Thanks Bob, I got the Monitor software just now. The unit has 92,902 hours on it, which is a bit over 10.6 years. I need to head out the door, but here are a few values from the screen. I'll figure out how to get a status log out of it later. Clock Servo:Ramsey Error 0 mvRabi Error -1 mvOCXO CV 3151 mvDeviation 194 Zeeman Servo:Ramsey Error 0 mvRabi eError -28 mvC Field CV -32 mv Cesium Oven 4.80 VEM Voltage 8.00 VIon Pump 23 uAC-Field 19.10 mAIonizer 0.87 VMass Spec 14.10 V The monitor checks every 10 seconds, so these are a bit dynamic. So, is this in good health, or do I need to worry? Bob
From: Bob Camp <kb...@n1k.org> To: Bob Stewart <b...@evoria.net>; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 9, 2014 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] PRS-45A Hi Somewhere in / on the beast there should be a magnetic field adjustment. You play with it (within reason) to get the thing “on frequency”. The real question being: do you care that it’s 1x10^-13 off frequency? In most cases, the answer is no and you move on. Yes, if you are going to do the adjustment thing, figure out a fixed location before you go to all the trouble. Also let it sit for a bit to “settle in” to the local mag field. I would not play with any adjustments for a week. Bob > On Dec 9, 2014, at 6:22 PM, Bob Stewart <b...@evoria.net> wrote: > > Subject changed, as I inadvertently stole Dan's thread. > > Hi Bob Camp, > You wrote: "Looks perfectly normal to me. Your Cs is sensitive to magnetic > field. Have you “zeroed” it out? No of course not, nobody does. (almost > nobody …). " > > What does it mean to "zero out the magnetic field" for a Cs? Sounds like I > need to align something to local magnetic north. What? I suspect that > figuring out a way to mount it to the wall (no rack system here) is going to > be my next priority. It can't safely live on my bench or the floor with all > those perforations in the case covers. > > The people at Symmetricom indicated I should be able to download the monitor > software, but the registration process seems to take some time. Hopefully > that gets resolved soon. > Having this thing hooked up just for this short time has pointed out some > problems that I couldn't see without a reference that I trusted. > > Bob > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.