pieps DSP double update (to version 3.1)

[Lynx]

Got my pieps updated today at the OR show to the 3.1 software that was released just this month.

I only bought this one this past fall of 06 and there were already TWO upgrades. Some cool stuff. . . .

upgrade 1 is a frequency tester. you hold your buddy's beacon straight up to the pieps and push and hold the arrow button (the one right under the display you've never used before) and it tells you where your friend is transmitting relative to + or - 457kHz so you can be like, "hey man, you're cool" or "hey man, you might want to narrow your search field if the shit hits the fan"

upgrade 2 is the "smart transmitter." The pieps automatically picks up on any overlapping signals and adjusts it's own signal to prevent the overlapping and make it easier for the searcher to isolate the two signals (even easier for another pieps to isolate/mark)

(also, another hint i was told for searching in mult. burials....in the event of finding 1 of many beacons and marking the first, getting a new readout for say 10m away.....go ten meters and then quickly (like in a super flash so as not to screw up any of your other partners who are in search mode, i mean REALLY REALLY FAST) flip your beacon to send and back to search, which will reset it super fast and then pick up the closest signal again (which should now be that second beacon).

anyway, super stoked! If you live in the SLC area and haven't upgraded you should be able to get it done at Black Diamond or White Pine Touring. DOOO IT!

[pechelman]

damn
sounds like a worthy upgrade

does it cost you anything?
I ask because the forms Ive seen ask for 20ish$.
either way its worth it, im just curious.

also, did you get a new harness with the upgrade?
I read that it was supposed to come with a new one
again just curious.

estimated time on the upgrade?
know of anyplace around denver that can do it?
i knew I should have gotten of my lazy ass and sent it in over summer.

[Lynx]

not sure on cost going through a shop since I was able to do it at the OR show. But if i had needed to pay 20 bucks i would have gladly done so for this. Don't know a place in/near Denver but you should be able to look one up on www.pieps.com

It probably took less than a minute for the upgrade once the computer was ready to go. And about 5 minutes or so for a demo on the upgrades.

and I did not get a new harness, however, Fineline and I noticed that when I bought mine in the Fall it came with a newer/different harness than the one she had.

[pechelman]

guess I should have checked the webpage

for everyone else
here are the approved service centers where you can get them upgraded

Bent Gate Mountaineering
1313 Washington Ave - 80401 Golden - Tel.:877-236-8428 email
Northern Lights Trading
1716 West Babcock - 59715 Bozeman - Tel.:406-586-2225 Fax:406-586-7544 email
White Pine Touring
201 Heber Ave - 84060 Park City, UT - Tel.:435-649-8710
Black Diamond
2092 East 3900 South - 84124 Salt Lake City, UT - Tel.801) 278-0233
Liberty Moutains
4375 W 1980 So - 84104 Salt Lake City, UT - Tel.800) 366-2666
Tri-City Performance
1350 South 2000 West - 84663 Springville, UT - Tel.:801-794-3005

edit: FYI Bent Gate in golden JUST installed the software. Just as in just last night. Should be good to go here soon.

[Hugh Jardon]

Call me paranoid but I think these "upgrades" are really "beacon corrections." They are coming too soon and too often. I smell something funny.

[Bunion 2020]

Call me paranoid but I think these "upgrades" are really "beacon corrections." They are coming too soon and too often. I smell something funny.

Yup when I had windoze 3.1 and then microsoft introduced 95, I felt the same way. Then came 2000 then ME then XP. All a scam I tell you!

Could it be bacon?

[pechelman]

hey
at least theyre free upgrades unlike windoze