Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
Magnus Danielson wrote: > Charles, > > Considering how the UTC parameters (IS-GPS-200H, Table 20-IX and section > 20.3.3.5.2.4) got upset for some of the SVNs, the correction from GPS > time (as corrected for that PRN) into UTC got a shift of almost 13,7 us. > As a GPS receiver receives information, solves for position and time > (fixed timing receivers naturally only for time), correct into GPS time > and then into UTC you end up with having to select the information from > one of the GPS satellites for translating the GPS time into UTC time. > Depending on the state of that GPS receiver, it may or may not select > this bad info, and it may change selection at any time. That's why we > have observed receivers of the same brand and same FW fail at different > times, but starting having problems at the same trigger time. While > there can be receivers that have some form of protection from this > particular problem, I guess many don't, and in this case, the specifics > of the receiver FW and the actual state of the receiver may have cause > the full range of heavy to no impact. I would be careful to make to much > judgment of various receivers because of this. It is clear that it's a > serous hit to at least most of them. Absolute correct, IMO. > I remember the impacts from PRN 31 and PRN 32. The re-occuring GPS WN > wrapping issue is another. This instance is rather unique in it being > related to the ground infrastructure seems to have provided bad upload. > > There is an intense amount of work behind the scenes. Some patience will > be needed before even a minimalistic statement can be found. Now there's a statement available. See my other post. Martin ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
Charles, Considering how the UTC parameters (IS-GPS-200H, Table 20-IX and section 20.3.3.5.2.4) got upset for some of the SVNs, the correction from GPS time (as corrected for that PRN) into UTC got a shift of almost 13,7 us. As a GPS receiver receives information, solves for position and time (fixed timing receivers naturally only for time), correct into GPS time and then into UTC you end up with having to select the information from one of the GPS satellites for translating the GPS time into UTC time. Depending on the state of that GPS receiver, it may or may not select this bad info, and it may change selection at any time. That's why we have observed receivers of the same brand and same FW fail at different times, but starting having problems at the same trigger time. While there can be receivers that have some form of protection from this particular problem, I guess many don't, and in this case, the specifics of the receiver FW and the actual state of the receiver may have cause the full range of heavy to no impact. I would be careful to make to much judgment of various receivers because of this. It is clear that it's a serous hit to at least most of them. I remember the impacts from PRN 31 and PRN 32. The re-occuring GPS WN wrapping issue is another. This instance is rather unique in it being related to the ground infrastructure seems to have provided bad upload. There is an intense amount of work behind the scenes. Some patience will be needed before even a minimalistic statement can be found. Cheers, Magnus On 01/27/2016 09:38 AM, Charles Curry wrote: Update on PRN 32 / SVN 23 According to the NANU this was decommissioned at 22:00 on the 25th. It was 25 years old http://archive.is/a8GI Some timing receivers experienced problems, some did not. Don't know why that is yet. So far our count is 8 different GPS timing receivers experiencing problems - ranging from mid '90's models, but still in service to the latest new devices. Problems included loss of lock, squelching of outputs, pulling the frequency off and massive pps jumps. In one case the output of a receiver was so bad it was rejected by the equipment it was feeding but the receiver did not alarm! A couple of units in my lab, based on the latest multi-constellation engine from a major supplier, one with Rb one with CSAC, exhibited 5 or 6 phase jump events from about 1:45 am until 12:30pm on the 26th. Our support team was kept busy from about 2 am on the 26th with at least 7 of our timing equipment customers reporting GPS errors. It looks like bad ephemeris was being broadcast from some satellites. I would say this is a similar problem to the April 1st 2014 Glonass outage reported here http://gpsworld.com/the-system-glonass-in-april-what-went-wrong/ Charles charles.cu...@chronos.co.uk __ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com __ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
