[time-nuts] SSR-6t Connector

paul swed paulswedb at gmail.com
Fri Dec 21 16:37:06 UTC 2012


Art?
If $35 I am in.
Paul
WB8TSL

On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 11:26 AM, W2GPS <w2gps at cnssys.com> wrote:

> Tom,
>
> Synergy already has a carrier board to put the SSR-6T receiver into a VP,
> UT,
> UT+, etc. socket. All that is needed is firmware support for the old
> 8-channel
> messages. I am planning to implement this capability for Synergy. It's
> just a
> matter of time and priorities. Eventually Synergy will have the solution
> for
> this problem. If you could gather a list of Time-Nuts people who would
> like one
> or more of these and send it to Art that could speed the process along.
>
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Van Baak [mailto:tvb at LeapSecond.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 11:15 AM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] SSR-6t Connector
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> I'm pretty sure the hp Z3801A and 58503A/B (and perhaps other 1990's era)
> GPSDO
> use the Motorola Oncore VP receiver. It was, and still is, a famous GPS
> timing
> receiver. Later, many GPSDO evolved to use the Motorola/iLotus M12
> receiver.
>
> The new Synergy SST-6T is a clever combination h/w and s/w that turns a
> uBlox 6T
> & PIC into a PCB that is both h/w and s/w compatible with an M12. It's a
> drop-in
> replacement. But as such, it won't work in a device that is uses an old
> Motorola
> UT/GT/VP receiver.
>
> I suggested that they also come up with a board that is VP compatible, but
> you
> realize the number of 15-year-old Oncore VP's in the field is probably not
> that
> high. It would make an excellent labor-of-love project to create a
> VP-compatible
> uBlox 6T board, but it's probably not something you can make a business
> case
> for.
>
> /tvb
>
>
>
>
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