We talked about this a while back. The SETTIME function would be nice. Being able to grab time from a GPS would be nice as well, but that means having a GPS on a static station (digipeater) just to resolve time once a day/week.
What I think would be real cool would be to have the unit able to parse time out of an APRS packet that it sees on air. I know Scott has come up with reasons why this wouldn't work, but I think it could be feasible. I think Scott was worried about the variability of the encoded time in the packets. It is true that people could have incorrect time signatures. What about only using time stamps from a limited number of stations. Maybe only the ones in the authlist. The unit could look for a time correction timestamp once a day or so. James VE6SRV On 8/3/10, Keith VE7GDH <[email protected]> wrote: > Scott - re scripting... would there be enough code space for the OT2m / > T2-135 > and T2-301 to get the time from an attached GPS receiver? Also could the > same > function be added to the ADS-WS1 for resetting the rain gauge at a certain > time? > > For a "battery save" option, a script could turn the power on to the GPS > receiver > just once a week, or however often it was needed for reasonable accuracy, > but I > can see that would only be useful for people that weren't using power > switching > for the radio. > > However, I see that James has also asked about setting the time remotely. If > this > was a standard feature, I could see it being better than having a GPS > connected > all of the time just to set the clock... SETTIME YYYYMMDDHHMMSS > It could listen to anyone sending the message, or could only listen to > messages > from callsigns in the access list. > > 73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH > -- > "I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!" > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
