On 5/30/2013 9:44 PM, Mark C. Stephens wrote:
Oh No, it stayed locked, I sat there until 4:30am watching it..
But it's still drifting +/- 2 Hz 8 hours later which annoys me so much!
I will take a page from Ed's book and exercise patience, I guess.
Not much else I can do without disturbing its natural course.
Well, since you've apparently given up on time-wasters like sleep, there
are a few things that you can do while you wait.
1. Check your power supplies for noise, ripple, and proper value. Not
just the 28V, but there has to be 5V, maybe +-12V or +-15V, etc. Don't
forget that you've got capacitors in there that are over 20 years old so
anything's possible.
2. Check the EFC to the FRK for noise & ripple.
3. Are there any software commands that have to be or should be used to
set up the disciplining? I glanced through a manual for a 9390 and it
looks like there's a 'z' command to initiate disciplining.
4. Do the status reports indicate that everything's good? Number of
satellites tracked? Signal strength? EFC value? Anything else?
I'm looking at the picture of the unit on your website and I'm a bit
confused. I see the FRK in the back corner, but I can't see it's
cabling. I see what looks like an OCXO on the second board from the
front with white cables coming off of it. There's also what looks like
the outline of an OCXO on the main board with white cables connected
where the output and EFC would be. What's connected to what?
By the way, in the back right corner of the main board next to the
EPROM, I can see a big Dallas Semi chip. Are you aware that there's a
lithium battery in there that's probably stone dead? I don't know what
the effect of that would be, but it's something to check.
Ed
-marki
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of J. L. Trantham
Sent: Friday, 31 May 2013 12:32 PM
To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 9390 GPS RX
So, probably means that it is 'flashing', on and off. :^).
Joe
So, it's been sitting there for a couple of hours before the Lock LED came on.
Interestingly enough, I woke up (its 3am here) and I thought, Hmm wonder if its
locked.
I walked down stairs to the workshop and looked at the front panel just as the
Lock LED came on!
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