[time-nuts] FTS-4060M/S24

[Bill Smitherman]

Thanks John,  I was afraid of that, what a shame they did not include a lock
line on the
RS-232 Port.  As I said I was trying to oversimplify. There certainly is a
lot of Technology in that very small box.  Good luck.

Bill KD4AF


On 6/20/08, John Miles <jmiles at pop.net> wrote:
>
> That is an RS-232 port; there's no "locked" line on it (although I agree
> there should have been.)  You'll need to run TBoltMon.exe to monitor its
> status, or talk to Mark Sims about the dedicated Thunderbolt controller he
> mentioned he was developing.
>
> -- john, KE5FX
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com]On
> > Behalf Of Bill Smitherman
> > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 2:15 PM
> > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FTS-4060M/S24
> >
> >
> > Bill    kd4af1 at gmail.com
> > To the group
> > Just today, received my Thunderbolt from China.  It is up and
> > running.  Just
> > a simple question
> > for you you Thunderbolt Experts.  After reading the Trimble Manual,
> > download.  I still do not have an answer.  How can I tell when I have a
> > lock.  I desire to install an LED on one of the pins of the  db9
> connector
> > to indicate when lock has been achieved.  I do not need to know  location
> > when the unit was made, GPS week and all that stuff. I am trying
> > to keep it
> > simple.  Surely one of these pins go high when lock is achieved.  I just
> > need a simple indication of the lock status.  Perhaps I am trying to
> > oversimplify,  all help appreciated.  I am from the old school
> > of using my
> > Fluke Monotronics 207 Receivers to track the old Omega Stations and WWVB.
> > Trying to get acquainted with the new GPS Technology.
> >
> > Thanks for any ideas.
> > BillOn 6/20/08, Björn Gabrielsson <bg at lysator.liu.se> wrote:
> >
> > >
>
>
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