Re: [time-nuts] Deaf Z3801

2017-11-16 Thread Bob Bownes
However, setting it to 23:59:59 Dec 12,2007 and leaving t alone for an hour or two seems to have done the trick. Thanks folks! Off to look at adev/pn of the $7 GPS boards I found with 10MHz out. Plots soon. Bob On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 12:26 PM, Bob Bownes wrote: > Yup. tried that too. > > The

Re: [time-nuts] Deaf Z3801

2017-11-16 Thread Bob Bownes
Yup. tried that too. The system won't let me set the date after 23:59:59 Dec 12,2007 On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Bob kb8tq wrote: > Hi > > One thing that has faked me out on SCPI - they cache error messages. You > have to dump them all before you try something. > > Bob > > > On Nov 16,

Re: [time-nuts] Deaf Z3801

2017-11-16 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi One thing that has faked me out on SCPI - they cache error messages. You have to dump them all before you try something. Bob > On Nov 16, 2017, at 11:24 AM, Bob Bownes wrote: > > Thanks John. > > When I do this, I get the E-222 error indicating 'Data out of range'. > > Tried several for

Re: [time-nuts] Deaf Z3801

2017-11-16 Thread Bob Bownes
Thanks John. When I do this, I get the E-222 error indicating 'Data out of range'. Tried several formats, trailing';', etc. Here's what I get: scpi > :GPS:INIT:DATE 2017,11,16 E-222> :GPS:INIT:DATE 17,11,16 E-222> :GPS:INIT:DATE 17,01,01 E-222> :GPS:INIT:DATE 2017,01,01 E-222> :GPS:INIT:DATE 201

Re: [time-nuts] Deaf Z3801

2017-11-15 Thread John Franke
Try: Shut off power to the GPS receiver Disconnect the GPS antenna downlead Reapply power to the GPS receiver Enter :GPS:INIT:DATE 2017,01,01 (The only space is between DATE and 2017) Reconnect the GPS antenna downlead and wait John > > On November 14, 2017 at 10:43 PM Bob Bownes wr

Re: [time-nuts] Deaf Z3801

2017-11-15 Thread Mike Cook
> Le 15 nov. 2017 à 04:43, Bob Bownes a écrit : > > > I put my 3801 back in service the day before yesterday, or tried to. It’s > been on the shelf for about a year (off). > > I powered it up, and while it sees a few sats, it will not acquire any. > Changing to a known good antenna (off the

[time-nuts] Deaf Z3801

2017-11-14 Thread Bob Bownes
I put my 3801 back in service the day before yesterday, or tried to. It’s been on the shelf for about a year (off). I powered it up, and while it sees a few sats, it will not acquire any. Changing to a known good antenna (off the NTP server) makes no difference. Anyone seen the behavior befo