Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993 vs. ntp

2013-08-11 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

I agree that if you are using GPS simply as a PPS source, then this isn't quite 
as important. I believe that some are using GPS as a time of day (etc) source 
as well. I think that the how / why / what of doing this with NTP probably 
belongs over on the NTP list. The issue is a bit broader than just NTP and it 
does apply to time from GPS in general.

Bob

On Aug 11, 2013, at 6:40 PM, Paul  wrote:

> I don't* number my seconds with my PPS devices so as long as the PPS
> tracks the GPS system the  reported date is irrelevant.  If this
> problem effects an ntp controlled clock group I think it means you're
> misconfigured** e.g. misusing the TRUE option.
> 
> * Well not quite true but the point remains.
> ** Having all your primary clocks running identical hardware is
> probably a misconfiguration too.
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[time-nuts] Warped back to 1993 vs. ntp

2013-08-11 Thread Paul
I don't* number my seconds with my PPS devices so as long as the PPS
tracks the GPS system the  reported date is irrelevant.  If this
problem effects an ntp controlled clock group I think it means you're
misconfigured** e.g. misusing the TRUE option.

* Well not quite true but the point remains.
** Having all your primary clocks running identical hardware is
probably a misconfiguration too.
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

On Aug 11, 2013, at 6:07 PM, Magnus Danielson  
wrote:

> On 08/11/2013 11:32 PM, Hal Murray wrote:
>> li...@rtty.us said:
>>> The issue with the fudge option is that you need to engage it at exactly the
>>> right point. Put another way, there's a period between it failing and your
>>> entering a fudge that the NTP server is down.
>> Yup.  But if you are running along and suddenly your GPS breaks, you might 
>> be 
>> able to fix it by editing a config file and not needing to install any new 
>> software or wait for the bug to get fixed.
>> 
>>> With a couple lines of auto correct code in there, it would (essentially)
>>> never fail. If you are running a GPS, you enable the auto-correction and
>>> forget about it. My guess is that many GPS devices will eventually suffer
>>> from the wrap around
>> Agreed.
>> 
>> 
>>> The  only way they could avoid it would be some sort of external correction
>>> (like continuous firmware updates) or a "no reverse" on the year. Both
>>> approaches have their drawbacks…..
>> There is another option that may be good-enough for some/many of us.  That 
>> is 
>> a way to tell the GPS unit the date.
>> 
>> If a GPS device knows the rough date, it can get the right answer.
>> 
>> Most GPS units have a battery and 32KHz clock to keep track of the time so 
>> they can get started (much) quicker on power up: warm start vs cold start.  
>> This isn't quite "no reverse", but it's pretty close.
>> 
>> 1024 weeks is 20 years, so the batteries are probably old by the time this 
>> gets interesting.  But even an old tired battery might keep a clock ticking 
>> for a few minutes/hours.  That might cover rearranging cables or a 
>> not-too-long power outage.
>> 
>> But after the unit has been powered off too long (relative to the battery) 
>> or 
>> after you replace the battery, you need some way to set the date.
>> 
>> My Z3801A has been happy since I told it the date.  I don't know if it has 
>> been powered off since then.  I should probably try the experiment.
>> 
>> 
>> 
> The problem is not that it is hard to encode a solution such that with
> some user-setting you can get the right date. It is what we hope is in
> there. The problem is that so many recievers use the wrapped time
> quick-fix as it was sufficient for the expected life-time of the
> product. Most of the things it do does not really depend on it, other
> than cranking out a date which looks OKish. If we care, we can
> compensate accurately for it, if we have an rough idea of the date...
> that is, code around the internal limit and achieve what should have
> been in there from the start. Not ideal, but will work.
> 

All we really would need to know is the date to within a decade. Past that it's 
pretty easy. It's more like an error correcting code than anything else. A 
fully automated solution would be vulnerable to a multi decade glitch, so I'd 
allow both a fully automated solution and a "tell me the decade" solution. If I 
want to supply the config file with a date once a year, I'm good for quite a 
while…..

In some ways this is a bit like the leap second debate. With enough warning (10 
years)  it's not a big issue.

Bob


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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 08/11/2013 11:32 PM, Hal Murray wrote:
> li...@rtty.us said:
>> The issue with the fudge option is that you need to engage it at exactly the
>> right point. Put another way, there's a period between it failing and your
>> entering a fudge that the NTP server is down.
> Yup.  But if you are running along and suddenly your GPS breaks, you might be 
> able to fix it by editing a config file and not needing to install any new 
> software or wait for the bug to get fixed.
>
>> With a couple lines of auto correct code in there, it would (essentially)
>> never fail. If you are running a GPS, you enable the auto-correction and
>> forget about it. My guess is that many GPS devices will eventually suffer
>> from the wrap around
> Agreed.
>
>
>> The  only way they could avoid it would be some sort of external correction
>> (like continuous firmware updates) or a "no reverse" on the year. Both
>> approaches have their drawbacks…..
> There is another option that may be good-enough for some/many of us.  That is 
> a way to tell the GPS unit the date.
>
> If a GPS device knows the rough date, it can get the right answer.
>
> Most GPS units have a battery and 32KHz clock to keep track of the time so 
> they can get started (much) quicker on power up: warm start vs cold start.  
> This isn't quite "no reverse", but it's pretty close.
>
> 1024 weeks is 20 years, so the batteries are probably old by the time this 
> gets interesting.  But even an old tired battery might keep a clock ticking 
> for a few minutes/hours.  That might cover rearranging cables or a 
> not-too-long power outage.
>
> But after the unit has been powered off too long (relative to the battery) or 
> after you replace the battery, you need some way to set the date.
>
> My Z3801A has been happy since I told it the date.  I don't know if it has 
> been powered off since then.  I should probably try the experiment.
>
>
>
The problem is not that it is hard to encode a solution such that with
some user-setting you can get the right date. It is what we hope is in
there. The problem is that so many recievers use the wrapped time
quick-fix as it was sufficient for the expected life-time of the
product. Most of the things it do does not really depend on it, other
than cranking out a date which looks OKish. If we care, we can
compensate accurately for it, if we have an rough idea of the date...
that is, code around the internal limit and achieve what should have
been in there from the start. Not ideal, but will work.

