[time-nuts] Tymserve 2100 thinks it's 1995?

[Robert Watzlavick]

You probably need the firmware update:

Boot Code - Tymserve_2100
   Rev 1.1   12/20/1996 13:07:21
Main Code - TymServe_2100
   Rev 4.1   12/01/2005 14:45:23

http://www.ko4bb.com/getsimple/index.php?id=download&file=01_ROM_Images_and_Drivers/DatumET-6000TS-2100.zip

-Bob


On 05/04/2015 05:43 AM, Chris Mottram wrote:
> Hi Bob, I've just this minute joined this list, because I Tymserve 
> 2100 unit we have at work has just started doing the same thing, at 
> just gone 1am UT on May  3rd. I've also tried restarting and power 
> cycling (this is somewhat convoluted as the unit is ~3000 miles away 
> from me) but it's firmly stuck in 1995
>
> Ours is currently running Rev 3.1 :
> 5 ? version
> Boot Code - Tymserve_2100
>   Rev 1.1   12/20/1996 13:07:21
> Main Code - TymServe_2100
>   Rev 3.1   08/22/2002 12:15:37
>
> After a power cycle, our unit comes up as follows:
> 3 ? time
> JAN 01 1995 00:01:53.687252
> After the GPS has locked this changes to:
> 5 ? time
> SEP 17 1995 20:14:35.479915
> Where 20:14 was the correct UT time.
>
> cheers
>
> Chris
>
> On 05/04/2015 12:31 AM, Bob Martin wrote:
>> My Tymserve 2100 gps unit (Rev 4.1) thinks it's 1995 -- September 17, 
>> 1995.
>>
>> But a restart (connect via telnet and give the commands util restart) 
>> brings it back to the correct time and date -- for a while? I haven't 
>> caught it dropping back, so i don't know if it's doing this on the 
>> hour, after an hour, or what, but I noticed it last night, and I've 
>> restarted it a few times today.
>>
>> Any clues?
>>
>> I know about the off-by-a-second issue with the pending leap second. 
>> This one is more interesting!
>>
>> So far I've just been issuing software restarts. The next time I'll 
>> power cycle the sucker and see if that does any good.
>>
>> GPS signal isn't the issue; the 2100 shares an external GPS antenna 
>> with my Thunderbolts through a Symmetricom 58536A GPS splitter, and 
>> the Thunderbolts are as happy as a Thunderbolt can be.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> bob k6rtm
>>
>>
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