[time-nuts] Microsemi versus Spetracom

[Andrew Cooper]

So, yes, our old TS2100's suffered the 1995 bug over the weekend like all of the others in the world.  Kludged into working for the moment using 1PPS and two units.

I do need to buy a couple replacements, good time is critical around an observatory, looking at a $16K purchase order.  We have quoted both the SecureSync from SpectraCom and the S350 from Microsemi, both fully spec'd out with IRIG and IEEE1588.

I am not really a time expert, just an everyday electrical engineer.  Thrust into the problem three days ago.  I have learned a bit reading through the Time Nuts archive... Thanks!

Anything I should be aware of with these units.  Any opinions on this purchase?

Thanks for your advice,
Andrew

Andrew Cooper
Electrical Engineer
W. M. Keck Observatory
808-881-3862
mailto:acooper at keck.hawaii.edu