[time-nuts] Nortel Trimble thunderbolt

[Chris Albertson]

Maybe the problem is at the electrical level, how is the serial cable wired?


On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Jim Sanford <wb4gcs at wb4gcs.org> wrote:

> All:
>
> I have my new Nortel unit powered up.  I have been unsuccessful at getting
> it to communicate with Lady Heather.
>
> I have tried both 19K2, 7, O 1 and 9K6, 8, N, 1 on the serial port to no
> avail.
> I tried the command line switch to wake up Nortel units wit both sets of
> serial parameters, to no avail.
>
> The instance of Lady Heather which goes out to KE5FX site works, so I
> presume I have a correct installation of Lady Heather.
>
> The Nortel appears to go through normal power up display on power up.
>  Then it lights the yellow "no communication" LED.  Once I hooked up an
> antenna, within a few minutes, the green LOCK LED came on.  It appears that
> the Nortel is working.
>
> Is there something I'm missing about making these two play nicely
> together??
>
> Thanks & 73,
> Jim
> wb4gcs at amsat.org
>
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Chris Albertson
Redondo Beach, California