Cheers,
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

On Aug 11, 2013, at 5:32 PM, Hal Murray  wrote:

> 
> li...@rtty.us said:
>> The issue with the fudge option is that you need to engage it at exactly the
>> right point. Put another way, there's a period between it failing and your
>> entering a fudge that the NTP server is down.
> 
> Yup.  But if you are running along and suddenly your GPS breaks, you might be 
> able to fix it by editing a config file and not needing to install any new 
> software or wait for the bug to get fixed.

If you only "fix" it modulo 1024 when instructed, there isn't the same downside 
as a "change it all over the place" sort of solution.


> 
>> With a couple lines of auto correct code in there, it would (essentially)
>> never fail. If you are running a GPS, you enable the auto-correction and
>> forget about it. My guess is that many GPS devices will eventually suffer
>> from the wrap around
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> 
>> The  only way they could avoid it would be some sort of external correction
>> (like continuous firmware updates) or a "no reverse" on the year. Both
>> approaches have their drawbacks…..
> 
> There is another option that may be good-enough for some/many of us.  That is 
> a way to tell the GPS unit the date.

That *assumes* that the GPS firmware will accept a date as an input. The 
firmware would need to be able to do this.

> 
> If a GPS device knows the rough date, it can get the right answer.
> 
> Most GPS units have a battery and 32KHz clock to keep track of the time so 
> they can get started (much) quicker on power up: warm start vs cold start.  
> This isn't quite "no reverse", but it's pretty close.
> 
> 1024 weeks is 20 years, so the batteries are probably old by the time this 
> gets interesting.  But even an old tired battery might keep a clock ticking 
> for a few minutes/hours.  That might cover rearranging cables or a 
> not-too-long power outage.
> 
> But after the unit has been powered off too long (relative to the battery) or 
> after you replace the battery, you need some way to set the date.
> 
> My Z3801A has been happy since I told it the date.  I don't know if it has 
> been powered off since then.  I should probably try the experiment.

Z3805's and later have multiple receivers in them. Different firmware will / 
may fail at different times.

Bob

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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Hal Murray

li...@rtty.us said:
> The issue with the fudge option is that you need to engage it at exactly the
> right point. Put another way, there's a period between it failing and your
> entering a fudge that the NTP server is down.

Yup.  But if you are running along and suddenly your GPS breaks, you might be 
able to fix it by editing a config file and not needing to install any new 
software or wait for the bug to get fixed.

> With a couple lines of auto correct code in there, it would (essentially)
> never fail. If you are running a GPS, you enable the auto-correction and
> forget about it. My guess is that many GPS devices will eventually suffer
> from the wrap around

Agreed.


> The  only way they could avoid it would be some sort of external correction
> (like continuous firmware updates) or a "no reverse" on the year. Both
> approaches have their drawbacks…..

There is another option that may be good-enough for some/many of us.  That is 
a way to tell the GPS unit the date.

If a GPS device knows the rough date, it can get the right answer.

Most GPS units have a battery and 32KHz clock to keep track of the time so 
they can get started (much) quicker on power up: warm start vs cold start.  
This isn't quite "no reverse", but it's pretty close.

1024 weeks is 20 years, so the batteries are probably old by the time this 
gets interesting.  But even an old tired battery might keep a clock ticking 
for a few minutes/hours.  That might cover rearranging cables or a 
not-too-long power outage.

But after the unit has been powered off too long (relative to the battery) or 
after you replace the battery, you need some way to set the date.

My Z3801A has been happy since I told it the date.  I don't know if it has 
been powered off since then.  I should probably try the experiment.



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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

If we are keeping this stuff running for decades (think of the WWII stuff we 
still try to use) then we need a long term / across the board fix. Making all 
the vendors open source their firmware is one way, I doubt it will work. 
Reverse engineering all the firmware is also unlikely to be an across the board 
solution. The only real way I see is to adapt to it.

Bob

On Aug 11, 2013, at 4:01 PM, Hal Murray  wrote:

> 
> als...@nc.rr.com said:
>> Is the change cumulative?  In other words is one tries 2^n times, could  you
>> get there? 
> 
> I don't think so.  Even if it did a += rather than an =, you still have the 
> problem of a float not being big enough to hold 1024 weeks plus a few ms.
> 
> 
>> Turns out guys  have hacked the 2072 to turn it into a 2202 bandwidth et al.
> 
> Is that a soldering iron change or just firmware?
> 
> 
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Hal Murray

als...@nc.rr.com said:
> Is the change cumulative?  In other words is one tries 2^n times, could  you
> get there? 

I don't think so.  Even if it did a += rather than an =, you still have the 
problem of a float not being big enough to hold 1024 weeks plus a few ms.


> Turns out guys  have hacked the 2072 to turn it into a 2202 bandwidth et al.

