I think this will be of some help:
http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/wwv_format.cfm

You do need both 100Hz and 1000Hz signals and they should also come at
synchronized moments seems like.

Michel




On Feb 1, 11:07 am, Mitch <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I posted this in the Heathkit clocks forum too.
>
> I have three GC-1000s and living in South Florida, I've never had one
> work well.
> I've tried all kinds of antennas over the last few years with my
> original,
> without much luck. I have not tried an outside antenna, it's not
> realistic
> around here.
>
> I decided to attempt to interface an Arduino so that I can connect a
> GPS
> receiver and at least have one of them working reliably. I realize
> that this
> changes the character of the GC-1000 to not much more than a display,
> but that's
> fine with me if I can have one work reliably. No permanent mods will
> be made to
> the GC-1000.
>
> The hardware connection was made by lifting pin 8 from each of the
> 567s on the
> tone board, connecting the traces to two digital output pins on the
> Arduino.
>
> I can send IRIG H001 frames to the pin that was connected to U402 from
> the 100Hz
> source, and the data light blinks appropriately. What goes to U403
> from the
> 1000Hz source is unclear in the GC-1000 manual. I've tried sending P0
> and also
> the reference marker separately, and together. Sending the reference
> marker during the 1 second quiet period at the beginning of the frame
> seems to be correct. The capture light does turn on,
> but time is never displayed. I don't know how long it should take, but
> it's been
> left on for a couple hours.
>
> From the schematic it appears that the data coming from the 567s is
> inverted, so
> I've allowed for that in the sketch. I was sending the same frame
> without
> changing the time for testing purposes. Possibly that is a problem,
> I'm not
> sure, so I now have it send four frames each incremented by one
> minute, but no change.
>
> At this point I think I'm stuck. Has anyone done this, and can anyone
> help?
> Thanks in advance. Mitch

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