The manual I have isn't too clear on the differences between the units but the drawing shows an LPRO tucked into the left front of the unit with 2 coax cables going to the PC board (EFC, OSC), and one going to an additional power supply in the right rear. The ET-6000 DAC is 0-5V (actually 0.5-4.5 I think) so the LPRO will probably work without any adjustments other than the new firmware which contains the appropriate gain and filter constants.

I believe all you need to do is:
Remove the TCXO (or cut the trace from the output)
Connect the 10 MHz from the LPRO to J3 (OSC in)
Install a suitable resistor at position R96 (it shows "51 1" - 51 ohm, 1 watt?)
Connect J2 (DAC out) to the LPRO
Install an appropriate power supply for the LPRO

Somebody mentioned a while back that the units with the LPRO in them ran very hot.

-Bob

On 08/26/2012 02:05 PM, Joe Leikhim wrote:
Bob;
I have a TCXO version and wonder apart from the ROM change, what recommended hardware is required to install a rubidium osc? Is there a parts list somewhere? I would prefer not to cobble up if I can help it.

   --------
   I finally got a flash programmer so I uploaded all three ROM images
   (TCXO, OCXO, Rub) for the Datum ET-6000 / 9390-6000 to the KO4BB
   website.  Last year I sent them 3 chips and asked for all the variants
   so I could play with converting my TCXO unit to an OCXO unit (and
potentially a Rubidium some day). I think the images are in the upload
   folder awaiting their final home.

   This latest firmware addresses the GPS date problem.

   DT101E = TCXO
   DT102E = OCXO
   DT103E = Rubidium

Some guy is selling DT101E chips on eBay for $50 (sorry if you're on the
   list...)

   -Bob




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