Is that a soldering iron change or just firmware?




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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

I'd claim that the modulo 1024 wrap is a "known issue" with GPS. I would not 
force the correction on all users. I'd just make it an optional item. This 
obviously also applies to things like LH and other TimeNut stuff. As we try to 
keep the gear going much longer than the original designers anticipated, and as 
manufacturers drop firmware support, we're going to need a generic solution for 
the issue. "Forcing" manufacturers to fix stuff long after it's gone obsolete 
isn't the answer….

Bob

On Aug 11, 2013, at 3:45 PM, Martin Burnicki  
wrote:

> Bob Camp wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> The issue with the fudge option is that you need to engage it at
>> exactly the right point. Put another way, there's a period between it
>> failing and your entering a fudge that the NTP server is down.
> 
> The question is whether you know in advance *when* the problem will occur.
> 
> If you observe that your GPS sends a wrong date you are already after the 
> point where the bug started to occur, so you can safely add a fudge value to 
> get this working for the next 1024 weeks.
> 
>> With a
>> couple lines of auto correct code in there, it would (essentially)
>> never fail. If you are running a GPS, you enable the auto-correction
>> and forget about it. My guess is that many GPS devices will
>> eventually suffer from the wrap around. The  only way they could
>> avoid it would be some sort of external correction (like continuous
>> firmware updates) or a "no reverse" on the year. Both approaches have
>> their drawbacks…..
> 
> Unless you know the source code of the firmware you can only assume what is 
> the reason for the wrong date being sent. I'm not sure whether a piece of 
> software like ntpd should try to work around all possible kinds of firmware 
> bugs in all possible types of GPS receivers.
> 
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Martin Burnicki

Bob Camp wrote:

Hi

The issue with the fudge option is that you need to engage it at
exactly the right point. Put another way, there's a period between it
failing and your entering a fudge that the NTP server is down.


The question is whether you know in advance *when* the problem will occur.

If you observe that your GPS sends a wrong date you are already after 
the point where the bug started to occur, so you can safely add a fudge 
value to get this working for the next 1024 weeks.



With a
couple lines of auto correct code in there, it would (essentially)
never fail. If you are running a GPS, you enable the auto-correction
and forget about it. My guess is that many GPS devices will
eventually suffer from the wrap around. The  only way they could
avoid it would be some sort of external correction (like continuous
firmware updates) or a "no reverse" on the year. Both approaches have
their drawbacks…..


Unless you know the source code of the firmware you can only assume what 
is the reason for the wrong date being sent. I'm not sure whether a 
piece of software like ntpd should try to work around all possible kinds 
of firmware bugs in all possible types of GPS receivers.


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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

The issue with the fudge option is that you need to engage it at exactly the 
right point. Put another way, there's a period between it failing and your 
entering a fudge that the NTP server is down. With a couple lines of auto 
correct code in there, it would (essentially) never fail. If you are running a 
GPS, you enable the auto-correction and forget about it. My guess is that many 
GPS devices will eventually suffer from the wrap around. The  only way they 
could avoid it would be some sort of external correction (like continuous 
firmware updates) or a "no reverse" on the year. Both approaches have their 
drawbacks…..

Bob

On Aug 11, 2013, at 1:51 PM, Hal Murray  wrote:

> 
> mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org said:
>> I'm sure that the NTP drivers can be hacked to make necessary adjustments
>> without too much code. 
> 
> The code is already in there.  It's got a fudge option in the config file.  
> That was intended to fixup small offsets.  I think it will work with big 
> offsets too.
> 
> 1024 weeks is 1024*7*86400 seconds.  That's 0x24EA, 30 bits.  It won't 
> fit in a float if you also need to correct for a few ms, but it should work 
> if you changed enough stuff from floats to doubles.  They are likely to be 
> doubles already.
> 
> It would be fun to try.
> 
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Brian Alsop

Hal,

Is the change cumulative?  In other words is one tries 2^n times, could 
you get there?


BTW.  Thanks for your advice on scopes.
I finally ordered a DS1102.  I had ordered a DS2072 but it would have 
been 4-6 weeks till arrival, if then.  In the interim, I convinced 
myself a 2072 would have been a like trying to hold a tiger by the tail. 
Play with the cheaper version for learning purposes.  I was also turned 
off by the metal heat sink holddowns popping off inside the unit. While 
a repair would be easy, one would void the warranty.  Turns out guys 
have hacked the 2072 to turn it into a 2202 bandwidth et al.


73 de Brian/K3KO

On 8/11/2013 17:51, Hal Murray wrote:


mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org said:

I'm sure that the NTP drivers can be hacked to make necessary adjustments
without too much code.


The code is already in there.  It's got a fudge option in the config file.
That was intended to fixup small offsets.  I think it will work with big
offsets too.

1024 weeks is 1024*7*86400 seconds.  That's 0x24EA, 30 bits.  It won't
fit in a float if you also need to correct for a few ms, but it should work
if you changed enough stuff from floats to doubles.  They are likely to be
doubles already.

It would be fun to try.






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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 08/11/2013 07:39 PM, Mark Sims wrote:
> According to the Thunderbolt manual on July 30, 2017 Tbolts will experience a 
> rollover error.  
> In version 4 of Lady Heather (being developed),  I have added a rollover 
> compensation mechanism.  If the GPS year is less than the OS year,  1024 
> weeks is added to the GPS time until the year catches up.  Or you can 
> manually specify a rollover offset or disable the feature.
2017 07 30 = 1960 0

That means that it uses GPS week 936 as base for it's wrap around limit.