Tom This is what I sent unchecked Rich Text (HTML) now Has anyone noticed GPS problems today? It looks like PRN32 / SVN 23 went faulty yesterday and was taken out of service last night at 22:00 ZULU http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?Do=gpsShowNanu=2016008 We've seen issues with a number of timing receivers so far. Best Regards, Charles ___ Prof. Charles W T Curry BEng, CEng, MITP, FIET Managing Director Chronos Technology Ltd http://www.chronos.co.uk/index.php/en/company-info/whos-who#CC http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/charles-curry/0/b2/445 Switchboard: +44 (0)1594 862 200 Direct: +44 (0)1594 862 201 Mobile: +44 (0)7786 336 001 www.chronos.co.uk www.gps-world.biz www.taviga.co.uk Skype Laptop: chascurry This email has been sent to you by Chronos Technology Limited; Registered in England and Wales Number: 2056049; VAT Number: GB 791312044; Registered Office: Stowfield House, Upper Stowfield, Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, GL17 9PD. All data and information contained in this e-mail is in confidence and is the copyright of Chronos Technology Limited and/or its Suppliers. No information contained in this e-mail may be released, republished or incorporated into any other work without the prior written consent of the discloser and/or copyright owner. --- Original Message --- From: "Tom Van Baak"To: "Charles Curry" Cc: "John Ackerman" Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 08:11:21 -0800 Subject: Re: GPS PRN 32 Hi Charles, Your posting just now is completely blank (see below). Was this an accident? Or perhaps your email client is configured for HTML-only instead of TEXT or TEXT+HTML. Let me know if I can help. Thanks, /tvb - Original Message - From: "Charles Curry" To: "John Ackerman" Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 7:26 AM Subject: GPS PRN 32 > __ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com __ __ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com __ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
Hi, It seems that several SVNs (PRN 2, 6, 7, 9 and 23) got feed bad data. This is not the first instance, it seems that single SVNs have had bad data the last couple of days. When our 4 GPS receivers at work got "hit" at midnight, it got our attention. Interestingly enough they did not experience issues at the same time, it just started about the same time. Several of my customers also reported issues. Turns out that more people seen this. It will be interesting when a proper analysis comes on this. Cheers, Magnus On 01/26/2016 05:43 PM, Charles Curry wrote: Tom This is what I sent unchecked Rich Text (HTML) now Has anyone noticed GPS problems today? It looks like PRN32 / SVN 23 went faulty yesterday and was taken out of service last night at 22:00 ZULU http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?Do=gpsShowNanu=2016008 We've seen issues with a number of timing receivers so far. Best Regards, Charles ___ Prof. Charles W T Curry BEng, CEng, MITP, FIET Managing Director Chronos Technology Ltd http://www.chronos.co.uk/index.php/en/company-info/whos-who#CC http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/charles-curry/0/b2/445 Switchboard: +44 (0)1594 862 200 Direct: +44 (0)1594 862 201 Mobile: +44 (0)7786 336 001 www.chronos.co.uk www.gps-world.biz www.taviga.co.uk Skype Laptop: chascurry This email has been sent to you by Chronos Technology Limited; Registered in England and Wales Number: 2056049; VAT Number: GB 791312044; Registered Office: Stowfield House, Upper Stowfield, Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, GL17 9PD. All data and information contained in this e-mail is in confidence and is the copyright of Chronos Technology Limited and/or its Suppliers. No information contained in this e-mail may be released, republished or incorporated into any other work without the prior written consent of the discloser and/or copyright owner. --- Original Message --- From: "Tom Van Baak"To: "Charles Curry" Cc: "John Ackerman" Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 08:11:21 -0800 Subject: Re: GPS PRN 32 Hi Charles, Your posting just now is completely blank (see below). Was this an accident? Or perhaps your email client is configured for HTML-only instead of TEXT or TEXT+HTML. Let me know if I can help. Thanks, /tvb - Original Message - From: "Charles Curry" To: "John Ackerman" Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 7:26 AM Subject: GPS PRN 32 __ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com __ __ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com __ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
Magnus wrote: Interestingly enough they did not experience issues at the same time, it just started about the same time. Presumably, each rx would be affected when it added one or more corrupted satellites to the constellation it was using for its solution. Since each rx makes those decisions independently, one would not expect them to exhibit problems in exact synchrony. Best regards, Charles ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
