see my last 2-second and 10-second score after each run, plus my best 2-second and 10-second run as well as distance sailed and the time. Brilliant! Just need best NM and best Alpha now and I reckon that'll cover just about everything.

Well it will do alpha, if you copy my setup, that will be the third number that comes up in speed genie.
BUT!!!! you have to have the speed genie set to less than the gybe min speed, and the alpha has to be more than 300m.
If you just see 00.00 in that display, you haven't met those conditions, or you've gone wider than 50m.

The buffer memory isn't big enough to cope with anything longer than 500m, so a NM and hour is out.
But you do have an hour timer available as well as the real time.

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Dag said..
I'm having trouble with opening the file. What should I be using to open it?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers.

Bearhover, is right you need to extract the ".rar" file somewhere, then unzip the firmware, then point the updater software at it with the watch plugged in, in "com" mode.

Locosys have done a great job, they have pretty well maximised the capabilities of the hardware and tried hard to accommodate our requests for functionality. It's not the perfect device, it has battery and memory buffer limitations. But it's waterproof, accurate and when set up properly gives feedback on the water for 2sec, 5x10, alpha, 500m, distance and time.

I've saved my watch setup configuration file. The new utility gives you the option to upload an existing configuration. If you are interested in a copy of my config file for your watch, PM me with your email address and I'll,send it to you.

Got it!
Thanks Bearhoover. Thanks decrepit.
What a stuff around! Found the right software, but in doing so, installed another one which wouldn't let the appropriate com port work without purchasing "their" driver update. Uninstalled that, and Bob's your Uncle.
There's several hour's of my life I'll never get back.
Cheers,
Dag.

P.S. Just opened the new utility, and it's beautiful. A better GPS watch now!

Unfortunately we don't know all the people who had input into the development of the latest firmware.
John and I have been the most obvious on this forum. But I know Tom Chalko had a huge input into the Alpha division.
Ben Wilson helped with John's efforts to get a real time display included. It was sikemrex's idea to include the "LOG DELETE ?" warning. All the team captains that gave suggestions to John. Daffy suggested the Satellite data be included on the first screen.

Sorry if I've forgotten anyone/thing, feel free to remind me.

just downloaded the new firmware. All went well. However even though I have set the watch to read 12 hr time, I am sitting here at 12.10 AM and the watch says 0.10am. I have connected to GPS so it locks onto satellites and then turned it back off. And yet it still stays on what I can only see as 24hr time. I know I'm being pedantic as I doubt I will ever be looking at my watch in the small hours of the morning such as this but I'm just annoyed that it's not updating properly.
Anyone else had this issue?

I think that's just what it reads at 12:00am.
I recall being puzzled by it too, (I think?).

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just downloaded the new firmware. All went well. However even though I have set the watch to read 12 hr time, I am sitting here at 12.10 AM and the watch says 0.10am. I have connected to GPS so it locks onto satellites and then turned it back off. And yet it still stays on what I can only see as 24hr time. I know I'm being pedantic as I doubt I will ever be looking at my watch in the small hours of the morning such as this but I'm just annoyed that it's not updating properly.
Anyone else had this issue?

Hi,

Your time zone is incorrect?... There is no AM or PM in 24hr system so if it shows 00:10AM it is in 12HR system. If it was in 24hr system it should show 00:10 WITHOUT AM or PM.

Time Formats
12-hour 24-hour
12:00 (Midnight) 0:00 (beginning of the day)
12:01 am 0:01

From midnight to 12:59 am, subtract 12 hours.
12:49 am is 12:49 - 12 = 0:49

That is really weird, looks like a strange combination of the 2 formats, what happens when you get past the early morning 12s? Does it look like normal 12hr format then?

Dunno, I fell asleep

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Dunno, I fell asleep

So you didn't wake up till after midday?

Don't know if this has been covered but found out the hard way. If you do not sail for a long period, 6 weeks, in my case, the battery will drain down to a point where the watch will not switch on. Be warned.

Sorry blonde Mac user here again. Can the new softwear be downloaded from a Mac?

Kazza. You can certainly 'download' the firmware update files from the locosys website on a Mac. But if you mean, 'uploaded' or 'install' into the GW60? No it can't. You need a Windows computer to do a firmware update (or a Windows virtual machine installed on your Mac).

