Don, Visit this web page for a description of adding a TAC-32 interface to the Z3801A:
http://www.realhamradio.com/tac32-interface.htm Bill, K8CU ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Garlick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 12:07 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Need some help with Motorola Oncore VP BackinBinarymode > I am not sure we are on the same page > I cannot get this to work > > The gps board is inside the Z3801A and my computer serial port > is connected to the Z3801A > > Will this work communicating through the Z3801A ? > > Don > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Randy Warner > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 3:33 PM > To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Need some help with Motorola Oncore VP Back > inBinarymode > > Don, > > Not a problem. > > 8 channel VP's are capable of sending out 6 channel messages just fine. > > Go to Rick Hambly's site: http://www.cnssys.com/Tac32/ and download the > eval copy of SynTaC. Actually, lots of the guys on this group probably > have > a copy already. Hook up your receiver and start TaC32. If the serial > port is > Com 1 the TaC32 program should start displaying data as soon as the eval > splash screen is gone. If not, go into the <Edit> menu and set up the > GPS > interface for the right Com Port request the "Mot Bin" protocol, and > then > press <OK>. Tac32 should automatically poll the VP until it figures out > what > mode it is in (in your case NMEA) and then flip it to binary. If you > have an > antenna plugged in you should see satellite tracking, GPS fixes, etc. If > you > look in the lower right hand corner of the main window you should see > something like: Motorola VP, 8 Ch, has DGPS..... I can't remember the > actual > wording. By default TaC32 enables the 8 channel @@Ea and @@En messages > along > with the @@Bb messages. To switch to 6 channel mode, click on <Data>, > <Set > Receiver Parameters>, and under "Special Purpose Modes" select > "6-Channel > Mode". When you click on <OK> Tac32 will turn off @@Ea and @@En and turn > on > @@Ba and @@Bn. @@Bb will stay the way it is. The lower right hand corner > of > the main window should now indicate that you are in 6 channel mode. The > Z3801 should now work fine. > > About the battery: Just dragging down the battery will not clear the > message > formats on a VP. On the VP's all of the set-up info was stored in > EEPROM. > The only way to change things was to overwrite (as we just did here) or > default the receiver with the @@Cf message. > > Let me know if you have any problems. > > Randy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Don Garlick > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 2:37 PM > To: time-nuts@febo.com > Subject: [time-nuts] Need some help with Motorola Oncore VP Back in > Binarymode > > Hello I need a little help > > > > I bought a Oncore VP board with 8 channels for my Z3801 > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250082966589&sspagena > me=ADME:L:RTQ:US:1 > > > > Motorola P/N: B8221Z1116 > > > > This has a battery in it. > > > > It was tested by the seller by placing in the NMEA mode and left it in > NMEA mode. > > Now the board he used to talk to it has failed so he cannot change it > back. > > > > After I could not get it to work I tried draining the battery down to > .07 volts. > > > > I still could not get it to work in the Z3801 > > > > Put the old 6 channel back in and it works again > > > > http://gps.garlickfamily.org > > > > Can anyone tell me how to get it out of NMEA and back to binary? > > > > Thank You > > Don > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list > time-nuts@febo.com > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list > time-nuts@febo.com > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list > time-nuts@febo.com > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts