[ANSS-netops] bug in Reftek "Model 16X" Garmin GPS receiver (details from Reftek)

[Richard Godbee]

On Jul 15, 2011, at 1:22 PM, Bridget O'Neill wrote:

>> We did not let any of our 16x, or 15x go to the field with this firmware.  (We are using 15x receivers from Garmin to repair our older style Reftek GPS, but they did have this same issue.)   

For what it's worth, the same firmware bug also affected the Garmin GPS 18X.

As far as I know, the discontinued, non-"X" Garmin GPS 15, GPS 16, and GPS 18 receivers use a different chipset than the "X" receivers and never had this firmware bug.

Richard