[time-nuts] Deaf Z3801

Bob kb8tq kb8tq at n1k.org
Thu Nov 16 11:42:22 EST 2017


Hi

One thing that has faked me out on SCPI - they cache error messages. You 
have to dump them all before you try something. 

Bob

> On Nov 16, 2017, at 11:24 AM, Bob Bownes <bownes at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks John.
> 
> When I do this, I get the E-222 error indicating 'Data out of range'.
> 
> Tried several formats, trailing';', etc.
> 
> Here's what I get:
> scpi > :GPS:INIT:DATE 2017,11,16
> E-222> :GPS:INIT:DATE 17,11,16
> E-222> :GPS:INIT:DATE 17,01,01
> E-222> :GPS:INIT:DATE 2017,01,01
> E-222> :GPS:INIT:DATE 2017,01,01;
> E-222> :GPS:INIT:DATE 17,01,01;
> E-222>
> 
> Even tried a :SYSTEM:PRESET, whic interestingly enough, does not reset the
> location.
> 
> Bob
> 
> On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 8:49 AM, John Franke <jmfranke at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>> Try:
>> 
>> 
>> Shut off power to the GPS receiver
>> 
>> Disconnect the GPS antenna downlead
>> 
>> Reapply power to the GPS receiver
>> 
>> Enter  *:GPS:INIT:DATE 2017,01,01* (The only space is between DATE and
>> 2017)
>> 
>> Reconnect the GPS antenna downlead and wait
>> 
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> On November 14, 2017 at 10:43 PM Bob Bownes <bownes at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I put my 3801 back in service the day before yesterday, or tried to. It’s
>> been on the shelf for about a year (off).
>> 
>> I powered it up, and while it sees a few sats, it will not acquire any.
>> Changing to a known good antenna (off the NTP server) makes no difference.
>> 
>> Anyone seen the behavior before? The location data is good, but the
>> time/date are way out.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> Bob
>> 
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