Oh there you go. You have made me think. Indeed there are commands that would easily be sent from a small basic language program on a Basic stamp or SXB or Pic etc etc. I think its only 2-3 commands also. But I just need to get off my *()& and add the battery before getting silly. Regards Paul
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Chris Albertson <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Murray Greenman > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why not just put a bigger battery in your UPS? I have a couple of old > > ones, and they run just fine with an old car battery, and thus give me > > many hours of backup for my Trimble/Nortel GPSDO. > > Because with an Oncore you can't even move it or swap a cable. > Anything that causes the power to go down even for an instant clears > the memory and a simple $1 battery will fix this problem and last for > many years. Yes get the UPS but the Oncore can be greatly improved > by such a simple and cheap fix that it makes sense to do it. > > That said, there are commands you can send to the Oncore that will > load an almanac and a survey location. So even after a memory loss > you can be up running in a few seconds after this data are loaded from > a computer. > > > -- > ===== > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