Makes sense. Should we ask Trimble for FW upgrade already now?

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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Hal Murray

mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org said:
> I'm sure that the NTP drivers can be hacked to make necessary adjustments
> without too much code. 

The code is already in there.  It's got a fudge option in the config file.  
That was intended to fixup small offsets.  I think it will work with big 
offsets too.

1024 weeks is 1024*7*86400 seconds.  That's 0x24EA, 30 bits.  It won't 
fit in a float if you also need to correct for a few ms, but it should work 
if you changed enough stuff from floats to doubles.  They are likely to be 
doubles already.

It would be fun to try.


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[time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Mark Sims
According to the Thunderbolt manual on July 30, 2017 Tbolts will experience a 
rollover error.  
In version 4 of Lady Heather (being developed),  I have added a rollover 
compensation mechanism.  If the GPS year is less than the OS year,  1024 weeks 
is added to the GPS time until the year catches up.  Or you can manually 
specify a rollover offset or disable the feature.   
 
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

I think that without much risk, you could put in a "gps epoch" setting in the 
ntp configuration file. More or less make it a "check and correct if needed" 
sort of thing. No setting in the file would mean disable the check and correct 
code. 

Bob

On Aug 11, 2013, at 12:58 PM, Martin Burnicki  
wrote:

> Bob Camp wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> … and since NTP is open source, doing the hack is not dependent on getting a 
>> new firmware image for the GPS.
> 
> Hacking ntpd is one possibility, with the risk that a workaround for some 
> broken GPS receiver also affects GPS receivers which are working correctly.
> 
> At least in some of ntpd's refclock drivers you can configure a fixed offset 
> using a "fudge time1 ..." command., e.g. for the parse driver
> 
> fudge 127.127.8.0 time1 7200
> 
> would add a 7200 s offset to the time from the refclock. As far as I know 
> this also works for larger offsets, at least with the parse driver, and this 
> possibly can also be used to fix a constant offset for broken GPS receivers, 
> depending of the refclock driver used.
> 
> Anyway, I think it's worth a try, and it would not require any code change in 
> ntpd or the firmware.
> 
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

Well, if it works fine as a GPSDO, and NTP can be fixed to work with it, that 
covers ninety something percent of what most people do with this sort of stuff.

Bob

On Aug 11, 2013, at 9:43 AM, Magnus Danielson  
wrote:

> Hi Bob,
> 
> On 08/11/2013 03:37 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> … and since NTP is open source, doing the hack is not dependent on getting a 
>> new firmware image for the GPS.
> Yes, but it only helps the NTP side of things.
> 
> Made a point about the wrap-around-compensation on one of the NTP lists
> just now, they happen to get things a bit confused for a moment.
> 
> Still, it would be good if they could keep FW updates available.
> Naturally, if they could drop the sources my way I would enjoy that even
> more.
> 
> Cheers,
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Martin Burnicki

Bob Camp wrote:

Hi

… and since NTP is open source, doing the hack is not dependent on getting a 
new firmware image for the GPS.


Hacking ntpd is one possibility, with the risk that a workaround for 
some broken GPS receiver also affects GPS receivers which are working 
correctly.


At least in some of ntpd's refclock drivers you can configure a fixed 
offset using a "fudge time1 ..." command., e.g. for the parse driver


fudge 127.127.8.0 time1 7200

would add a 7200 s offset to the time from the refclock. As far as I 
know this also works for larger offsets, at least with the parse driver, 
and this possibly can also be used to fix a constant offset for broken 
GPS receivers, depending of the refclock driver used.


Anyway, I think it's worth a try, and it would not require any code 
change in ntpd or the firmware.


Martin

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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Don Latham
Furuno will not give you the time of day :-) :-)
Don

Magnus Danielson
> Hi Bob,
>
> On 08/11/2013 03:37 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> … and since NTP is open source, doing the hack is not dependent on
>> getting a new firmware image for the GPS.
> Yes, but it only helps the NTP side of things.
>
> Made a point about the wrap-around-compensation on one of the NTP lists
> just now, they happen to get things a bit confused for a moment.
>
> Still, it would be good if they could keep FW updates available.
> Naturally, if they could drop the sources my way I would enjoy that even
> more.
>
> Cheers,
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Mark Spencer
At least one my Z3805's is also showing a date from 1993.
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hi Bob,

On 08/11/2013 03:37 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
> Hi
>
> … and since NTP is open source, doing the hack is not dependent on getting a 
> new firmware image for the GPS.
Yes, but it only helps the NTP side of things.

Made a point about the wrap-around-compensation on one of the NTP lists
just now, they happen to get things a bit confused for a moment.

Still, it would be good if they could keep FW updates available.
Naturally, if they could drop the sources my way I would enjoy that even
more.

Cheers,
Magnus
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

… and since NTP is open source, doing the hack is not dependent on getting a 
new firmware image for the GPS.

Bob

On Aug 11, 2013, at 9:12 AM, Magnus Danielson  
wrote:

> On 08/11/2013 03:08 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> One point worth mentioning - the device will still be quite happy acting as 
>> a GPSDO. It simply will not be of much use for NTP (or any other date 
>> dependent system).
> I'm sure that the NTP drivers can be hacked to make necessary
> adjustments without too much code.
> 
> It is after all very likely that a GPS clock has wrapped a multiple of
> 1024 weeks.
> 
> Cheers,
> Magnus
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 08/11/2013 03:08 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
> Hi
>
> One point worth mentioning - the device will still be quite happy acting as a 
> GPSDO. It simply will not be of much use for NTP (or any other date dependent 
> system).
I'm sure that the NTP drivers can be hacked to make necessary
adjustments without too much code.