One more comment on this, SV 32/PRN 32 was briefly in use in 1992-3. SV-32 has been active since Dec 11. [1992] - http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/mail/igsreport/1992/msg00054.html On 28 January (day 028) [1993], SV-32's PRN number has been changed from PRN#32 to PRN#01 sometimes between UTC 20:55 and UTC 21:20. - http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/mail/igsmail/1993/msg00095.html According to the document http://www.thsoa.org/pdf/fugrognsshydrosociety2007.pdf , the use of PRN 32, Caused problems with DOD applications not supporting 31 PRNs ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
One more comment on this, SV 32/PRN 32 was briefly in use in 1992-3. SV-32 has been active since Dec 11. [1992] - http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/mail/igsreport/1992/msg00054.html On 28 January (day 028) [1993], SV-32's PRN number has been changed from PRN#32 to PRN#01 sometimes between UTC 20:55 and UTC 21:20. - http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/mail/igsmail/1993/msg00095.html According to the document http://www.thsoa.org/pdf/fugrognsshydrosociety2007.pdf , the use of PRN 32, Caused problems with DOD applications not supporting 31 PRNs Mike, Yes, I heard this too. I don't know much about DoD receivers, though. My guess is they don't show up on eBay for us bottom-feeder types. BTW, NASA just fixed Jtrack3D for me so you can now select GPS BIIA-10 (PRN32) from the list of valid satellites. http://science.nasa.gov/Realtime/jtrack/3d/JTrack3D.html I also put a cute pair of animated GPS PRN32 orbit tracks at: http://www.leapsecond.com/pages/prn32/ Don't look at the first one too long; it will make you dizzy. /tvb ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike S) Subject: Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32 Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:52:59 -0500 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 07:42 PM 2/9/2008, Bruce Griffiths wrote... The Jupiter documentation indicates that PRN range is 1-32 with 0 used to indicate all satellites. You should be good, then, since the developers obviously accommodated a PRN 32. The statement quoted from the original article (GPS receivers initially were built to accommodate up to 31 satellite signals...) is incorrect. The PRN range for space vehicles has always been 1-32. (see Table 3-I in http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/gps/icd200/ICD200Cw1234.pdf ). The concern is that the code in some GPS receivers was poorly written, and set up data structures to support PRNs 0-31, even though PRN 0 is, and has always been, undefined. So problems are not a matter of the age of the receiver, but the quality of its programming. On the 13 December 2006 one operator saw their complete network fail as a result, which was correlated to the enlargement of the GPS constellation. The GPS receiver in question was an old 6 channel one. There is nothing wrong with 6 channels receivers, as long as their firmware propperly handles all sats. This particular receiver did not do it. Trouble is, their full network was the same receiver and viewing the GPS receiver as a risk did not seem to have been on their radar. They had the rugg pull away under their feets. Hopefully no major failure will result from enabling PRN32. But we can't be sure. It's not like we are testing all our receivers in GPS simulators for these kind of situations Cheers, Magnus ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
On Feb 8, 2008 2:07 PM, Bruce Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Z3815A sees PRN 32 now albeit as unhealthy. My Ublox AEK-4T has an almanac for PRN32, but no ephemeris (duh.) haven't tried my AC12, Lassen iQ, itrax03, gps18/lvc, UT+, GT+ or Jupiter yet... CK -- GDB has a 'break' feature; why doesn't it have 'fix' too? ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
Chris Kuethe wrote: On Feb 8, 2008 2:07 PM, Bruce Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Z3815A sees PRN 32 now albeit as unhealthy. My Ublox AEK-4T has an almanac for PRN32, but no ephemeris (duh.) haven't tried my AC12, Lassen iQ, itrax03, gps18/lvc, UT+, GT+ or Jupiter yet... CK Chris The Jupiter documentation indicates that PRN range is 1-32 with 0 used to indicate all satellites. So you may have some luck with that receiver. Bruce ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
The Jupiter documentation indicates that PRN range is 1-32 with 0 used to indicate all satellites. So you may have some luck with that receiver. Bruce Bruce, An actual test is in order, of course, but speaking as a software engineer, anytime you hear 0 indicates all and 1 to 32 it's a pretty good indicator that a 1-origin, 32-bit, fixed-length array is being used. I'll dig out my Res-t and give it a try.too. Thanks for the suggestion. /tvb ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
