[time-nuts] Re: Trimble Palisade problems

[Steve Platt]

On 24 September 2022 13:45:41 BST, "Björn via time-nuts" <time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:
>Steve,
>
>Can you upload a current almanac to the receiver from the win software?
>
>/Björn 
>
>Sent from my Phone
>
>> On 24 Sep 2022, at 12:39, Steve Platt via time-nuts <time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 23/09/2022 20:54, Hal Murray wrote:
>>> That combination seems strange.  After several years, the almanac is way out
>>> of date.  So how does it know where to look for satellites?  Or, if it has an
>>> up-to-date almanac, it's listening to satellites.  ??
>>> 
>>> What are you using for software to show the satellites?  Did anything change
>>> in that area?
>>> 
>>> Have you tried Lady Heather?
>>> 
>>> Can you do a system reset so it starts clean?
>>> 
>>> Are the 10 MHz and PPS out accurate?
>> Thanks for the reply Hal, to answer your queries briefly: there are no longer any signals being received!
>> 
>> Software-wise, I had been using NTP to get time from the unit, for years.  Since the problem, I've been monitoring the TSIP on port B using GPSD (I run Linux) however, in desperation(!) I booted Windows and am now using PalisadeMonitor.exe on port B, which confirms that there are no signals received (even several days after power-up).
>> 
>> I've tried issuing "cold start" and "factory reset" to no avail.  I did, on the bright side, manage to upgrade the firmware from 7.10 to 7.12 (and it still booted ok!) but no signals are being received, therefore no PPS output.
>> 
>> Steve
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Funny that you asked that, I have just been able to do that and the computed positions of the chosen  satellites look good but the S/N figures remain at zero.

Steve
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