[time-nuts] Austron 2200 Y2K?

[Mark C. Stephens]

Hi All,


I couldn't wait for the new RTC and zero-power nvram to arrive so I took the Dremel to the 2 chips and successfully replaced the batteries myself.
http://www.vk2hmc.net/blog/?p=245

However, The Austron seems to have a problem with dates after 1999.
As soon as I set the date to greater than 1999 off it goes into a reboot loop and I have to switch off and remove the batteries, w a i t and reinstall the batteries.
Then the time is back to 1980 and it happily boots up.

Have I got a non-compliant Y2K Austron 2200?
What will happen when the GPS tells it the date is now 2013?

As I have no antenna to test, I thought I would ask the groups Austron 2200 owners if they have seen this behaviour?.

Also, Can I tell the Austron to lock the Rubidium to an external PPS/10Mhz input rather than GPS?
Just until I get an antenna sorted.


-marki