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Time to First Fix (TTFF) :
Output Message : NMEA 0183 v3.01 (Default: GGA, GSA, GSV, RMC; Optional: VTG, GLL)
Accuracy : Without aid: 3.0m 2D-RMS
Frequency: 1 – 5 Hz user configurable
Dimension: 72.2 (L) X 46.5 (W) X 20 (H) mm
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Hardware:
# Adopt MTK II latest chipset with high sensitivity -165dBm and 66-Channel tracking
# Ultra lower power consumption up to 42hrs operation
# Less than 15-Sec. AGPS fix support: download almanac data to realize faster TTFF and positioning under warm start
# Stand-Alone travel recorder to log up to 400,000 records (*)
# Easily switch Travel Recorder to LOG mode or NAV mode (Navigation + Log)
# Support button push manually to memorize your location immediately
# Update Rate 1~5Hz changeable by utility provided
# G-Mouse + Bluetooth in one: wired and wireless GPS receiver
# Fast Position Fix ,Cold start 35s, Warm start 33s,Hot start 1s
# Auto On-Off function for smart power control
# Personal/Portable Navigation (PDA, Smartphone, PC, etc.)
# QZSS, DGPS(WAAS+EGNOS+MSAS) support
Software:
# Support Multi-mode setting to record data (Vehicle, Bicycle, Jog)
# Provide Travel Recorder PC Utility V4 with built-in Google Map, Multi-language support, and Visualization UI
# “Wizard interf
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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Amazing piece of hardware, June 3, 2009
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Norman J. Pieniazek “Orchid lover” (Suwanee, Georgia, USA) – See all my reviews
This review is from: Q-1000XT: Qstarz BT-Q1000XT Bluetooth Data Logger GPS Receiver (66 ch, 1-5Hz Update Rate, AGPS, 400,000 Waypoints, Vibration Sensor) (Electronics)
During a recent trip to Colorado and Wyoming I compared the BT-Q1000x with two other GPS Data Loggers. It’s truly an amazing piece of equipment!
The good:
1. The GPS chipset is very sensitive. It even tracked my flight when placed in a pocket in my backpack that was in the overhead bin on the plane.
2. The battery life is advertised to be 40 hours. I tested it up to 20 hours and it still worked when two other units died due to exhausted batteries.
3. Moreover, the battery can be user-replaced as it is a standard Nokia cell phone battery.
4. There is a switch that you slide to switch the unit on and not a push button. No problem with accidental disconnections.
The bad:
1. Qstarz Travel Recorder software hangs a lot on my Vista 32-bit laptop computer.
2. QStarz Travel Recorder software is not very well designed as opposed to @Trip PC, a wonderful and mature product by a competitor that makes the IGotU units. Please note that it is very easy to export the tracks from Travel Recorder to the *.gpx format and import them to @Trip PC.
If someone found a better GPS Data Logger than the QStarz BT-1000x, please post in this thread.
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49 of 52 people found the following review helpful
awesome, September 17, 2009
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M. Heltsley (Wisconsin) – See all my reviews
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I have used several GPSs over the years and this one takes the cake. It went on a trip to Ireland the Scotland with me and performed so well I am thinking of new ways to push it to see where it might fail.
First it locked on just about anywhere, inside airports while in my luggage, inside the overhead bin on the plane while inside my luggage, inside cars while in my pants pocket, in buildings, in hotels, in pubs large and small. It locked on everywhere, and when it did not it just kept me in the same location until it did find a lock, meaning it did not show me bouncing all over the place when I was really just sitting still.
Secondly the software is OK, I did use it for downloading the data, setting up the GPS, exporting to GPX and Google Earth, and some preliminary review of the days events, but really that was it. So I cannot talk to how it does anything else, nor do I much care. It does what I needed it to do very well with no problems or complaints. I ran it on XP SP3 on 2 machines and it had no issues of any kind.
Thirdly it lasts FOREVER. I left it run almost 2 days, nearly 42 hours, before it died. 42 hours. That is amazing. Plus since it charges via USB I can charge it ANYWHERE. I can charge from my laptop, desktop, car charger, wall charger, even from those little engergizer 2xAA battery thingies. I even made a charger from a USB cable and a 4xAA battery holder. So I can charge this from rechargeable batteries as needed without connecting to my laptop.
Forthly it stores a lot of info. I have easily almost 2 weeks of time, in 1 minute increments about 10-16 hours a day, stored on here. You cannot erase from it , it just overwrites the old stuff, so I can see all the way back to when I first got it still, plus the 9 day Ireland/Scotland trip, plus all the flights to and from, plus misc playing around with it. It is all still on there. Amazing.