The Novatel Superstar GPS receiver should also be OK for receiving PRN32. The supplied software has provision for monitoring the health of all 32 possible satellites. It also has provision for selectively ignoring any of the 32 possible satellites. Bruce ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
At 07:42 PM 2/9/2008, Bruce Griffiths wrote... The Jupiter documentation indicates that PRN range is 1-32 with 0 used to indicate all satellites. You should be good, then, since the developers obviously accommodated a PRN 32. The statement quoted from the original article (GPS receivers initially were built to accommodate up to 31 satellite signals...) is incorrect. The PRN range for space vehicles has always been 1-32. (see Table 3-I in http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/gps/icd200/ICD200Cw1234.pdf ). The concern is that the code in some GPS receivers was poorly written, and set up data structures to support PRNs 0-31, even though PRN 0 is, and has always been, undefined. So problems are not a matter of the age of the receiver, but the quality of its programming. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
Tom Van Baak wrote: Which time-nut will be the first to see PRN 32 on Feb 19? I wonder what old GPS receivers won't be able to see it? This is from GPS World via NavtechGPS News... The U.S. military announced earlier this week that GPS satellite SVN23, transmitting L-band code as PRN32, will be set to usable status on Feb. 19. This is notable for a couple of reasons, but namely because it is the first time that the PRN32 designation will be used by an operational, healthy GPS satellite. GPS receivers initially were built to accommodate up to 31 satellite signals, and a PRN designated with the number 32 can't be tracked by some manufacturers' devices that look for PRNs numbered 0 through 31. The U.S. Air Force began testing the PRN32 designation late in 2006 - while SVN23/PRN32 was set to unhealthy and not included in the operational GPS constellation almanac, some all-in-view GNSS tracking stations received the L-band signal. http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/content/printContentPopup.jsp?id=490027 /tvb Tom My Z3815A sees PRN 32 now albeit as unhealthy. Bruce ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bruce Griffiths writes: Bruce Griffiths wrote: Tom My Z3815A sees PRN 32 now albeit as unhealthy. Bruce My M12+ T doesn't see SVN 23 (PRN32) although its shares the same antenna. By default the M12 will not track an unhealty satellite if it can fill the channel with a good one, so if you have 12 visible sats that may not be important. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bruce Griffiths writes: Bruce Griffiths wrote: Tom My Z3815A sees PRN 32 now albeit as unhealthy. Bruce My M12+ T doesn't see SVN 23 (PRN32) although its shares the same antenna. By default the M12 will not track an unhealty satellite if it can fill the channel with a good one, so if you have 12 visible sats that may not be important. Poul The M12 wasn't tracking 12 satellites, however I didn't count the number visible. Will check again in 12 hours or so when SVN23 should again be next visible. Bruce ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bruce Griffiths writes: Bruce Griffiths wrote: Tom My Z3815A sees PRN 32 now albeit as unhealthy. Bruce My M12+ T doesn't see SVN 23 (PRN32) although its shares the same antenna. By default the M12 will not track an unhealty satellite if it can fill the channel with a good one, so if you have 12 visible sats that may not be important. The Z3815A GPS receiver is a Furuno receiver with 16 channels. Bruce ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
Bruce Griffiths wrote: Tom My Z3815A sees PRN 32 now albeit as unhealthy. Bruce My M12+ T doesn't see SVN 23 (PRN32) although its shares the same antenna. Bruce ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
My Thunderbolt (nor any of the others, of course) cannot see this one at present, but TBolt Mon is showing a yellow button indicating incomplete or incorrect almanac. So it knows something's up! dr ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] GPS PRN 32
Bruce Griffiths wrote: Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bruce Griffiths writes: Bruce Griffiths wrote: Tom My Z3815A sees PRN 32 now albeit as unhealthy. Bruce My M12+ T doesn't see SVN 23 (PRN32) although its shares the same antenna. By default the M12 will not track an unhealty satellite if it can fill the channel with a good one, so if you have 12 visible sats that may not be important. The Z3815A GPS receiver is a Furuno receiver with 16 channels. Bruce Correction: Looked at wrong datasheet. Z3815A receiver supposedly has 8 channels. However it may have a couple of spare channels used for monitoring untracked SVs. Currently it tracks 3 and displays 6 untracked. earlier totals were 3 and 7 resp. Bruce ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.