Garmin GPS: eTrex Vista Cx Altimeter Problem

>To All: 

Its not you - I saw the same problem on a few hikes north of Las Vegas
last month but never followed up on it.

Interested to hear what Garmin says about this.

Joel

 

Some of the other gps's have a note on recent software that old
firmware incorrectly calculated the total ascent. If the firmware
were largely shared (which is it would be in any clueful company) then
this could be a problem across the whole line.

http://www.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=1245

Changes made from version 2.60 to 2.70:
...
* Fix issue where total ascent and total descent were incorrectly computed.

-wolfgang
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Wolfgang S. Rupprecht http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/

Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: 

Wolfgang:

I will let Garmin know that the eTrex Vista Cx is also effected.

Steve

Steve H wrote: 

It sounds like it has the opposite problem I have with a
GPSmap 76S. The altimeter is a bit noisy so the output has
to be filtered to some extent. Too much filtering and the
total elevation gain will be to low. Too little filtering
and you'll gain a 100 ft. in a short period of time while
standing still.

If I climb 1,000 ft., the total ascent in the 76S will
probably be somewhere from 1100 to 1200 ft. If I do
the climb very fast, I might get the gain in the 1050
to 1100 ft. range. If I stop a lot to take pictures,
talk to other hikers, etc., I might get a gain in the
1200 to 1250 range.

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Dan
(email change 2001 to 2004)
(www.gpsmap.net)