Raymond, None of the FW upgrades have any effect on the stability or accuracy of the 5071A. So you're correct. However each revision has had some minor change in the way the health monitor detects and reacts to different possible error and non-error events. Each new CBT that is shipped out has a set of the latest ROMS included as an encouragement to upgrade at that time.
The most recent FW change was simply to remove "Agilent" and insert "Symmetricom" into the ID string. Certainly no reason to interrupt a working primary standard just for the upgrade. Dave Carlson ----- Original Message ----- From: "RMelkers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'" <[email protected]> Sent: October 20, 2005 1:56 PM Subject: [time-nuts] 5071 Firmware info Has there been any luck in finding out what each firmware revision on the 5071A accomplished? Of the 41 that I personally deal with, most have quite an old firmware installed. I have been pursuing this information for quite some time, with no luck. Without this information, I do not see a reason to upgrade any firmware in these Cesium clocks, Nor could I really recommend doing this in the future. (Why take a pill, if you don't know what it's for?") Raimond Melkers AFSPC SMC MCL //L-3 Comm Titan Corporation 719-930-8011 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
