[time-nuts] Deaf Z3801

[Bob Bownes]

Yup. tried that too.

The system won't let me set the date after 23:59:59 Dec 12,2007



On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Bob kb8tq <kb8tq at n1k.org> wrote:

> 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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