[time-nuts] Austron 2200 Y2K?

[Luciano Paramithiotti]

Mark,

I suppose all the 220x Austron are not y2k compatible. Today mine is on 25
October 1993 and it is working receiving the GPS signals.
ciao,
Luciano

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On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Mark C. Stephens <marks at non-stop.com.au>wrote:

> 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
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