Re: [time-nuts] Intro and Driver Request

2016-05-12 Thread Robert Watzlavick
I used one of the BC620AT cards many years ago with a DOS system. All we needed was time within a second so we used with a Bancomm-supplied DOS driver (I think) that replaced the system clock with IRIG-B based time instead of the PC clock. It may have come with a regular driver but I can't

Re: [time-nuts] Symmetricom ET-6000 TCXO receivers

2016-04-17 Thread Robert Watzlavick
Erik, I upgraded my ET-6000 TCXO receiver to an OCXO. I was able to get Symmetricom to send me all three ROM images (TCXO, OCXO, Rubidium) so I uploaded them to the KO4BB website: http://www.ko4bb.com/getsimple/index.php?id=manuals=01_ROM_Images_and_Drivers Get the file called

Re: [time-nuts] LAST CALL for Symmetricom 58532A antennas

2016-02-20 Thread Robert Watzlavick
Has anybody had trouble getting their antennas? I exchanged emails with David and sent him $40 for one but I never received it. I've emailed him twice now with no response. Before I try to get my money back from PayPal, I thought I'd check to see if anybody else had this issue. -Bob On

Re: [time-nuts] TymServe 2100 OCXO (MTI 240-0530-D)

2015-06-02 Thread Robert Watzlavick
See the thread titled Upgrading TS2100 from TCXO to OCXO around 3/30/2011. I used a different OCXO but one that had a compatible EFC range. It's funny, a few weeks ago before the TS2100s started acting up, I would have picked up one of those OCXOs in a heartbeat. I've had an eBay watch set

Re: [time-nuts] Tymserve 2100 thinks it's 1995?

2015-05-04 Thread Robert Watzlavick
You probably need the firmware update: Boot Code - Tymserve_2100 Rev 1.1 12/20/1996 13:07:21 Main Code - TymServe_2100 Rev 4.1 12/01/2005 14:45:23 http://www.ko4bb.com/getsimple/index.php?id=downloadfile=01_ROM_Images_and_Drivers/DatumET-6000TS-2100.zip -Bob On 05/04/2015 05:43 AM,

Re: [time-nuts] Tymserve 2100 thinks it's 1995?

2015-05-04 Thread Robert Watzlavick
Mine was fine until I power cycled it :( I can confirm that even with the v4.1 firmware, power cycling it causes the date to revert back to 1995. A software restart as listed below seems to restore the correct date for awhile but it eventually reverts back to the wrong year. Maybe some

Re: [time-nuts] Need advice for multilateration setup

2015-04-19 Thread Robert Watzlavick
, 06 Apr 2015 07:37:53 -0500 Robert Watzlavick roc...@watzlavick.com wrote: Thank you very much for the references. I had come across [4] when searching on Kalman filters for GPS aiding of INS measurements. I didn't pay much attention to the GPS chapter at the time but I'll look at it again. I

Re: [time-nuts] Need advice for multilateration setup

2015-04-06 Thread Robert Watzlavick
Attila, Thank you very much for the references. I had come across [4] when searching on Kalman filters for GPS aiding of INS measurements. I didn't pay much attention to the GPS chapter at the time but I'll look at it again. I just downloaded [3] and it appears to have a good mix of

Re: [time-nuts] Need advice for multilateration setup

2015-04-04 Thread Robert Watzlavick
I have an amateur radio license (mostly CW/HF and some VHF/UHF experience) and I've written some driver software for an IQ demodulation board but I have to admit, I would have no idea how to begin setting up that system as initially described by Attila and expanded by you and others. I have a

Re: [time-nuts] Need advice for multilateration setup

2015-04-04 Thread Robert Watzlavick
but several folks have suggested ways around that. -Bob On 04/03/2015 10:12 PM, Robert Watzlavick wrote: I have an amateur radio license (mostly CW/HF and some VHF/UHF experience) and I've written some driver software for an IQ demodulation board but I have to admit, I would have no idea how to begin

Re: [time-nuts] Need advice for multilateration setup

2015-03-29 Thread Robert Watzlavick
I want to thank everybody for their help on this. Thanks to the list, I have plenty of ideas that I can prototype so I'll keep you posted what I end up trying and how well it works eventually. -Bob On 03/25/2015 09:27 PM, Robert Watzlavick wrote: I want to develop a tracking system

Re: [time-nuts] Need advice for multilateration setup

2015-03-27 Thread Robert Watzlavick
On 03/26/2015 02:25 PM, Hal Murray wrote: I want to develop a tracking system for an amateur rocket ... Do you need the position in real time, or just after the rocket returns so you can find it? Near real-time would be nice but I guess not an absolute requirement. 40 ns is 25 MHz. It

