[time-nuts] Z38XX

Mark C. Stephens marks at non-stop.com.au
Sun Apr 21 00:20:37 UTC 2013


'scuse me, i am mobile at the moment, I think it was 58503 manual.
But it is easy enough to prove as what one set the time format (f1 or f2) to is persistant across a power cycle.

Mark

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On 21/04/2013, at 10:01, "Ed Palmer" <ed_palmer at sasktel.net> wrote:

> Hi Mark,
> 
> I looked in the manual, but I can't see where it says that the command is written to NVRAM.  Where did you find that?
> 
> Ed
> 
> On 4/20/2013 11:53 AM, Mark C. Stephens wrote:
>> I have noticed Z38XX constantly sends:
>> :PTIME:TCODE FORM F2
>> 
>> Reading the documentation, this is a NVRAM command - it is supposedly written to NVRAM each time it is issued.
>> 
>> Wouldn't this eventually wear the NVRAM out if Z38XX left running for long enough?
>> 
>> Or perhaps it only writes when the value is changed.
>> 
>> I'd be interested in hearing from anyone running Z38XX if they have experienced flash failure?
>> 
>> 
>> mark
>> 
> 
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