Joe, I'd be interested in knowing what you find out. My Z3801 is acting a lot like yours. It is currently locked, but.
On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 8:15 AM, Joseph Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave, > > I power cycled it about 20 days ago, which did no good. That is the > 496 hours holdover time. This time, I did just the survey once > command. I'll try your suggestion before attacking the hardware. I'm > currently using Z38xx.exe. > > Joe Gray > W5JG > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 4:30 AM, Artek Manuals <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Joe > > > > I am confused by the fact that it shows the unit has been in HOLDOVER for > > 496 hours if you did a fresh survey > > > > Did you do a SYSTEM:PRESET: and GPS:POS:SURVEY:ONCE commands to initiate > the > > new survey or just the survey command or ???? What software are you > running? > > > > I would power the unit down and let it sit for 24 hours and then do the > two > > commands above. > > > > What software are you running? > > > > Dave > > NR1DX > > > > > > > > > > > > On 3/16/2016 7:38 PM, Joseph Gray wrote: > >> > >> As I mentioned a while back, my trusty Z3801A, which has worked well > >> for several years, went into holdover some time ago and stayed there. > >> Until recently, I haven't had time to look into this. About 20 days > >> ago, I did power cycle it to see if that made a difference. It did > >> not. > >> > >> In the middle of the night, last night (couldn't sleep), I decided to > >> see what initiating a new survey would do. Since the unit doesn't lock > >> to as many satellites as my Lucent with the newer Oncore, it took > >> quite a while for the survey to finish. > >> > >> I just got home from work and this is what I am seeing: > >> > >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19599147/Z3801A.png > >> > >> The good news is that the unit no longer telling me the PPS is > >> invalid. It looks like it will be another long while before it comes > >> out of Recovery (assuming the PPS stays locked). > >> > >> I'm not the best at interpreting these graphs. At this point, should I > >> be concerned abouth the spikey nature of the EFC graph, or will things > >> calm down eventually? I assume that the PPS graph won't show until > >> Recovery is done? > >> > >> If this unit loses PPS lock again, or otherwise acts up, then I would > >> assume it is a hardware problem, and I'll have to put it on the bench. > >> > >> Joe Gray > >> W5JG > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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. > >> > > > > > > -- > > Dave > > [email protected] > > www.ArtekManuals.com > > > > --- > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.