To tell the truth, I have not bothered updating to the Alpha firmware yet. I am happy with the max speed, 10 sec speed and History Max of both in the original firmware, but then I also use GPS-Logit which gives me feedback on ALL the divisions, except 1Hr, and also shows my running 5x10 sec average. I guess I will get around to it eventually.....

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sailquik said..
>>>> (or a Windows virtual machine installed on your Mac).

>>>

Andrew, official instructions from locosys, (Roger) says DO NOT USE VIRTUAL MACHINES FOR FIRMWARE UPDATES!!!

A few people have tried and had to go into an exhaustive recovery routine to get the watch working again.

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sailquik said..
Kazza. You can certainly 'download' the firmware update files from the locosys website on a Mac. But if you mean, 'uploaded' or 'install' into the GW60? No it can't. You need a Windows computer to do a firmware update (or a Windows virtual machine installed on your Mac).

To tell the truth, I have not bothered updating to the Alpha firmware yet. I am happy with the max speed, 10 sec speed and History Max of both in the original firmware, but then I also use GPS-Logit which gives me feedback on ALL the divisions, except 1Hr, and also shows my running 5x10 sec average. I guess I will get around to it eventually.....

The joys of owning a Mac. Yes I meant upload to the GW60. Not good with computer terminology

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sailquik said..
>>>> (or a Windows virtual machine installed on your Mac).

>>>

Andrew, official instructions from locosys, (Roger) says DO NOT USE VIRTUAL MACHINES FOR FIRMWARE UPDATES!!!

A few people have tried and had to go into an exhaustive recovery routine to get the watch working again.

Yes, I read that some had difficulties using VM. I thought some users had solved that issue, but that is good advice anyhow. No need to make it more complicated than necessary.

does any one know how to turn these off ?

If you have the GW52 utility you can turn them off with that. Hopefully it will then turn back on when you plug it in to a usb socket.

If you have the GW52 utility you can turn them off with that. Hopefully it will then turn back on when you plug it in to a usb socket.

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Yes, I read that some had difficulties using VM. I thought some users had solved that issue, but that is good advice anyhow. No need to make it more complicated than necessary.

From memory they got their unit working again, but I'm fairly sure they had to use a windows machine to do the update.

I have a vague memory it was something to do with the upload not being continuous.

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Heisenberg said..
Don't know if this has been covered but found out the hard way. If you do not sail for a long period, 6 weeks, in my case, the battery will drain down to a point where the watch will not switch on. Be warned.

That's piss poor design

Has anyone worked out how to display 24 hour clock ?

yep, mine displays 24hr no worries.





But I guess that's not the question you want answered????????????

At the bottom of the first settings column in the utility is a little square entitled, "TIME FMT" just change that to 24hr

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Heisenberg said..
Don't know if this has been covered but found out the hard way. If you do not sail for a long period, 6 weeks, in my case, the battery will drain down to a point where the watch will not switch on. Be warned.

That's piss poor design

Would one not always charge the watch/GPS before use

Plugged the watch into the computer to update the latest software, now the light is stuck on and there's no display. Damn
Think I'll stick with my gt31.

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Would one not always charge the watch/GPS before use

I suppose at this stage, Heisenberg needs to clarify what he wrote. I took what he said is that the product bricks itself once it's battery goes flat (ie: you can't charge it up, or power it on - ever. Throw it in the bin).

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sailquik said..

Would one not always charge the watch/GPS before use

I suppose at this stage, Heisenberg needs to clarify what he wrote. I took what he said is that the product bricks itself once it's battery goes flat (ie: you can't charge it up, or power it on - ever. Throw it in the bin).

That would be extremely unlikely.

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jn1 said..

sailquik said..

Would one not always charge the watch/GPS before use

I suppose at this stage, Heisenberg needs to clarify what he wrote. I took what he said is that the product bricks itself once it's battery goes flat (ie: you can't charge it up, or power it on - ever. Throw it in the bin).

That would be extremely unlikely.

Yes, I think what he meant was the battery was so flat it wouldn't turn on. I'm sure once plugged into power it will come straight back on.