Hi Once you dig inside the TS2100 to add a CPU board between the GPS and other guts, you have reliability issues as well…..
Bob > On May 6, 2015, at 5:35 PM, Bob Darlington <rdarling...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My personal S300 died last month but otherwise I've fielded them in hot, > cold, dusty, wet, and dry environments and they seem to keep going. It > passes the initial self tetst but won't fully boot. I suspect CF card > failure. Microsemi won't talk to me without an active support contract. > > Due to its death, I'm now working on a BeagleBone Black "cape" specifically > for M12+ or Furuno timing receivers. I appreciate COTS hardware, but I'm a > hobbyist. Mine will be cheaper, but I can't vouch for more reliable yet. > > -Bob > > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Andrew Cooper <acoo...@keck.hawaii.edu> > wrote: > >> So, yes, our old TS2100's suffered the 1995 bug over the weekend like all >> of the others in the world. Kludged into working for the moment using 1PPS >> and two units. >> >> I do need to buy a couple replacements, good time is critical around an >> observatory, looking at a $16K purchase order. We have quoted both the >> SecureSync from SpectraCom and the S350 from Microsemi, both fully spec'd >> out with IRIG and IEEE1588. >> >> I am not really a time expert, just an everyday electrical engineer. >> Thrust into the problem three days ago. I have learned a bit reading >> through the Time Nuts archive... Thanks! >> >> Anything I should be aware of with these units. Any opinions on this >> purchase? >> >> Thanks for your advice, >> Andrew >> >> Andrew Cooper >> Electrical Engineer >> W. M. Keck Observatory >> 808-881-3862 >> mailto:acoo...@keck.hawaii.edu >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. _______________________________________________ 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.