Re: [time-nuts] Need advice for multilateration setup

2015-03-27 Thread Robert Watzlavick
accelerometer? A few mm of real-estate, milliamp consumption, up to 16g, 600+ samples a sec. The code is probably already available. Le 26 mars 2015 à 03:27, Robert Watzlavick roc...@watzlavick.com a écrit : I'm working on a project that I could use some advice on and also might be of interest

Re: [time-nuts] Need advice for multilateration setup

2015-03-27 Thread Robert Watzlavick
On 03/26/2015 01:56 PM, Jim Lux wrote: The key is that you don't need *real time* position.. a few seconds or minutes delay is probably ok, right? Seconds are probably ok, minutes might be a little long. PCs are pretty fast though these days for signal processing I would think. To compensate

[time-nuts] Need advice for multilateration setup

2015-03-26 Thread Robert Watzlavick
I'm working on a project that I could use some advice on and also might be of interest to the list. If it's not appropriate for the list, my apologies. I want to develop a tracking system for an amateur rocket that can allow me to track the rocket even if onboard GPS is lost (as is typical

Re: [time-nuts] Need advice for multilateration setup

2015-03-26 Thread Robert Watzlavick
Thanks for the suggestion. Does the DSSS make it easier to correlate between ground stations? I'm not sure how to handle the phase offset on the 10 MHz ref clocks. -Bob On Mar 26, 2015, at 07:25, Attila Kinali att...@kinali.ch wrote: On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 21:27:35 -0500 Robert Watzlavick

Re: [time-nuts] Need advice for multilateration setup

2015-03-26 Thread Robert Watzlavick
(that results in a ca 4 Mb/s datastream). Anders On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 4:27 AM, Robert Watzlavick roc...@watzlavick.com wrote: I'm working on a project that I could use some advice on and also might be of interest to the list. If it's not appropriate for the list, my apologies. I

Re: [time-nuts] Symmetricom TymServe 2100-GPS currently fails with GPS offset

2015-01-24 Thread Robert Watzlavick
I'm seeing the same thing with my TS-2100 - it is one second behind WWV based on the front panel display. My ET-6000 appears to be in sync. What's interesting though is that I have a little applet on my iPhone (NetTime) that connects to nist.time.gov and it is also a second behind. -Bob

Re: [time-nuts] Looking for WWVB digital wall clock with digital 24 hour UTC display

2014-02-19 Thread Robert Watzlavick
Definitely avoid BRG clocks. They are reasonably priced and look really nice on the outside but look like a high school science project inside. Plus, with both versions I purchased (while at 2 different companies), the IRIG-B option just didn't work reliably. It worked some of the time,

Re: [time-nuts] BC637PCI and OCXO

2014-02-07 Thread Robert Watzlavick
Magnus, What kind of problems did you have with it? I have a couple of BC635PCI boards that I've been using for a while with my own LabVIEW-based register driver. I've noticed some interesting behavior after board reset (loses lock for 8 sec to 3.5 min), and after changing the mode

Re: [time-nuts] recovering firmware on TS2100

2013-12-29 Thread Robert Watzlavick
Glad to hear it worked out for you! That's also good to know about the TFTP client compatibility with the TS2100. -Bob On 12/29/2013 09:09 AM, Anton Kapela wrote: Rob, On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Robert Watzlavick roc...@watzlavick.com wrote: Are you talking about the archive named

Re: [time-nuts] recovering firmware on TS2100

2013-12-28 Thread Robert Watzlavick
Are you talking about the archive named DatumET-6000TS-2100.zip and the file named Tymserve.bin? If so, I uploaded that file last year. It's a direct ROM image from a flash reader/programmer. That's why I included the device type (AMD 29F040B-120JC) in the readme.txt. You should be able to

Re: [time-nuts] TS2100 Firmware

2013-10-10 Thread Robert Watzlavick
See the following link for an image of the v4.1 firmware: http://ko4bb.com/Manuals/04)_ROM_Images_and_Drivers/DatumET-6000TS-2100.zip -Bob On 10/09/2013 02:49 PM, Gerhard Wittreich wrote: I have just purchased (eBay) a TS2100-IRIG with firmware v3.1. I believe v4.1 is the latest. I

Re: [time-nuts] 10 MHz output level from DATUM 9390...

