Hi,
I was having low battery on the GSR2700ISX receiver and suddenly the indicator went to full charge!
Is this a bug or the receiver works this way putting the 2nd battery to operation when the 1st battery is discharged?
I've used these receivers for 7 years now and I've never seen that happen! It might be that one battery has dropped out and then in again, either electronically or through a loose connection. I think the cover plate pushes the battery up to the contacts so you could check the screws are tight.
I did that and powered up the receiver. At first the battery indicator was full and after 1-2 minutes gone back to low battery.
So I guess that it was a false reading of the battery.
Thanks anyway!
I've been running these for quite a while now too and haven't had the issue you mentioned. The only 'problem' that i've had was the base's battery seemed to drain quicker than the rover, by a significant amount. I sent it in and they reprogrammed the battery..
Ed Castelan at Sokkia support in the US might be able to explain this.
He told me that these are smart batteries that communicate with the receiver so it could be a firmware glitch. Factory reset or firmware reload might be worth trying? Or, cleaning the battery contacts?
Right now the unit is charging so I will do a factory reset after it completes.
If it happens again I will report back.
P.S. How often you do a factory reset?
I do a factory reset every time I am going to do static collection.
I turn it on, let it tell me it's ready then I hold that button down for about 25 seconds until I hear "Factory reset" (you do have to wait unitl after "reciever turning off", keep holding that button down)... then after it runs it's routine I turn it off and then on again...
Might be an extra on and off there, but I haven't lost any data since I started this practice.