You can also configure the logging interval and whether the memory is overwritten when full or stops logging. The Device Status tab (below left) shows you the status of the device! here you can view memory status, configure the logging for position, position and speed or position, speed and altitude. Selecting the Data Download tab will show you the available log files on the 3800: Once installed and with the 3800 connected via USB (USB cable supplied), all that remains is to fire up the datalogger and configure the COM Port. Installing the datalogger download application is similarly straight forward and trouble free. Make a note as you'll need to know this later!
ROYALTEK GPS BLUETOOTH DRIVER
The USB driver installed quickly and on completion it usefully tells you what COM Port it has installed the 3800 on.
A quick visit to Royaltek's web site however and I was armed with the USB driver and download software.
ROYALTEK GPS BLUETOOTH SOFTWARE
Royaltek supply the software on a mini CD, my only Windows PC (I'm a predominantly an Apple Mac user) is my Apple MacBook that dual boots OS X and Windows and has a slot loading drive so cannot read the mini CD fomat and so I was unable to access the files supplied. The 3800 is Windows Only so the first issue encountered was installing the driver and data download software. Power is supplied by two AAA batteries and on the outside are mini-USB, Power ON/OFF and memory reset button along with a single status LED. Great for logging any journey, holidays, walks, cycle rides etc or even for adding location data to photographs.Įschewing the normal black/grey square box the 3800 sports an attractive white case with rounded ends and comes complete with both lanyard and key ring attachments. The 3800 is a small matchbox sized datalogger. being black it's discrete, has a lanyard attachment should you need it and works. The RBT-2000 scores with its hardware ON/OFf switch and form factor, not too big nor too small. GPS receivers such as these are the workhorses, I have a dozen similar devices from different manufactures and performance wise there is little to differentiate them. Such a feature allows the device to be remotely located in a car and if connected to external power it will switch ON/OFF with the ignition. BT receivers with physical ON/OFF switches are a rarity these days and so this makes a welcome re-appearance. The GPS receiver is the ubiquitous SiRFStarIII and in-use it performed as we would expect with very fast acquisition and good sensitivity. A mains adapter is available as an optional extra.Įxternally there is a simple hardware ON/OFF switch, a rubber flap covering the power socket and three status LED's for power, Bluetooth and GPS. In the box you get the receiver, removable battery (a 650mAh Li-ion type), 12v charge cable and driver CD (full sized CD, see later!). No bad thing as the form factor is near perfect for an every day Bluetooth GPS receiver. The RBT-2200 case bears a close resemblance to the RBT-1000 we reviewed in 2005.
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