Hi On mine, I did a full reset and let them start from a survey. After they figured out where they were, I did the normal stuff to save the position.
Bob On Jul 13, 2013, at 5:58 PM, Jim Sanford <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob: > Correct, the Trimble Nortel box. Replaced the old HP antenna with the 26db > amplified antenna which came with it, also mounted higher, and more clear of > the roof. It is seeing 5 satellites, 3 in yellow, and still says RECOVERY > MODE. It also (now) says, SAVED POSITION BAD, which I would expect, with a > 300' error in elevation. > > Jim > > On 7/13/2013 9:04 AM, Bob Camp wrote: >> Hi >> >> I believe what you have here is a Trimble / Nortel box rather than a TBolt - >> is this correct? >> >> If so there are a number of differences in what you can and can't do with >> LH. Also since it's a different design, the filter is set up differently. >> >> That said, it should show lock, sats, dac voltage, and status correctly. >> >> Bob >> >> On Jul 12, 2013, at 3:56 PM, Jim Sanford <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> All: >>> My Nortel receiver has been running for 6 days now. I am running the Lady >>> Heather software, but also have TBOLTMON. It shows my position fairly >>> well, but I have seen a negative altitude, and am currently seeing 1565' >>> altitude. Based on local maps and the GPS in the car, I believe the >>> antenna to be no higher than 1280'. I get lock with 4 to 6 satellites >>> colored green. I have seen PHASE LOCKED, but am currently seeing "recovery >>> mode" and the LOCKED LED on the unit is flashing, which I think I remember >>> means recovery. >>> >>> I have several questions: >>> 1. Sometimes position is displayed in yellow, sometimes in white. What is >>> the significance of the color? >>> 2. I see TC 100.0 sec, DAMP1.200, GAIN 1.2 Hz/v, INIT 3.00V. When I go to >>> KE5FX site, his values for TC, DAMP, Gain and INIT are very different. In >>> particular, if DAMP is damping in a control loop, I am not surprised that >>> my very overdamped unit is not locking. Question: Are these parameters >>> that will converge, or are they parameters I should try to set? The >>> heather.cpp files suggests that they may be settable, but does not say how. >>> 3. On my plot, I see an RMS value in green, which suggests to me that >>> something is happy with the DAC voltage, even if very different from >>> John's. The scale is 100000uV/div which suggests to me that it is NOT >>> locked. >>> 4. On my plot, I see an RMS value in yellow, which suggests to me that the >>> temp is OK, but the scale on temp is growing.... at the momoent, 10mC/div; >>> John's is 50 mC/div, but a much smoother plot than mine. What is this >>> telling me? >>> >>> ROM,RAM, OSC, FPGA, POWER, EEPROM, ANTENNA, ALMANAC, DISCIPLINE, SAVED >>> POSITION status are all OK, even though altitude is bad. >>> Can anyone help me understand what I am seeing, and in particular, why it >>> won't lock, or stay locked, when it is seeing good sat signals? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Jim >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
