I moved a Speed Sensor from one bike to another; now It's not staying connected

This speed sensor showed a low battery when I used it a couple of weeks ago, then it was dead the next two days.  I replaced the battery and moved it onto my newest bike.  Today, I noticed that I was getting the pause symbol (the two vertical bars) repeatedly, and when I tried to get the timer going again, I would get the "sensor-name Connected" message.  After about ten pauses, I disabled the sensor, and the rest of my ride was drama free.

I also changed the battery on another speed sensor and rode that bike for about 20 minutes.  I didn't have any problems with that unit.  The two "new" batteries came from the same package, so they're the same age.

Any suggestions to get this little sucker working again?