It is after all very likely that a GPS clock has wrapped a multiple of
1024 weeks.

Cheers,
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Magnus Danielson
If Furuno can supply the FW to update with, we would be more than happy.

A slight alteration of the code would suffice...

if (week < 729)
week += 2048;
else
week += 1024;

Which would keep them floating for another 1024 weeks. If they then let
us know where the two constats is located so we could modify it again
ourselves we be very happy.

Cheers,
Magnus

On 08/11/2013 01:29 PM, Azelio Boriani wrote:
> OK, good, found the bug. Now, iwe wish it were possible to download
> the firmware, make the correction and then upload...
>
> On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Magnus Danielson
>  wrote:
>> On 08/11/2013 05:18 AM, Mark C. Stephens wrote:
>>> Okay this is what worked for me:
>>>
>>> 1. Removed power and antenna.
>>> 2. apply power with no antenna.
>>> 3. send :GPS:INIT:DATE 2007,08,11
>>> 4. plug antenna back in.
>>>
>>> For some reason if I used the correct date, the Z3815A warped back to 1993.
>>>
>>> But I am curious why did this happen today?
>> GPS weeks begin on sundays. Today is first day of week 1753:
>>
>> http://csrc.ucsd.edu/scripts/convertDate.cgi?time=2013+08+11
>>
>> Going back 1024 days gives you week 729 day 0, which occurs on 1993 12 26:
>> http://csrc.ucsd.edu/scripts/convertDate.cgi?time=1993+12+26
>>
>> A simple way to compensate for the lack of bits is to assume wrapping
>> occurs, so week numbers lower than som value actually lacks 1024 weeks.
>> A trivial code like this fixes this:
>>
>> if (week < 729)
>> week += 1024;
>>
>> Brilliant until you reach week 1753.
>>
>> I've seen this happen at 500 and 512.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Magnus
>>
>>>
>>> --marki
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On 
>>> Behalf Of Mark C. Stephens
>>> Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 1:06 PM
>>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993
>>>
>>> Hal, I can't get it to take, I keep getting E-350 and the time does not 
>>> change.
>>> Did you unplug the antenna or anything while you changed date?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On 
>>> Behalf Of Hal Murray
>>> Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 12:54 PM
>>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993
>>>
>>>
>>> ma...@non-stop.com.au said:
 A Z3805A, a Z3815A and 58534A integrated timing antenna all think it's
 26 Dec 1993.
 What happened?! ___
>>> Is that off by 1024 weeks?  (Looks close, but I haven't checked the 
>>> details.)
>>>
>>> There is a week field in the GPS data stream.  It's only 10 bits.
>>>
>>> I had that problem on a Z3801A.  It did the right thing after I told it the 
>>> date.
>>>   :GPS:INIT:DATE 2011,12,26
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

One point worth mentioning - the device will still be quite happy acting as a 
GPSDO. It simply will not be of much use for NTP (or any other date dependent 
system).

Bob

On Aug 11, 2013, at 7:44 AM, Mark C. Stephens  wrote:

> Azelio, is your Furuno playing up?
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On 
> Behalf Of Azelio Boriani
> Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 9:30 PM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993
> 
> OK, good, found the bug. Now, iwe wish it were possible to download the 
> firmware, make the correction and then upload...
> 
> On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Magnus Danielson 
>  wrote:
>> On 08/11/2013 05:18 AM, Mark C. Stephens wrote:
>>> Okay this is what worked for me:
>>> 
>>> 1. Removed power and antenna.
>>> 2. apply power with no antenna.
>>> 3. send :GPS:INIT:DATE 2007,08,11
>>> 4. plug antenna back in.
>>> 
>>> For some reason if I used the correct date, the Z3815A warped back to 1993.
>>> 
>>> But I am curious why did this happen today?
>> GPS weeks begin on sundays. Today is first day of week 1753:
>> 
>> http://csrc.ucsd.edu/scripts/convertDate.cgi?time=2013+08+11
>> 
>> Going back 1024 days gives you week 729 day 0, which occurs on 1993 12 26:
>> http://csrc.ucsd.edu/scripts/convertDate.cgi?time=1993+12+26
>> 
>> A simple way to compensate for the lack of bits is to assume wrapping 
>> occurs, so week numbers lower than som value actually lacks 1024 weeks.
>> A trivial code like this fixes this:
>> 
>> if (week < 729)
>>week += 1024;
>> 
>> Brilliant until you reach week 1753.
>> 
>> I've seen this happen at 500 and 512.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Magnus
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --marki
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] 
>>> On Behalf Of Mark C. Stephens
>>> Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 1:06 PM
>>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993
>>> 
>>> Hal, I can't get it to take, I keep getting E-350 and the time does not 
>>> change.
>>> Did you unplug the antenna or anything while you changed date?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] 
>>> On Behalf Of Hal Murray
>>> Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 12:54 PM
>>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ma...@non-stop.com.au said:
 A Z3805A, a Z3815A and 58534A integrated timing antenna all think 
 it's
 26 Dec 1993.
 What happened?! ___
>>> Is that off by 1024 weeks?  (Looks close, but I haven't checked the 
>>> details.)
>>> 
>>> There is a week field in the GPS data stream.  It's only 10 bits.
>>> 
>>> I had that problem on a Z3801A.  It did the right thing after I told it the 
>>> date.
>>>  :GPS:INIT:DATE 2011,12,26
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Mark C. Stephens
Azelio, is your Furuno playing up?

