Re: [time-nuts] Rapco 1804M manual and Control Mode Access ?

2020-11-01 Thread Chris Quayle
Hi, Just a note the thanks to all who helped with the info on the above gpsdo and the gps engine manuals. Now in the rack and seems rock solid compared to a 10MHz gpsdo. Looking at the Trimble manual, looks like a standard Trimble protocol. Will connect a serial analyser inline to find out

Re: [time-nuts] Rapco 1804M manual and Control Mode Access ?

2020-10-27 Thread Peter Vince
Where I worked we had a few of a later model Rapco 1804 (1804 L26 D2) which had an LPRO Rubidium inside, and gave out 10MHz. That had an eight-channel Trimble receiver, but I'm afraid I can't remember the model number. I wasn't very impressed by the disciplining algorithm which, once it had

[time-nuts] Rapco 1804M manual and Control Mode Access ?

2020-10-27 Thread gandalfg8--- via time-nuts
Hi Chris, I posted a manual to mediafire some time back, have just checked and the link is still working.. http://www.mediafire.com/file/5evbveha6pccc1l/Rapco_1804M_1882M.pdf/file This is a combined manual for the 1804M MK2 GPSDO and 1882M2 MK2 distribution amp, both black fronted

Re: [time-nuts] Rapco 1804M manual and Control Mode Access ?

2020-10-26 Thread Ole Stender Nielsen via time-nuts
Hi, The 1804M was produced in different versions. Is your unit merely called 1804M, or perhaps 1804M MK2, or 1804M3? BR Ole Den 26-10-2020 kl. 16:45 skrev Chris Quayle: Hi, Looking for the user manual for the above gpsdo. At power up, keeps repeating gps status and time, whereas there is an

Re: [time-nuts] Rapco 1804M manual and Control Mode Access ?

2020-10-26 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi Normally a date roll over bug is a non-fixable item in these older devices. The basic GPS modules simply did not start to have the “smarts” to handle this until at least a decade after they went out of production. Simple answer is to leave it as is and just use the frequency output. If you

[time-nuts] Rapco 1804M manual and Control Mode Access ?

2020-10-26 Thread Chris Quayle
Hi, Looking for the user manual for the above gpsdo. At power up, keeps repeating gps status and time, whereas there is an internal control mode for setup. Works fine and locks to gps, but the year is stuck at 2001, suggesting a date rollover bug. Internal GPS engine a a (Trimble ?) TNL22880