I will check when I get things going but the error message you see may be a parity error. I know some GPS things wanted even parity. I'll take a run at it tonight I hope. Regards Paul WB8TSL
On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 10:56 AM, paul swed <[email protected]> wrote: > Even though Bob says it I also screwed up the 15 pin mini. > To be very clear > > Viewed from the chassis front. > Male plugs pin 1 left side > Female plugs pin 1 right side > > But that said the systems running fine now by simply doing the pin 2 and 3 > approach. > Next things. Battery backup to the GPS unit then RS422 and communications. > My unit took a solid 2.5 hours to lock etc. But I was not on the good > antenna. Instead an inside unit on the bench. Far from optimum. I just did > not want to screw with the antenna connector and the L + 220 ohm R to fake > out the GPS unit. > Thanks for the help every one. > > Regards > Paul > WB8TSL > > > > > On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 9:14 PM, Bob Camp <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> The reason it was listed as #1 on the list is that I made the backwards >> numbering mistake when I was trying to work out the resistances on the >> interface connector. I’ve been doing this for > 40 years and I still mess >> it up on a regular basis. We also seem to get it wrong from time to time >> when we lay out connector connections on pc boards, but that’s another >> story altogether ….. >> >> Bob >> >> > On Nov 7, 2014, at 9:09 PM, Alan Hochhalter <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I got in a hurry and made mistake #1 listed by Bob a few replies back. >> I >> > hooked one up to the RS422/1PPI port transmit pins (same as on J8) and >> was >> > receiving data fine in the PC so I just hooked up the other pair of >> > terminals to the receive pins for J8 and couldn't get any response to >> > commands. >> > >> > I finally found that I had initially connected the Lucent box ouput >> pins to >> > the wrong terminals on the converter. The Time code data on J6 was >> still >> > getting into the PC even though it was connected wrong. So I just wired >> > the Lucent box input pins to the other pins on the converter that are >> > really inputs and couldn't get J8 sto work either. >> > >> > What I ended up with to make it work is: J8-9 to RX-, J8-5 to RX+, J8-8 >> to >> > TX- and T8-4 to TX+. >> > >> > Alan >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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.
