[time-nuts] Z3801A EEPROM

Magnus Danielson magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org
Fri Mar 18 17:42:15 EDT 2016


Joe,

On 03/18/2016 02:33 AM, Joseph Gray wrote:
> Referring to this old post:
>
> https://www.febo.com/pipermail/time-nuts/2011-December/061718.html
>
> In particular, this statement:
>
> "but If the RTC in the receiver is not set or its battery has failed,
> and the reference year stored in EEPROM is also wrong, the receiver
> may select the wrong 20-year window."
>
> Does anyone know where in the EEPROM the reference year is stored and
> in what format? I thought that while I have the unit on the workbench,
> I might also get it on the current 1024 week cycle. I'd also do the
> spare unit I just traded for.
>
> Yes, I'll add a battery pack as well :-)

As I gather it, the Z3801A relies on the GPS receiver board to give the 
time in correct form. Might be some setup it does.

Cheers,
Magnus


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