A great feature would be for the RackInjector to generate it's own hold-over sync if it were to loose GPS. Any possibility of including something like that in the next firmware update?
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 8:45 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < [email protected]> wrote: > One note is that on later RackInjectors, rebooting the rackinjector not > only won't reboot attached devices, it also won't reboot the GPS receiver. > This is to permit reboots of the control interface without affecting > connected device at all. This includes *most* firmware upgrades. > > So for the later boards, you'll need to reset it on the GPS status page. > > > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 6:29 PM Andreas Wiatowski <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Forrest, let us know what you find. I can confirm that I have done >> the power cycle on the Rack injectors....we have seen the same issue occur >> again...feels like interference. >> >> It has been suggested by some to switch to Autosync+Freerun to avoid loss >> of client use...I guess it really depends on your networks reuse scheme. >> >> >> >> Internet. >> Phone. >> TV. >> Andreas Wiatowski >> CEO/Founder >> Silo >> *1-866-727-4138, ext 600* <1-866-727-4138,%20ext%20600> >> | >> *[email protected]* <[email protected]> >> *silo.ca* <http://www.silo.ca/> >> >> >> >> > On Dec 31, 2019, at 8:05 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > [EXTERNAL] >> > Just an update/random informational message, a lot of which is pretty >> obvious from this thread: >> > >> > 1) As is pretty obvious at this point, something happened either with >> the GPS constellation or with the firmware which runs in the GPS module, or >> some combination of those. What many of you might not be aware of is that >> many vendors use the same GPS modules from the same vendor. Generally a >> certain portion of the uGPS, PacketFlux, ePMP all will use the same module, >> along with other vendors. Each of the vendors (including PacketFlux) has >> changed the exact model of the module over the years, for instance the >> GPS+glonass modules are in newer devices, and GPS only are in older ones. >> I'm working through determining whether this is just the GPS+GLONASS >> modules which are affected (it seems like it might be the case), or if it's >> a few different types. Note that because this seems like it might be >> confined to a certain type (or types) of module, that it might turn out to >> be only certain date/model ranges of each type of gear which are affected. >> > >> > 2) Restart of the module seems to clear the issue. For PacketFlux gear, >> anyone with a SiteMonitor or RackInjector should be able to do this >> remotely. In the SiteMonitor, the row on the binary tab is labeled >> something like 'SyncPipe power'. There might be multiple rows depending on >> how many SyncInjector/PowerInjectors you have - this corresponds to the >> power port on each injector, so you'll have to turn off the row which is >> for the unit which the GPS receiver is attached to. In the RackInjector, >> it's a bit simpler since it's just a button on the GPS page. >> > >> > 3) I'm currently working through trying to find anyone who really knows >> what went on here. None of the usual notification locations seem to have >> any data. Probably too early to tell. I might luck out and be able to get a >> GPS constellation recording I can replay here to replicate. >> > >> > One thing which might be helpful is for those of you who log this >> stuff, if you can provide a pretty close UTC time that this occurred, along >> with the approximate LAT/LONG, I might be able to correlate this with a >> specific event. >> > >> > - Forrest >> > -- >> > AF mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > > -- > - Forrest > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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