Jason, The antenna and gps lights were out on the front panel. I didn't play with the gps at all. The various messages that can be displayed from the front panel told me that "gps engine busy". I just sent a payment to the manufacturer of the replacement units. Too bad you didn't get me an hour earlier. Oh well. Norm
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Jason Rabel <ja...@extremeoverclocking.com> wrote: > What commands were you trying to send that you got "gps engine busy"??? > > IIRC, some of the commands never got implemented. I'll fire one of mine > up today and experiment with it to see what kind of output I get when > it's not tracking anything and such. > > If the clone receiver is crazy expensive, contact me off-list, I might > have an ACE-II or ACE-III receiver I can find for you. > > A while back I even tried an old SveeSix receiver and those work too in > the TS2100. > > > > Sorry if I was muddy. The TS 2100 had an ace gps receiver installed. > The > > antenna and tracking lights went out a week ago. Just got round to > checking > > what was the matter. The symptom is that the gps engine always reports > busy > > when checked via the front panel interface. > > One of the list members pointed me at a clone of the ACE II/III. It's a > new > > (as opposed to surplus) product, using the Trimble Copernicus chipset. > I > > sent them an email. > > Norm n3ykf > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.