I'm wondering if anyone has had GPS problems the last couple days. Mine started yesterday morning (9/11), and have continued into today. The problem? No GPS signal. Funny thing is, it is pretty consistent between my RM510 and my Qualcom GPS. Either they both have a signal, or both don't. And when the QC does not have a signal the HOS e-logs don't work correctly, since it doesn't know where you are. I've had to go to paper logs today because the QC thinks there is a sensor failure, on and off for most of the day.
Can't expect a GPS to be right all the time, especially if you have not updated the maps. I have run into similar problems, but I believe it is because I have not paid the extra cash to update the maps after 2 years. All in all, it does a pretty good job. I just have to be smarter than it is. The signal loss is an entirely different matter, which is what this topic is about. I have never experienced a signal loss, except while going through a tunnel. And now both my RM and QC are experiencing signal loss while in the open. So, why? And I ask again, has anyone else had this problem in the past couple days?
I did a couple of days ago, signal bouncing in and out. Even the other day I was at a shipper and was told that I could not get my next route because it said that I was not on a truck route.
Yes had that problem a couple weeks back with both the qualcomm and rm gps. It was on an overnight run so I figured they were working on the satellites up there because after about 6 hours they started working again. But like I say, that was a while back, have not had any issues since.
I just got concerned because my problems started 9/11. Maybe the system is being updated, and it only effects certain areas at certain times. I didn't have any problems a couple weeks back, it has only been the past two days. I'll see how it goes tomorrow.
LOL!!! I thought of that (well, similar) as well, but there haven't been any solar eruptions that would have caused it.
I have been having trouble with mine for a couple weeks, it freezes up often, loses signal quite often even in areas I always had signal before and sometimes it will throw me "off road" when im clearly on the interstate... it was doing it in the other truck and did it a couple times yesterday in the new truck
