[time-nuts] Trimble Thunderbolt error

Bob Camp kb8tq at n1k.org
Mon Feb 15 17:53:29 EST 2016


Hi


…. also….

If it is a rollover bug, does it come back when the unit is power cycled or is there some magic in a
eprom that locks it to the correct era? (all of mine seem to be past  FW 3.00)

Bob

> On Feb 15, 2016, at 11:57 AM, Nigel Vander Houwen <timenuts-nigelvh at nigelvh.com> wrote:
> 
> Luc,
> 
> Do you have a reference for this?
> 
> Nigel
> 
>> On Feb 15, 2016, at 01:22, Luc Gaudin <lgaudin at naelcom.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello, 
>> 
>> The issue was known on the Thunderbold for the older firmware version up to firmware v3.00.
>> The product will not report the correct extended GPS week number after the Feb,13th 2016.
>> After the rollover to week #860, the thunderbolt will not make position for 2 hours, because the Ephemeris data on the GPS receiver being consider incorrect.
>> The module will work fine after this 2 hours.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Luc
>> 
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