-Original Message-
From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf 
Of Azelio Boriani
Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 9:30 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

OK, good, found the bug. Now, iwe wish it were possible to download the 
firmware, make the correction and then upload...

On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Magnus Danielson  
wrote:
> On 08/11/2013 05:18 AM, Mark C. Stephens wrote:
>> Okay this is what worked for me:
>>
>> 1. Removed power and antenna.
>> 2. apply power with no antenna.
>> 3. send :GPS:INIT:DATE 2007,08,11
>> 4. plug antenna back in.
>>
>> For some reason if I used the correct date, the Z3815A warped back to 1993.
>>
>> But I am curious why did this happen today?
> GPS weeks begin on sundays. Today is first day of week 1753:
>
> http://csrc.ucsd.edu/scripts/convertDate.cgi?time=2013+08+11
>
> Going back 1024 days gives you week 729 day 0, which occurs on 1993 12 26:
> http://csrc.ucsd.edu/scripts/convertDate.cgi?time=1993+12+26
>
> A simple way to compensate for the lack of bits is to assume wrapping 
> occurs, so week numbers lower than som value actually lacks 1024 weeks.
> A trivial code like this fixes this:
>
> if (week < 729)
> week += 1024;
>
> Brilliant until you reach week 1753.
>
> I've seen this happen at 500 and 512.
>
> Cheers,
> Magnus
>
>>
>>
>> --marki
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] 
>> On Behalf Of Mark C. Stephens
>> Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 1:06 PM
>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993
>>
>> Hal, I can't get it to take, I keep getting E-350 and the time does not 
>> change.
>> Did you unplug the antenna or anything while you changed date?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] 
>> On Behalf Of Hal Murray
>> Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 12:54 PM
>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993
>>
>>
>> ma...@non-stop.com.au said:
>>> A Z3805A, a Z3815A and 58534A integrated timing antenna all think 
>>> it's
>>> 26 Dec 1993.
>>> What happened?! ___
>> Is that off by 1024 weeks?  (Looks close, but I haven't checked the 
>> details.)
>>
>> There is a week field in the GPS data stream.  It's only 10 bits.
>>
>> I had that problem on a Z3801A.  It did the right thing after I told it the 
>> date.
>>   :GPS:INIT:DATE 2011,12,26
>>
>>
>>
>
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Azelio Boriani
OK, good, found the bug. Now, iwe wish it were possible to download
the firmware, make the correction and then upload...

On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Magnus Danielson
 wrote:
> On 08/11/2013 05:18 AM, Mark C. Stephens wrote:
>> Okay this is what worked for me:
>>
>> 1. Removed power and antenna.
>> 2. apply power with no antenna.
>> 3. send :GPS:INIT:DATE 2007,08,11
>> 4. plug antenna back in.
>>
>> For some reason if I used the correct date, the Z3815A warped back to 1993.
>>
>> But I am curious why did this happen today?
> GPS weeks begin on sundays. Today is first day of week 1753:
>
> http://csrc.ucsd.edu/scripts/convertDate.cgi?time=2013+08+11
>
> Going back 1024 days gives you week 729 day 0, which occurs on 1993 12 26:
> http://csrc.ucsd.edu/scripts/convertDate.cgi?time=1993+12+26
>
> A simple way to compensate for the lack of bits is to assume wrapping
> occurs, so week numbers lower than som value actually lacks 1024 weeks.
> A trivial code like this fixes this:
>
> if (week < 729)
> week += 1024;
>
> Brilliant until you reach week 1753.
>
> I've seen this happen at 500 and 512.
>
> Cheers,
> Magnus
>
>>
>>
>> --marki
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On 
>> Behalf Of Mark C. Stephens
>> Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 1:06 PM
>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993
>>
>> Hal, I can't get it to take, I keep getting E-350 and the time does not 
>> change.
>> Did you unplug the antenna or anything while you changed date?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On 
>> Behalf Of Hal Murray
>> Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 12:54 PM
>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993
>>
>>
>> ma...@non-stop.com.au said:
>>> A Z3805A, a Z3815A and 58534A integrated timing antenna all think it's
>>> 26 Dec 1993.
>>> What happened?! ___
>> Is that off by 1024 weeks?  (Looks close, but I haven't checked the details.)
>>
>> There is a week field in the GPS data stream.  It's only 10 bits.
>>
>> I had that problem on a Z3801A.  It did the right thing after I told it the 
>> date.
>>   :GPS:INIT:DATE 2011,12,26
>>
>>
>>
>
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 08/11/2013 07:07 AM, Hal Murray wrote:
>> With the wrong date and time, the GPS should not find almanac data,  so will
>> not lock. 
> I don't think that's the right way of describing the problem.
>
> The satellites broadcast on a known frequency, but that gets shifted all over 
> the place by Doppler.   ("All over" means a big shift relative to the 
> bandwidth of the signal.)
>
> If you have a recent almanac and you know the date/time and location, then 
> you can compute the Doppler and look in the right frequency and find the 
> satellites quickly.  In this context, "find" means hearing a signal at an 
> expected frequency.  If you don't hear anything where you expect it, then you 
> get to check nearby frequencies.  If you don't find anything nearby, you get 
> to give up and start searching the whole Doppler range.  It's the difference 
> between warm start and cold start.
>
> Once you do find several satellites, you can figure out the date/time and 
> location and after a while get a new almanac.
You only need to find a single satellite to get rough GPS time and the
full almanac.

