The counter counts from an arbitrary starting point that represents the
birth of the GPS system 19 years ago, not the startup of the individual
receiver.
Sam
At 09:56 PM 8/23/99 -0600, Michael D. Porter wrote:
>Andrew Mace wrote:
> >
> > Per the following news item: A show of hands, please, for all of you whose
> > Triumphs were affected yesterday...I thought as much. ;-)
> >
> > ************************************************************************
> > NAVIGATION SYSTEMS FAIL IN SOME JAPANESE CARS
> > In Japan, the navigation systems using the satellite-based Global
> > Positioning System failed to operate correctly in some Japanese cars
> > yesterday, because they had been designed to count to only 1,024 weeks and
> > when the maximum was reached on Sunday the clocks reset to zero. Pioneer
>
>Hmmm... I find this a most curious explanation for the problem. If the
>week counter was absolute, i.e., the device began counting weeks from
>the time it was first turned on, that would mean that Japanese cars have
>had GPS navigation for 19.69 years... perhaps they meant days....
>
>Cheers.
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