[time-nuts] NTGS50AA Power supply

2013-02-09 Thread EB4APL
Hello, According to a Nortel specification document (Dual Voltage Global Positioning System Timing Module (GPSTM) OEM General Specification Dataset Name: GSBW50AA), this GPSDO is dual voltage and can be powered either from -48 V or + 24 V systems. Mine is working from a 48 V power supply but

Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA Power supply

2013-02-09 Thread Bob Camp
Hi The most common way to design this gear is with an isolated supply. That eliminates a bunch of odd line fault issues. The easy way to check this is with an ohm meter. If it's isolated (and I'll bet it is) then polarity to ground isn't an issue. Polarity between the supply input pins is

Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA Power supply

2013-02-09 Thread Nathaniel Bezanson
Open it up, you'll find a bridge rectifier as the first component on the incoming power. It's actually much easier to solder straight to the pins of that component, rather than trying to bodge something together that would poke into the backplane connector. :) I know there's a TSIP command for

Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA Power supply

2013-02-09 Thread EB4APL
Nate, I have it already connected to a 48 V supply according to the vendor instructions (fluke.l is a vendor with technical knowledge)and now I removed the PCB from the case that I furnished and found that my unit doesn´t have such bridge. Instead it have a quite elaborate reversal power

Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA Power supply

2013-02-09 Thread lists
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 02:08:17 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurementtime-nuts@febo.com Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA Power supply Nate, I have it already connected to a 48 V supply

Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA Power supply

2013-02-09 Thread EB4APL
Bob, Thank you for your response. I already have it working with a 48 V floating supply, as per the vendor info (Bob Mokia, fluke.l), but I found in the referred documentation that maybe I could use a 24 V power supply if I need it. I bought only the PCB, not the original enclosure (too

Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA Power supply

2013-02-09 Thread Bob Camp
Hi I've never bothered to dig into the pps issues on the box. I have just been using the RF output. Bob On Feb 9, 2013, at 8:22 PM, EB4APL eb4...@cembreros.jazztel.es wrote: Bob, Thank you for your response. I already have it working with a 48 V floating supply, as per the vendor info

Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA Power supply

2013-02-09 Thread EB4APL
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA Power supply Nate, I have it already connected to a 48 V supply according to the vendor instructions (fluke.l is a vendor with technical knowledge)and now I removed the PCB from the case that I furnished and found that my unit doesn´t have such bridge. Instead

[time-nuts] NTGS50AA Power supply

2013-02-09 Thread Mark Sims
I looked into the 1PPS/2PPS issue on these Nortel units when I added support for them into Lady Heather. They do not appear to respond to the commands for changing to 1PPS. Also, they do not appear to save the oscillator disciplining parameters into EEPROM (at least using any of the

Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA Power supply

2013-02-09 Thread lists
: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:01:13 To: time-nuts@febo.com Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA Power supply Maybe I didn't explained this quite well, I'm not good writing in English. So