While it wouldn't be difficult to build such a device, manufacturing a decent quantity in less than 2 weeks to beat Trimble would be a tall order.
There are, however, programmable converters : all the hardware you need and just needs some suitable software. For example : http://www.kksystems.com/programmable-protocol-converters/ppc-4-h2-c.html It does rather more than you need, there may be cheaper alternatives. On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 6:24 PM, Brad Dye <[email protected]> wrote: > The Trimble Thunderbolts are used in many Radio Paging Systems to > synchronize their transmitters in simulcast mode. Systems that are using > the models affected by the 1024 week epoch are currently off the air or > functioning poorly. This is a very serious issue because many doctors and > nurses as well as first responders rely on their pagers for emergency > notification. > > Trimble’s only distributor, Novotech, did not know about it and had no > inventory of the new replacement E series Thunderbolt GPS Receivers. > Trimble says they are shipping new units from their overseas factory in > about 2 weeks — thats the best they can offer! > > I read here on the Time Nuts messages that some are considering: "some > in-line device that re-writes the serial data as it comes out of the > Thunderbolt” > > Does anyone plan to do this? Or does anyone have any ideas for a > short-term solution. > > Any suggestions would be sincerely appreciated. > > Best Regards, > > Brad Dye > Editor, The Wireless Messaging News > P.O. Box 266 > Fairfield, IL 62837 USA > Telephone: 618-599-7869 > Skype: braddye > http://www.braddye.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
