I am able pick up a couple of these units fairly cheap and was wondering are users having any issues with these like incorrect date etc.
They are so cheap I don't mind if they don't last more than a couple of years but I don't want completely useless receivers either.
- Some are GPS only.
- Some have no internal memory,or rather, no access turned on to the memory that is built in. It can be turned on for a price.
- The batteries are built in, may need recell-ing.
- Parts are not available. If you need any sort of major service you are out of luck.
- The battery charging jack and the USB jack are identical. If the battery charger plug has ever been plugged into the USB jack the USB jack is burned out. Naturally, this has happened at some point to every Hiper Lite. So you need a USB to Serial adaptor to download it using the Serial port. No big deal, these adaptors are under $20.
But generally they work just fine.
Mark Mayer, post: 430626, member: 424 wrote: The battery charging jack and the USB jack are identical. If the battery charger plug has ever been plugged into the USB jack the USB jack is burned out.
I've never handled any HiPers, but I recall tales in the past of the wrong-USB-port thing resulting in $4k main board replacements. Were those guys being misled by their dealers?
I have a pair of Hiper Lites, and they have worked for me just fine. My set only has a serial port, and it is pinned differently from the power port, so no possibility of messing up there.
I have not had any problems with mine other than a loose wire on the power port for charging. That was a simple and cheap fix. I did replace the batteries on he base unit back in 2012 with some aftermarket batteries, and it was a quick and simple procedure.
Much of the features of the hiper series were pay to play (unlock). Glonass? Internal memory for static storage? Radio range? All were toggled on or off by software license key.
In my experience the batteries got memory like all nicads and had to be recelled. Main radio board would go out on occasion. Anytime the units were opened it was a new gasket kit. About once a year they got a $1,500 overhaul and were good to go again.
That said they were tough as hell. My crews beat the snot out of them and they kept on ticking.
They were my launching point into rtk and amazed me for many years. I believe they had 40 channels? Now that I've upgraded to newer tech, I am once again amazed at the improvement. I wouldn't pay much for them as you can get a couple generations newer tech for low money as well but they were solid, tough, workhorses that just needed some love every year or so.