[neonixie-l] Re: Nixichrom woes
Good chance that the MAXxxx chip is bad. I had the same issue with one of my NixiChrons. On Monday, July 11, 2022 at 7:50:53 PM UTC-4 Terry S wrote: > My Jeff Thomas Nixichron has been misbehaving. > > It's worked flawlessly for years. Lately (4 mo?) it's had a hard time > keeping a GPS lock, so much so that the GPS coordinates would be wrong when > displayed. Sometimes just a little, sometimes a lot. Then it would get a > lock and seem to work fine for a while. It got progressively worse. > > More recently even the time has been wrong, and the colon neon would never > show a GPS lock. > > All this led me to believe that the GPS puck was failing (I was on my 2nd > puck, a GlobalSat BR355S4). So I ordered another and installed it today. > Still no joy. It's just counting the minutes and not getting a lock. > > Coincidentally, my Jeff Thomas WWVB nixie clock is also unable to get a > WWVB time sync as of late. > > I need to fix both of these wonderful devices. Any input? > > I'd like to get the Nixichron converted to NWTS -- understanding that I'd > lose the GPS coordinate display. I know some members here can help me with > that and I imagine it's time to make that change. I'm basically clueless as > to what's involved. > > Terry > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/13a1ded8-1132-4688-a88a-5d57441b7fe6n%40googlegroups.com.
[neonixie-l] Re: Nixichrom woes
Reach out to Michael at www.badnixie.com. He should be able to help you and I recommend his wonderful new firmware for the NixiChron. He may even be able to help with your WWVB too. Good luck! On Monday, July 11, 2022 at 7:50:53 PM UTC-4 Terry S wrote: > My Jeff Thomas Nixichron has been misbehaving. > > It's worked flawlessly for years. Lately (4 mo?) it's had a hard time > keeping a GPS lock, so much so that the GPS coordinates would be wrong when > displayed. Sometimes just a little, sometimes a lot. Then it would get a > lock and seem to work fine for a while. It got progressively worse. > > More recently even the time has been wrong, and the colon neon would never > show a GPS lock. > > All this led me to believe that the GPS puck was failing (I was on my 2nd > puck, a GlobalSat BR355S4). So I ordered another and installed it today. > Still no joy. It's just counting the minutes and not getting a lock. > > Coincidentally, my Jeff Thomas WWVB nixie clock is also unable to get a > WWVB time sync as of late. > > I need to fix both of these wonderful devices. Any input? > > I'd like to get the Nixichron converted to NWTS -- understanding that I'd > lose the GPS coordinate display. I know some members here can help me with > that and I imagine it's time to make that change. I'm basically clueless as > to what's involved. > > Terry > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/58833321-6bad-453b-b2f6-8c07ce4056adn%40googlegroups.com.
