Bluetooth GPS: What data can I see on the LCD screen of my Elf?
There are several screens of data accessible at your fingertips when using one of the Bad Elf Bluetooth models; Bad Elf GPS Pro, Bad Elf GPS Pro+, or the Bad Elf GNSS Surveyor. The data screens are all accessed by tapping the GPS (bottom) button found on the Elf. The ancillary screens, Bluetooth Status and Barometric Altimeter Status are accessed by tapping the Bluetooth (middle) button on the Elf.
Home screen: After acquiring a positional lock this is the default view on the LCD. The screen is split into quadrants showing Speed, Track, Altitude, and Accuracy (Horizontal plane).
Satellites View: Supplies some basic details about the constellation. How many Sats. are in View, How many Sats. are in Use, along with their relative signal strengths displayed as a bar graph.
Location View: Provides the Longitude and Latitude in several user-configurable formats.
Accuracy View: The screen is split into quadrants showing Fix Type, Horizontal Accuracy, Vertical Accuracy, and an Overall Positional Accuracy
GPS Logger View: Indicates whether or not the logging is OFF/ON and the amount of Free Memory. Some configurable settings will also be indicated on this screen; Changes to logging rate and whether a Smart Filter is selected, In addition, if actively logging a timer indicating the duration of the current session is displayed.
Bluetooth Status: Indicates whether or not the Antenna is OFF/ON, the number of active connections, and pairing status.
Barometric Altimeter Screen: The screen is split into quadrants showing
Feature NOT found on the Bad Elf GPS Pro (BE-GPS-2200)Related Articles
Bluetooth GPS: Anatomy of a Bad Elf Bluetooth Receiver
The Bad Elf receiver has three buttons to the left of the front LCD display. These are your main unit controls. The top button controls power and the LCD backlight, the middle button controls Bluetooth and barometer* settings, while the bottom button ...Bad Elf GPS: Downloading trips
The Bad Elf GPS app is used to download trips that have been logged locally to the Bad Elf GPS Pro, Pro+, or GNSS Surveyor. The process is the same for each of these Bad Elf devices. When connected to your iOS device, the Bad Elf app will scan any ...Bluetooth GPS: How to Control Data Logging on a Bad Elf GPS
Data logging is a feature found on the Bad Elf GPS Bluetooth models; The Bad Elf GPS Pro, The Bad Elf GPS Pro+, and The Bad Elf GNSS Surveyor. By holding the GPS (bottom) button on a Bad Elf for 3 seconds you toggle the data logger ON. Remember: You ...Bluetooth GPS: Configure coordinate system displayed on LCD
Your Bad Elf Bluetooth GPS can display three separate coordinate systems all based on the same positional data. You can configure the format to match that used by your mapping system. As a rule of thumb modern mapping tends to use Decimal Degrees, ...Bluetooth GPS: Bluetooth Settings
Here is a breakdown of the Bluetooth settings within the Bad Elf GPS app for the Bad Elf Pro, Pro+, and GNSS Surveyor. Enabled on startup This setting determines whether pairing via Bluetooth is to be enabled or disabled when your Bad Elf GPS starts ...