You don't need the almanac, time or position to search the full doppler
and code bins for all 32 codes, it just takes time. Once you got the
first bird, you start to get the almanac, if the user supplies a rough
guess of position (or it has been stored) you can speed up the process,
if you have a recent enough almanac you can also speed things up using a
rough position, as you stop wasting time on birds you likely won't see.
But really, with completely wiped memory, you can get lock, it's more an
issue of start-up time.

Cheers,
Magnus

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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 08/11/2013 05:18 AM, Mark C. Stephens wrote:
> Okay this is what worked for me:
>
> 1. Removed power and antenna.
> 2. apply power with no antenna.
> 3. send :GPS:INIT:DATE 2007,08,11
> 4. plug antenna back in.
>
> For some reason if I used the correct date, the Z3815A warped back to 1993.
>
> But I am curious why did this happen today?
GPS weeks begin on sundays. Today is first day of week 1753:

http://csrc.ucsd.edu/scripts/convertDate.cgi?time=2013+08+11

Going back 1024 days gives you week 729 day 0, which occurs on 1993 12 26:
http://csrc.ucsd.edu/scripts/convertDate.cgi?time=1993+12+26

A simple way to compensate for the lack of bits is to assume wrapping
occurs, so week numbers lower than som value actually lacks 1024 weeks.
A trivial code like this fixes this:

if (week < 729)
week += 1024;

Brilliant until you reach week 1753.

I've seen this happen at 500 and 512.

Cheers,
Magnus

>
>
> --marki
>
> -Original Message-
> From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On 
> Behalf Of Mark C. Stephens
> Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 1:06 PM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993
>
> Hal, I can't get it to take, I keep getting E-350 and the time does not 
> change.
> Did you unplug the antenna or anything while you changed date?
>
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On 
> Behalf Of Hal Murray
> Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 12:54 PM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993
>
>
> ma...@non-stop.com.au said:
>> A Z3805A, a Z3815A and 58534A integrated timing antenna all think it's 
>> 26 Dec 1993.
>> What happened?! ___
> Is that off by 1024 weeks?  (Looks close, but I haven't checked the details.)
>
> There is a week field in the GPS data stream.  It's only 10 bits.
>
> I had that problem on a Z3801A.  It did the right thing after I told it the 
> date.
>   :GPS:INIT:DATE 2011,12,26
>
>
>

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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Martin Burnicki

bg wrote:

As has been discussed here before.

The GPS firmware programmer finalizing his stuff at GPS week X
(approaching 1024) will make sure his receiver will survive until X
weeks into the next era. What X is is hard for the end user to know.
1024 weeks is long time beyond normal warranties.


Right, this is one possible reason.


I have seen era predictions based on # of leap seconds. But that
particular implementation did not fare well with long leapsecondless
periods we had.


I remember a discussion about this way to guess the epoch. Depending on 
the implementation and the intervals between leap seconds about 15 years 
ago, and looking at the large intervals between the last leap seconds, 
this may also fail.


A much simpler way to handle this is to provide a way where the user can 
enter the current date, and the firmware determines the correct epoch 
and week number.


This also had to be done only once if a receiver was powered up from 
scratch. If the receiver knows it has already been operating at a date 
after one or more rollovers it can easily get the right epoch.


Martin

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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread bg
As has been discussed here before.

The GPS firmware programmer finalizing his stuff at GPS week X (approaching 
1024) will make sure his receiver will survive until X weeks into the next era. 
What X is is hard for the end user to know. 1024 weeks is long time beyond 
normal warranties. 

I have seen era predictions based on # of leap seconds. But that particular 
implementation did not fare well with long leapsecondless periods we had.

/Björn



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Rubrik: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993 
 
Yep Sorry, I see what you mean, can't be the GPS week rollover bug then.
I am at a loss to explain this one then.


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From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf 
Of Mark C. Stephens
Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 6:33 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

Please explain what happened today then?
Also, the 2 module that I cannot set to the correct date are both Furino 
GT-77's.
Over on the NTP list they are claiming it's the start of the new GPS 1024 week 
epoch.
If you have a look at the rest of the days here: http://adn.agi.com/GNSSWeb/ 
Today was special.



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Of Azelio Boriani
Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 6:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

Yes. This week is not the start of a new epoch.

On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Hal Murray  wrote:
> ma...@non-stop.com.au said:
>> Today is start of new epoch.
>> As per: http://adn.agi.com/GNSSWeb/
>> 1753:0  Full GPS week since 1st epoch : day of week number
>> 729:0 GPS Week since latest epoch : seconds of week at midnight for 
>> that day
>
> I don't think so.  If this was a new epoch, that 729 would be 0 and 
> the 1753 would be 2048.
>
> The 0s above are the day of week and seconds of week, nothing to do 
> with the epoch.
>
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Mark C. Stephens
But according to Furuno it is a problem:
http://www.furuno.com.cy/important-notice.html

Important notice to our customers who use FURUNO GPS receivers for marine use 
that are affected by GPS week number rollover. [eRideOPUS GPS & GNSS receivers 
are not affected by this matter.]
We thank you very much for your trust and continued support.
It is regretful to announce that there is a possibility that some of our GPS 
receivers and GPS-incorporated equipment (please see the list below) may face 
GPS positioning errors after 11th of August 2013, due to the problem of GPS 
week number roll-over.

Huh?!


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Of Mark C. Stephens
Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 7:05 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

Yep Sorry, I see what you mean, can't be the GPS week rollover bug then.
I am at a loss to explain this one then.


