Hi One thing that has faked me out on SCPI - they cache error messages. You have to dump them all before you try something.
Bob > On Nov 16, 2017, at 11:24 AM, Bob Bownes <bow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks John. > > When I do this, I get the E-222 error indicating 'Data out of range'. > > Tried several formats, trailing';', etc. > > Here's what I get: > scpi > :GPS:INIT:DATE 2017,11,16 > E-222> :GPS:INIT:DATE 17,11,16 > E-222> :GPS:INIT:DATE 17,01,01 > E-222> :GPS:INIT:DATE 2017,01,01 > E-222> :GPS:INIT:DATE 2017,01,01; > E-222> :GPS:INIT:DATE 17,01,01; > E-222> > > Even tried a :SYSTEM:PRESET, whic interestingly enough, does not reset the > location. > > Bob > > On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 8:49 AM, John Franke <jmfra...@cox.net> wrote: > >> Try: >> >> >> Shut off power to the GPS receiver >> >> Disconnect the GPS antenna downlead >> >> Reapply power to the GPS receiver >> >> Enter *:GPS:INIT:DATE 2017,01,01* (The only space is between DATE and >> 2017) >> >> Reconnect the GPS antenna downlead and wait >> >> >> John >> >> On November 14, 2017 at 10:43 PM Bob Bownes <bow...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I put my 3801 back in service the day before yesterday, or tried to. It’s >> been on the shelf for about a year (off). >> >> I powered it up, and while it sees a few sats, it will not acquire any. >> Changing to a known good antenna (off the NTP server) makes no difference. >> >> Anyone seen the behavior before? The location data is good, but the >> time/date are way out. >> >> Thanks! >> 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. _______________________________________________ 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.