[time-nuts] Z3801A trouble

[Max Robinson]

Sounds like a left over Y2K problem.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Gray" <jgray at zianet.com>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" 
<time-nuts at febo.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Z3801A trouble


> Forcing the date on power up worked, although a bit strangely. I
> entered "2013,01,14" and got an "out of range" error. The date then
> showed as "14 Jan 2007" briefly, before showing "14 Jan 2013".
>
> Joe Gray
> W5JG
>
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Joseph Gray <jgray at zianet.com> wrote:
>> I just tried manually putting the unit into holdover and setting the
>> date. Same error. I'll have to try power cycling.
>>
>> Joe Gray
>> W5JG
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> jgray at zianet.com said:
>>>> I did that command earlier, but got an error. I just tried it again and 
>>>> I
>>>> get the same error:
>>>
>>>> -221 "Settings conflict"
>>>
>>> I don't remember any troubles.  I wasn't using anything complicated like
>>> SatStat.
>>>
>>> You might have to set the time when it doesn't know it.  Try power 
>>> cycling
>>> and set the time before it finds the satellites and time.
>>>
>>>
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