The ones they cant get to work are the most fun...:-)) Alan G3NYK
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Lane" <kyr...@bluefeathertech.com> To: <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:31 PM Subject: [time-nuts] Lucked out > Fellow time-tickers, > > I lucked out on that NTS100i. No, it didn't have GPS (it was the IRIG > version), but the fix was very simple. > > To recap: The Ebay seller had said he was unable to get it to > synchronize to an "IRIG input" no matter how hard he tried. > > The solution: Turns out the IRIG version of the 100i (sub-model NIC-215) > has a hardware jumper setting for different IRIG code formats. I > discovered this when, on a whim, I fed the thing an IRIG-E stream -- and > it locked! > > Some further experimentation located the jumper. I fed the thing a > standard IRIG-B signal, then moved the jumper to different positions > until I got a lock. > > One quick set of modified rack brackets later, the thing is doing its > duty as a slave clock and NTP server, drawing its reference from my > Odetics 425. > > I would call this $47 well-spent. ;-) > > > Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, > Blue Feather Technologies (http://www.bluefeathertech.com) > Assoc. member, AZA & AAZK for many moons. > "Salvadore Dali's computer has surreal ports..." > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.