Mark, I suppose all the 220x Austron are not y2k compatible. Today mine is on 25 October 1993 and it is working receiving the GPS signals. ciao, Luciano
see my site:www.timeok.it On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Mark C. Stephens <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi All, > > > I couldn't wait for the new RTC and zero-power nvram to arrive so I took > the Dremel to the 2 chips and successfully replaced the batteries myself. > http://www.vk2hmc.net/blog/?p=245 > > However, The Austron seems to have a problem with dates after 1999. > As soon as I set the date to greater than 1999 off it goes into a reboot > loop and I have to switch off and remove the batteries, w a i t and > reinstall the batteries. > Then the time is back to 1980 and it happily boots up. > > Have I got a non-compliant Y2K Austron 2200? > What will happen when the GPS tells it the date is now 2013? > > As I have no antenna to test, I thought I would ask the groups Austron > 2200 owners if they have seen this behaviour?. > > Also, Can I tell the Austron to lock the Rubidium to an external PPS/10Mhz > input rather than GPS? > Just until I get an antenna sorted. > > > -marki > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Luciano Timeok visit : www.timeok.it _______________________________________________ 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.
