David J Taylor wrote:
> "David Lord" <> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>> David Lord wrote:
>>> David J Taylor wrote:
>>>> OT: GPS18x LVC failure
>>>>
>>>> My GPS18x LVC stopped working a couple of days ago.  There appears 
>>>> to +5V going into the unit, and the serial output is stuck around 
>>>> -5V with no signs of data on the 'scope.  Garmin have accepted the unit
>>
>> I'm guessing you hit (-) rather than (+), otherwise something
>> odd as with my unit the supplies are +5V and 0V, output spec
>> is 0V to +5V. Where was the -5V generated? If the -5V was real
>> then it would indicate some sort of internal fault.
>>
>> David
> 
> Yes, David, I meant minus rather than plus.  It was on the serial output 
> lead, unloaded, what I would call TX data.  Checked with a 'scope rather 
> than a meter as I was looking for data.  Just checked, and the Invert 
> Channel switch was not set.  Possible I made a mistake.  You are quite 
> correct on the specs, though.

I never scoped mine but it did give a very poor ntp output by one
of usb-serial I tried (nowhere near that without pps using serial
port on server and much worse than you reported for yours using
usb and Windows) and I had no output at all with other usb-serial
I tried (that works ok connected to a modem) but was ok when
connected back to serial port of server. I've just checked stats
on server via serial port for reach !=377 and from 700+ it's < 20,
which includes lack of sat's in view and INIT. My stats are at
30min so for radioclocks only catches about 25% when polled at 64s.

David

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