Customer Reviews

i-Blue 747A+ Bluetooth GPS Data Logger Receiver (AGPS, Auto On/Off, 66 ch, WAAS, Bluetooth, USB, Push to Log, 150,000 Waypoints) (iBlue747A+)

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We got one of these to record the 3d position of our RC plane while in flight. The included software that came with the device was terrible, but we found some other free software on the web which is fantastic. (google BT747, it'll probably be your first hit.) With this software, we were able to configure the device to poll at a 1 second interval and were able to easily offload data from the device. We are very happy with the results. Good luck!

The software is not very intuitive, and does take some fiddling to work out. But once you figure it out (took me about 30 minutes), it works pretty well. Data points from track give time, speed, direction and altitude. I am uncertain of the accuracy, since the altitude is usually showing me 19' under water. Think I am a slightly better sailor than that (or I can hold my breath for several hours). I have e-mailed tech support with questions regarding correcting this, but received no response. Nothing on their website which discusses correcting this.

I shopped for this product, looking for something which I can mark GPS spots with a push of a button (while hoisting the spinnaker during a race). I also have Velocitek Prostart. For Prostart ($600) to provide same tracking data, you would have to purchase their software ($50) and a third party software ($100). In a small dry bag, I keep this in my PFD pocket, next to my whistle. This device is NOT water proof, they do not even suggest this. For sailing/tracking purposes, this is a less than $100 solution, which works well for racing or cruising. Taking pictures with camera, then marking spot with this GPS tracking device works well.

Through the provided software, the files can be converted to KML files, which can be imported and published/shared in Google Earth. Battery life is decent. Carries more than 24 hour charge, which lets me charge the night before a race, and toss it in my PFD pocket. Morning of race, I usually forget stuff like this.

Does have blue tooth transmitter, but this does not work with ipod touch. Ipod touch does not have drivers to recognize device. I had high hopes that this was the case, but was not surprised by this. In theory, one could set this as a GPS receiver to a laptop. The laptop would stay below, in safer boat environment, and GPS would send data to laptop. Bit more complex that what I want to support when I go sailing.

Manual sucks - only covers the set up process. Could not figured out how to get the data out of this device or what to do with it.