[time-nuts] The Trimble NTPX26AB-06 / Z3801A
Hal Murray
hmurray at megapathdsl.net
Sat Nov 22 11:51:53 UTC 2008
> In the interests of costs, it would seem that there is no RS-232
> facility. There is a sub PCB that carries the LED's at the front of
> the unit via a connector, and there is a location on this PCB for a
> for a 9-pin D connector!. If this had been used it would have made a
> serial port available at the front panel. More interesting is that
> there are tracks feeding what would have been pins 2,3 and 5 !
Follow the traces and see where they go.
Put a scope on the data-out pin and see if you see anything.
> Unfortunately, Trimble will not offer any information on this unit,
> as it was made for Nortel, and I have so far not been able to find
> any alternative information except for a brief reference in the
> Z3801A article.
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