Re: Garmin Edge 830 elevation issues

On Thu, 01 Aug 2024 14:57:26 GMT,
  Tom KunichFirmware updAtes <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:

 On Thu Aug 1 14:07:25 2024 Ted Heise  wrote:

On Thu, 01 Aug 2024 04:58:13 GMT,
  Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:

 Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> wrote:

 

I've used a Garmin Edge 830 for several years now with
very few (if any) real problems, but the last couple of
rides the altimeter has gone crazy.  It takes the
elevation for its stored home location (692 ft) just fine
when I start the ride, but then it starts climbing on its
own and then descending--with no reflection of the real
elevation.

 The only time I?ve had some funky elevation is
 thunderstorms or rather a significant pressure change as
 front moves in.

 
Yeah, I've seen that behavior as well when there have been
fronts come through, but this is not in any way related to
actual changes in barometric pressure.
 
I reset the device last night (pain in the rear) and thought
it was okay--the reported elevation held pretty steady.  This
morning it did too with the unit just turned on, but when I
had it start recording the elevation started incorrectly
increasing again.

Well, it seemed to mostly work okay on my ride today, though it
autopaused once when I was NOT stopped and also popped up a
submenu a couple of times when I had not pressed the touch screen. 
This latter could possibly have been from a drop of sweat landing
on the screen, I suppose.  No idea about the stray autopause.

I do wonder if the thing got too wet when riding in the rain a few
days ago, and is getting gradually better as it dries out.  Who
knows.

 Firmware updates can really screw the operation of the 830 up.
Check back after you've tested it now.

Yeah, I thought of that but the last firmware update was some time
back--many months.

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Ted Heise      <theise@panix.com>       West Lafayette, IN, USA