However, setting it to 23:59:59 Dec 12,2007 and leaving t alone for an hour or two seems to have done the trick.
Thanks folks! Off to look at adev/pn of the $7 GPS boards I found with 10MHz out. Plots soon. Bob On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 12:26 PM, Bob Bownes <bow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yup. tried that too. > > The system won't let me set the date after 23:59:59 Dec 12,2007 > > > > On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Bob kb8tq <kb...@n1k.org> wrote: > >> 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/m >> ailman/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/m >> ailman/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.