It also has better performance than the original board and some newer
NTP servers that use older GPS. This is just based off of data that I'm
reading. I'm not proficient enough to do testing and analysis on it
other than the data sheet and what my TymServe display tells me.
If anyone has any questions I'd be more than happy to try and answer
them however I don't really know all the technical stuff as well as most
of you do.
Respectfully,
Sean Gallagher
Malware Analyst
571-340-3475
------ Original Message ------
From: "Sean Gallagher" <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: 6/15/2015 2:31:02 PM
Subject: Heol Design N024 GPS receiver
So we finally got in our test Heol N024 GPS replacement board for the
Trimble Ace III that ran into the 1995 rollover and most notably
affected just about everyone with a Datum/Symmetricom/Microsemi
TymServe 2100.
As Olivier Descoubes (the contact at Heol) posted I can confirm that
their firmware has corrected both the 1995 rollover and the 1 second
UTC offset that has been plaguing us since winter. I tried it in the
oldest Firmware that is the backup on the 2100 in case of failure (v
2.84 I think) along with versions 3.1 and currently running back up on
4.1.
Also the board works with the Datum BC635pci cards as well for anyone
that uses those.
Finally I am getting good time again to my servers without a mad
scientist setup going on.
Full disclaimer though the price has increased. The original N024
boards were I believe 95 euro and are still available as such. However
these will not work with the TS2100 or bc635pci cards. It looked like
it was getting the location data right when I looked through some
settings on the 2100 but it won't translate the timing data right. The
V2 has the updated firmware that corrects the issues and works properly
but the price has gone up to something like 245 euro. Plus it's
shipping from France so you're looking at over $300 for this solution.
This was due to them putting in about 2-3 weeks of development and they
also purchased a 2100 for testing. They hope that after they sell some
units and offset those costs they can lower the price gradually down
again. I must say however that this $300 solution for us is far
superior to the $7,000 3xxx series replacement solution that Microsemi
was trying to sell me. Also Heol is stating a 1 year hardware warranty
and supporting the software to 2035. I must say that with this support
and maybe replacing my oscillator ( I think the original factory is
still in mine) that I can get years of service out of this still and
not break the bank.
Respectfully,
Sean Gallagher
Malware Analyst
571-340-3475
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