The one thing you really really really do have to do though if you plan to geotag photos, and I know you already know this but just listen anyways, is to sync the camera clock to GPS time (in your home timezone if possible). My camera time drifts, I had synced it before maybe 6 months ago when using the Garmin GPS around home, but I was 5 minutes off, which would be fine except that my shots of a given church were blocks away, my shots of the Cliffs of Moher are geotagged from the parking lot, etc until I corrected for the drift. There is no way to tell what time this GPS thinks it is, but since all GPS receivers use the same time it is a simple matter of syncing to any GPS or just to a reputable Stratum 1 or 2 time source online.
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OK, but difficult to use with a Mac, September 15, 2009
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L. Brehmer (Redington, AZ) – See all my reviews
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Using Qstarz GPS tracker on a Mac:
All in all, I would not recommend buying a Qstarz to a Mac user until they come out with some functional Mac software – it is way too complicated (and seems risky to me for the security of your system). It seems like a good GPS tracker and the Windows software might be good if it works, but for a Mac user, I don’t think it’s worth the hassle. It’s taken me 2 full days of messing around with the system of my computer to be able to download the data, and I’m still missing out on a lot of the functionality. By the way, the windows program comes on a tiny CD about 3 inches wide and probably does not load into most computers. Also the “reference guide” included with the box is poorly translated and almost worthless. The actual GPS measurements seem to be rather consistently about 30 meters East of where they actually were taken, but other than that seem accurate. I wrote down what I can remember of getting this thing to work on a Mac for any one else who really wants to try. The open source BT747 program is what makes it all possible, and is a very useful and powerful program, in spite of the difficulty of actually installing it.
To Make Qstarz BT-Q1000X work on a Mac:
I strongly recommend reviewing the following web pages which probably explain most of the steps better than I do (but as I found out, also seem to leave some steps a little confusing, not that I can do it better):
bt747.free.fr/content/?q=book/export/html/4
stngiam.wordpress.com/2008/12/25/using-a-qstarz-bt-q1000p-gps-travel-recorder-with-a-mac
1. (this step may not be required and is probably better not preformed unless Bluetooth does not work): download and install a USB driver: Mac_OSX_VCP_Driver (from: bt747.free.fr/content/?q=book/export/html/4 and follow the link to silabs.com – VCP drivers); will require a restart. Note that this program will prevent you from ever using Fusion or Paralells on your Mac and should be removed if you need to use these. I think with Bluetooth, you will not need this USB driver and it is best to avoid this step.
2. Start up the Qstarz and set to NAV mode. Pair the Qstarz with Bluetooth in system preferences, using the advanced box and following the prompts. The Qstarz will only be momentarily connected, and then will disconnect after noting there are no services available. That’s ok.
3. Start up your computer in admin user (assuming you have separate admin and user accounts – if not then just use your normal acct);
open terminal and type in:
sudo mkdir /var/lock
it will then ask for your password; enter your admin password and “enter” (you will not see that the password is going in as the cursor will not move; I think that it just moves to the next line if the password was entered alright); then type in the following command and “enter” to make the locked shell globally writeable:
sudo chmod 777 /var/lock
(I have no idea what this does for the security of your system; as always, type those commands exactly without extra spaces). I think you can close the terminal then.
4. Down load and install the following program: “Install Desktop version of BT747″ from “bt747.free.fr/content” and go to the “Download & Install Desktop” (above the “documentation” link which is also very useful) in the left upper hand sidebar, and from there click on the “Install the desktop version of BT747″.
Note that the “download and install” appear to occur together and may hang several times, just click on the install program again until it completes. Agree to allow the program files (all of them) access to your computer – once again I have no idea how serious of a threat to the security of your system this is. After all this the BT747 program should be open on your desktop.
5. Set your Qstarz GPS to “NAV”, (make sure it has already been paired with Bluetooth in “system preferences”; at the bottom of the opening page (first tab “Log Operations”), at the bottom next to connect, move the option to “Bluetooth (for Mac)”, and click on “connect”. With any luck you should see information showing up in the upper right hand corner “GPS Device Data”. That’s good!
6. Now you can close the BT747. For some reason you will not be able to start it up again from it’s icon in Applications, but will have to run the “BT747_J2SE_Install-jnlp” script again every time in order to start it up again – it’s much faster than the initial installation and does not download new files. The copy I use came from “sourceforge.net/projects/bt747/files/bt747/Latest/BT747″ (I had version 1.68.25) – download the full zip file, unzip it, open the folder and look for “BT747_J2SEInstall-jnlp”. Copy this to wherever you want to keep it and can find it again (maybe in “Applications”). I have no idea why the “BT747 Desktop Latest” icon won’t just start up like…
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