-Original Message-
From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf 
Of Mark C. Stephens
Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 6:33 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

Please explain what happened today then?
Also, the 2 module that I cannot set to the correct date are both Furino 
GT-77's.
Over on the NTP list they are claiming it's the start of the new GPS 1024 week 
epoch.
If you have a look at the rest of the days here: http://adn.agi.com/GNSSWeb/ 
Today was special.



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From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf 
Of Azelio Boriani
Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 6:17 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

Yes. This week is not the start of a new epoch.

On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Hal Murray  wrote:
> ma...@non-stop.com.au said:
>> Today is start of new epoch.
>> As per: http://adn.agi.com/GNSSWeb/
>> 1753:0  Full GPS week since 1st epoch : day of week number
>> 729:0 GPS Week since latest epoch : seconds of week at midnight for 
>> that day
>
> I don't think so.  If this was a new epoch, that 729 would be 0 and 
> the 1753 would be 2048.
>
> The 0s above are the day of week and seconds of week, nothing to do 
> with the epoch.
>
>
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> These are my opinions.  I hate spam.
>
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[time-nuts] ***SPAM*** GPS in the news: LightStream, Jamming

2013-08-11 Thread Hal Murray
Harbinger sues Deere and GPS companies for $1.9 billion in damages

http://tinyurl.com/k7w3psl
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/09/us-harbinger-deere-lawsuit-idUSBRE97
80ZD20130809

Ah, the American way.  When in trouble, sue everybody.



N.J. Man In A Jam, After Illegal GPS Device Interferes With Newark Liberty 
Operations

http://tinyurl.com/koen2z3
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/08/09/n-j-man-in-a-jam-after-illegal-gps-devi
ce-interferes-with-newark-liberty-operations/

$32K fine.


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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Mark C. Stephens
Yep Sorry, I see what you mean, can't be the GPS week rollover bug then.
I am at a loss to explain this one then.


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From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf 
Of Mark C. Stephens
Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 6:33 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

Please explain what happened today then?
Also, the 2 module that I cannot set to the correct date are both Furino 
GT-77's.
Over on the NTP list they are claiming it's the start of the new GPS 1024 week 
epoch.
If you have a look at the rest of the days here: http://adn.agi.com/GNSSWeb/ 
Today was special.



-Original Message-
From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf 
Of Azelio Boriani
Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 6:17 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

Yes. This week is not the start of a new epoch.

On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Hal Murray  wrote:
> ma...@non-stop.com.au said:
>> Today is start of new epoch.
>> As per: http://adn.agi.com/GNSSWeb/
>> 1753:0  Full GPS week since 1st epoch : day of week number
>> 729:0 GPS Week since latest epoch : seconds of week at midnight for 
>> that day
>
> I don't think so.  If this was a new epoch, that 729 would be 0 and 
> the 1753 would be 2048.
>
> The 0s above are the day of week and seconds of week, nothing to do 
> with the epoch.
>
>
> --
> These are my opinions.  I hate spam.
>
>
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Charles Steinmetz

marki wrote:


Today is start of new epoch.


I think the next epoch is April 7, 2019 (1024 weeks after the last 
epoch, August 22, 1999).  (Strictly speaking, the epoch is a point in 
time -- the 1024-week period is an era.  Eras begin and end at epochs.)


Best regards,

Charles



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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Mark C. Stephens
Please explain what happened today then?
Also, the 2 module that I cannot set to the correct date are both Furino 
GT-77's.
Over on the NTP list they are claiming it's the start of the new GPS 1024 week 
epoch.
If you have a look at the rest of the days here: http://adn.agi.com/GNSSWeb/
Today was special.



-Original Message-
From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf 
Of Azelio Boriani
Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013 6:17 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

Yes. This week is not the start of a new epoch.

On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Hal Murray  wrote:
> ma...@non-stop.com.au said:
>> Today is start of new epoch.
>> As per: http://adn.agi.com/GNSSWeb/
>> 1753:0  Full GPS week since 1st epoch : day of week number
>> 729:0 GPS Week since latest epoch : seconds of week at midnight for 
>> that day
>
> I don't think so.  If this was a new epoch, that 729 would be 0 and 
> the 1753 would be 2048.
>
> The 0s above are the day of week and seconds of week, nothing to do 
> with the epoch.
>
>
> --
> These are my opinions.  I hate spam.
>
>
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Azelio Boriani
Yes. This week is not the start of a new epoch.

On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Hal Murray  wrote:
> ma...@non-stop.com.au said:
>> Today is start of new epoch.
>> As per: http://adn.agi.com/GNSSWeb/
>> 1753:0  Full GPS week since 1st epoch : day of week number
>> 729:0 GPS Week since latest epoch : seconds of week at midnight for 
>> that day
>
> I don't think so.  If this was a new epoch, that 729 would be 0 and the 1753
> would be 2048.
>
> The 0s above are the day of week and seconds of week, nothing to do with the
> epoch.
>
>
> --
> These are my opinions.  I hate spam.
>
>
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Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-11 Thread Hal Murray
ma...@non-stop.com.au said:
> Today is start of new epoch. 
> As per: http://adn.agi.com/GNSSWeb/
> 1753:0  Full GPS week since 1st epoch : day of week number
> 729:0 GPS Week since latest epoch : seconds of week at midnight for 
> that day 

I don't think so.  If this was a new epoch, that 729 would be 0 and the 1753 
would be 2048.

The 0s above are the day of week and seconds of week, nothing to do with the 
epoch.


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