Is it possible I bricked the unit by doing the factory reset? If so can I update the firmware somehow to get back to where I was?
Thank you. Chris KD4PBJ — Sent from Mailbox On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 4:14 PM, Chris Waldrup <kd4...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > When I got home last night from work, my thunderbolt was plugging along, > tracking about 5 satellites. The ppb error was a few hundred though. > So in Tboltmon I did a factory reset and everything changed to question > marks. All the critical alarms came up green and self survey went to 1% but > after a few hours the unit wasn't receiving any satellites and still at 1%. > So I loaded Lady Heather onto the old 1997 vintage laptop that controls the > Thunderbolt. I figured out how to get to the command menu in LH using the > space at, then typed ! Then H for a hard reset. I left the unit running Lady > Heather all night and at 4:45 AM it still hadn't acquired any satellites. > I'm busy until Sunday afternoon but when I get back to it I will see if there > is a menu setting in LH where after doing a hard reset I need to re-enable > the receiver. I'm getting serial comms just fine. > I'll let you guys know what I find. Thanks again. > Chris > KD4PBJ > — > Sent from Mailbox > On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 11:14 PM, Bryan _ <bpl...@outlook.com> wrote: >> Chris: >> If you did a cold reset I *think* it should have already done that, you >> would have known because it would have said conducting survey or something >> like that as opposed to "Overdetermined clock". To be safe and force it,use >> the following keystrokes in LH >> S and then P >> -=Bryan=- >>> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 04:58:39 -0700 >>> From: kd4...@gmail.com >>> To: time-nuts@febo.com >>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] A few questions about Tboltmon >>> >>> Hi Bryan, >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I didn't do that. Is this something accessible under one of the tabs? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> >>> — >>> Sent from Mailbox >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 5:21 AM, Bryan _ <bpl...@outlook.com> wrote: >>> >>> > Did you do 48 hour precision first survey first to get an accurate >>> > Lat/Long/ altitude?. You will probably need to start with a cold reset to >>> > erase any previously stored data and then perform the survey. >>> > -=Bryan=- >>> >> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 19:16:23 -0700 >>> >> From: kd4...@gmail.com >>> >> To: time-nuts@febo.com >>> >> Subject: [time-nuts] A few questions about Tboltmon >>> >> >>> >> Hi, >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> I got my new Thunderbolt up and running this past weekend but I have a >>> >> few questions. I understand Lady Heather is a better program, and I have >>> >> downloaded it. However right now I am trying to get things right with >>> >> Tboltmon first. I had used it with my previous GPSDO, a Starloc II. I >>> >> hate to say but the Starlic just worked, so I didn't pay much attention >>> >> to Tboltmon other than to see that I was seeing satellites. Please >>> >> forgive me if some of the questions may sound simplistic, but I'm sort >>> >> of new to being a time nut. >>> >> The Thunderbolt is brand new in package. I purchased a Power One open >>> >> frame supply from EBay that was also new old stock. Before connecting it >>> >> to the Thunderbolt, I went ahead and ordered new electrolytic caps from >>> >> Mouser and spent last Friday night recapping the Power One box. I >>> >> measured the outputs with a DMM to make sure I had 5 V, -12 V and 12 V. >>> >> Noticing that in my old antenna location I could now only see 1-2 >>> >> satellites (trees have grown a bit) I moved the antenna to the roof of >>> >> my house, attached to a plumbing vent pipe, with a completely open view >>> >> of the sky here on top of a mountain in Tennessee. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Here's what I am noticing: >>> >> To start with I simply turned on the Thunderbolt on Saturday morning >>> >> without doing a warm or cold reset. Within a few minutes, I was seeing >>> >> six or seven satellites, with the SV boxes lit up green with various >>> >> numbers which I assume are satellite ID numbers. When I woke up Sunday I >>> >> was down to seeing only two satellites. The numbers listed were >>> >> different than the ones I saw before I went to bed Saturday. But when I >>> >> unplugged the AC power from the Thunderbolt and plugged it back in, I >>> >> was back to six satellites. >>> >> I had thought that the GPS satellites I am able to see from my location >>> >> are fixed 24/7. Do they move and different satellites come into view >>> >> with rotation of the earth? >>> >> I did a warm reset when I got up at 4:45 this morning and when I got >>> >> home, four satellites were still green on Tboltmon. About an hour ago I >>> >> went ahead and did a cold reset. >>> >> I now have 6 satellites where the SV is green, and one with a yellow SV >>> >> with a value of 7.0. >>> >> All critical alarms are green, and all minor alarms are green except >>> >> position questionable which is yellow. That has been yellow since >>> >> Saturday. >>> >> Under the Disciplining status, Mode is (0) Normal and Activity is (0) >>> >> Phase Locking. >>> >> The Timing Outputs are all over the place and have been since Saturday. >>> >> Twenty minutes ago I got: >>> >> PPS -106588.28 ns GPS >>> >> 10 MHz 166.08 ppb >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> So far today I have gotten the following ppb readings: >>> >> -41.48 >>> >> 374.30 >>> >> 0.48 >>> >> 0.70 >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Should the Timing output variance concern me? >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Thanks in advance for any help or advice. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Chris >>> >> KD4PBJ >>> >> Monteagle, TN >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> — >>> >> Sent from Mailbox >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> 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. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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.
