Hi Indeed, this could be a new wave of TBolts into the market. My fear is that those handling it are not going to sell off the “rejects”. They’ll just toss them in the trash.
Bob > On Aug 10, 2017, at 8:00 PM, paul swed <paulsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just remember you are taking on E911 responsibility. > Not that brave. > But come on all those tbolts going in the trash. Sounds like goodies. > Regards > Regards > Paul > WB8TSL > > > On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 7:55 PM, Adrian Godwin <artgod...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> While it wouldn't be difficult to build such a device, manufacturing a >> decent quantity in less than 2 weeks to beat Trimble would be a tall order. >> >> There are, however, programmable converters : all the hardware you need and >> just needs some suitable software. For example : >> >> http://www.kksystems.com/programmable-protocol-converters/ppc-4-h2-c.html >> >> It does rather more than you need, there may be cheaper alternatives. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 6:24 PM, Brad Dye <b...@braddye.com> wrote: >> >>> The Trimble Thunderbolts are used in many Radio Paging Systems to >>> synchronize their transmitters in simulcast mode. Systems that are using >>> the models affected by the 1024 week epoch are currently off the air or >>> functioning poorly. This is a very serious issue because many doctors and >>> nurses as well as first responders rely on their pagers for emergency >>> notification. >>> >>> Trimble’s only distributor, Novotech, did not know about it and had no >>> inventory of the new replacement E series Thunderbolt GPS Receivers. >>> Trimble says they are shipping new units from their overseas factory in >>> about 2 weeks — thats the best they can offer! >>> >>> I read here on the Time Nuts messages that some are considering: "some >>> in-line device that re-writes the serial data as it comes out of the >>> Thunderbolt” >>> >>> Does anyone plan to do this? Or does anyone have any ideas for a >>> short-term solution. >>> >>> Any suggestions would be sincerely appreciated. >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> >>> Brad Dye >>> Editor, The Wireless Messaging News >>> P.O. Box 266 >>> Fairfield, IL 62837 USA >>> Telephone: 618-599-7869 >>> Skype: braddye >>> http://www.braddye.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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.