2012-12-17 Thread Robert Watzlavick
I believe you can adjust the level of the 10 MHz output. The schematic shows a pot at R60 or R50 (the scan isn't clear) connected to U18 which drives the 10 MHz sine signal. -Bob On 12/15/2012 05:37 PM, Ziggy wrote: Burt - On the scope I see 950mv RMS with 50 ohm termination, 1.5V RMS with

Re: [time-nuts] re ET-6000 firmware

2012-08-26 Thread Robert Watzlavick
The manual I have isn't too clear on the differences between the units but the drawing shows an LPRO tucked into the left front of the unit with 2 coax cables going to the PC board (EFC, OSC), and one going to an additional power supply in the right rear. The ET-6000 DAC is 0-5V (actually

[time-nuts] ET-6000 firmware

2012-08-25 Thread Robert Watzlavick
I finally got a flash programmer so I uploaded all three ROM images (TCXO, OCXO, Rub) for the Datum ET-6000 / 9390-6000 to the KO4BB website. Last year I sent them 3 chips and asked for all the variants so I could play with converting my TCXO unit to an OCXO unit (and potentially a Rubidium

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt GPS rollover

2012-06-06 Thread Robert Watzlavick
Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I also have a question about using the Thunderbolt in the future. I'm considering using 4 of them in a multilateration setup to track an amateur rocket with an onboard beacon. I'm a few years away from the flight so I don't want to invest in hardware that

Re: [time-nuts] 2 (Spoofing)

2011-10-04 Thread Robert Watzlavick
I used to get tons (100-300 a day) of backscatter emails - emails that were supposedly sent by me but bounced back because the recipient didn't really exist. I use a web hosting company for my website and email so I had them enable SPF (Sender Policy Framework) on my domain and all that

Re: [time-nuts] locate 6 digit digital clock

2011-06-08 Thread Robert Watzlavick
I would avoid BRG clocks. I've used them in two different companies now and they're pretty much junk in my opinion. Both of the clocks I used had IRIG inputs and they only sort of work. They seem to randomly lose IRIG lock every few days and will easily get 1/2 second off, even when locked.

Re: [time-nuts] 58536A splitter and 9390-6000 GPS

2011-05-20 Thread Robert Watzlavick
On 05/19/2011 10:35 PM, WB6BNQ wrote: Robert, Two questions. First, what is the voltage at the 9390 antenna connector with nothing attached besides your DVM ? It shows 5V open circuit. Second, what happens if you just attach the antenna straight to the 9390 ? By this i mean if voltage

[time-nuts] 58536A splitter and 9390-6000 GPS

2011-05-19 Thread Robert Watzlavick
I received my Symmetricom 58536A GPS antenna splitter today (new from eBay) and did some testing with my Datum 9390-6000, Datum TS2100, and Thunderbolt. The Thunderbolt and TS2100 work fine with the splitter but the 9390 has some interesting behavior with the splitter. If the 9390 is

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather Question

2011-05-02 Thread Robert Watzlavick
I think the graph is not using peak detect for the plotting. I leave mine set at a 12-hour window and all the points are moving around every second. When plotting more data than will fit in the available resolution, it is best to bin the points that correspond to each plot bin/pixel. Then

Re: [time-nuts] Upgrading TS2100 from TCXO to OCXO

2011-03-28 Thread Robert Watzlavick
accessible in root tim utils as d2a. As someone pointed out, the default ovenized for those boxes was the MTI 240 low profile. -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Robert Watzlavick Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 3:54 PM

Re: [time-nuts] Upgrading TS2100 from TCXO to OCXO

2011-03-27 Thread Robert Watzlavick
If anybody has a TS2100 that came from the factory with an OCXO, can you telnet into the unit and run the following command? root eng ee info This appears to be some sort of factory-configured personality of the board. My TS2100-GPS unit with a TCXO has an info value of 0024. A TS2100-IRIG

Re: [time-nuts] Upgrading TS2100 from TCXO to OCXO

2011-03-25 Thread Robert Watzlavick
Ok, thanks. I was so focused on the IRIG and 10 MHz parts I didn't think about the NTP function (which is what the unit is for after all). BTW - I had some misinformation in my original post. The Abracon AOCJY1A is probably pin compatible with the TS2100 but it's not voltage compatible. The

[time-nuts] Upgrading TS2100 from TCXO to OCXO

2011-03-24 Thread Robert Watzlavick
I've been able to successfully upgrade my Datum TS2100 to an OCXO from the stock TCXO. I didn't see it in the archives so I thought I'd post my findings. I noticed that the same firmware was used regardless of oscillator configuration so there must either be jumpers or a hidden set of commands.

[time-nuts] STP2145A control voltage

2011-03-08 Thread Robert Watzlavick
Can anyone confirm the control/reference voltage for an STP2145A OCXO? The datasheet posted on eBay says 12V supply and 5V control voltage but it looks like they just copied the one for the MV89A. If they are truly the same spec that's fine but before I order it, I thought I'd see if anybody

[time-nuts] Oscillator questions

2011-03-02 Thread Robert Watzlavick
Hi, I'm new to the list and I'd appreciate some advice regarding my application. One of my hobbies is building and testing liquid fuel rocket engines (http://www.watzlavick.com/robert/rocket). As part of my instrumentation system, I have some Datum 9550 Video Time Overlay units which stamp time