[time-nuts] Datum TS-2100 firmware updating

2010-06-28 Thread Julien Goodwin
As a first post I thought I'd share a success story. After a lot of flailing about the magic combination to upgrade a TS-2100 from old/ROM firmware appears to be to ensure the line endings on the file match that of the TFTP host. While it is twitchy about ethernet as long as there's no contention

[time-nuts] Datum TS-2100 Rubidium

2010-06-29 Thread Julien Goodwin
On 28/06/10 21:36, Julien Goodwin wrote: Up next is to convert the darn thing to Rubidium, like it was meant to be when I purchased it (insert rant here). OK so the pinout vaguely matches, the TS-2100 is *very* twitchy on the alarm circuits, even a 1Mohm scope (well, it's 1M in theory, cheap

Re: [time-nuts] Datum TS-2100 Rubidium

2010-07-20 Thread Julien Goodwin
On 21/07/10 02:41, Greg Dowd wrote: Hey Rob! Yeah, there was a LPRO Rb option on that board and you are remembering correctly. The main thing was a dc-dc converter to get the right voltage (24vdc?). Then, I believe we just selected the external So some more probing with a meter this

[time-nuts] Exact power connector for Symmetricom TimeProvider 100

2012-01-27 Thread Julien Goodwin
I'm wondering if anyone knows exactly which power connector the Symmetricom TimeProvider 100 uses as as the manual doesn't have it (word of advice people, describing a connector as simply Molex style is fairly useless), and a trawl of mouser seems to indicate it's a MiniFit Plus series but I'm not

[time-nuts] Symmetricom SA.3Xm series

2010-11-11 Thread Julien Goodwin
Does anybody have a source for purchasing these in quantity one? I've been looking for a few for a variety of projects (mainly the software radio GSM stuff where something better then then a *XO is needed), but actually I'm doing a talk to a bunch of developers about managing time and would love

Re: [time-nuts] how to open a Trimble mushroom ?

2010-12-26 Thread Julien Goodwin
On 26/12/10 06:47, Hal Murray wrote: Seem to recall they may be rs422. Trimble has/had at least 2 units like that: Palisade and Acutime. There have been several variations of the Acutime. So I can't just plug a Palisade into an Acutime rack? ___

Re: [time-nuts] Happy New Year from Melbourne UTC+10

2010-12-31 Thread Julien Goodwin
On 01/01/11 00:16, swingbyte wrote: First New Year at home ( 20 week old baby ) fortunately the neighbours have let off a few fireworks. Melbourne is, of course UTC+11 at the moment being AEDT not AEST for the summer. We had idiots with fireworks here too, as apparently did much of Melbourne.

Re: [time-nuts] Symmetricom Launches CSAC Product for Precise Timing and Synchronization

2011-01-18 Thread Julien Goodwin
On 19/01/11 02:35, Pierpaolo Bernardi wrote: Though this could be of interest... http://www.insidegnss.com/node/2446 The SA.45s reportedly provides ... short-term stability (Allan Deviation) of 2E-10 @ 1 sec, long-term aging of 3E-10/month From the data sheet of the bigger Rubidium

[time-nuts] Symmetricom SGC-1500

2016-09-21 Thread Julien Goodwin
Can anyone from Symmetricom/Microsemi help me with a firmware image for an SGC-1500 for personal use? I picked this thing up on eBay over a year ago, but only just got around to getting the needed serial adapter bits to talk to it (should anyone else need it, it's rolled from the standard Cisco

[time-nuts] Commercially available empty ovens for oscillator testing?

2018-05-12 Thread Julien Goodwin
Does anyone know if there's anyone who sells essentially just the oven & casing for an OCXO on its own? I have a project for which I'm currently using a VCTCXO, but I'm wondering if enclosing a plain VCXO, plus the control DAC & voltage reference in a single small oven would end up more stable,

Re: [time-nuts] Spectracom 8140T Line Tap Schematic

2018-06-14 Thread Julien Goodwin
I'm somewhat tempted to take the schematic and see if I can fit it in the comparatively tiny Pomona boxes, although I have far too many side projects already, enough 10MHz taps, and I still need to do the terminators. The VersaTaps are supposed to be an actual synthesizer IIRC.

Re: [time-nuts] Spectracom 8140T Line Tap Schematic

2018-06-14 Thread Julien Goodwin
On 14/06/18 23:31, gandalfg8--- via time-nuts wrote: > Earlier replies that discussed removing the DC supply from the 8140 outputs > gave me the impression your requirement was to connect directly the outputs > of the 8140 without line tap modules, which is what I was addressing with my >

[time-nuts] Source for DC-blocking 50-ohm terminators? (Spectracom 8140)

2018-06-03 Thread Julien Goodwin
I'm looking at using a Spectracom 8140 for 10Mhz distribution, and they specify using a DC-blocking 50-ohm terminator on each run. These seem to be odd enough that none of my usual sources have them (75-ohm DC-blocking terminators yes, 50-ohm, no). While it's easy enough to chain a DC block and

Re: [time-nuts] Source for DC-blocking 50-ohm terminators? (Spectracom 8140)

2018-06-04 Thread Julien Goodwin
> Leaving the end un-terminated puts it in “antenna mode”. You will have RF all > over everything. > I have a lot of experience with this specific problem ….. > > Bob > >> On Jun 4, 2018, at 12:09 AM, Julien Goodwin >> wrote: >> >> I'm looking at using a Spectrac

Re: [time-nuts] Microsemi 3120A sold on eBay

2018-01-28 Thread Julien Goodwin
On 28/01/18 09:38, John Miles wrote: > So, who's the lucky winner? Anyone on here? That's the first one of these > I've seen in the "secondary market," so to speak. > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/332531180078 While we're at it, whoever picked up the SGC-1500 from the same seller[1], if it