gigneil@gmail.com said: > I didnt see this well answered - the device loads firmware at each start > cycle. If i am not mistaken you can even use ntp. I just scanned the ntp source code for the Oncore driver. I didn't see any hints of loading firmware. There is code to read the firmware version. -- These are my opinions. I hate spam.

The Oncore driver can load certain parameters (e.g. the fixed location, mode of operation, and -- I think -- the current estimated time) into the Oncore receiver's RAM, but doesn't do anything to the firmware on flash. Cheers! -Pete On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 1:06 AM, Hal Murray <hmurray@megapathdsl.net> wrote: > > gigneil@gmail.com said: >> I didnt see this well answered - the device loads firmware at each start >> cycle. If i am not mistaken you can even use ntp. > > I just scanned the ntp source code for the Oncore driver. I didn't see any > hints of loading firmware. There is code to read the firmware version. > > -- > These are my opinions. I hate spam. > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. -- Pete Stephenson

Hi I think there is some confusion here between the almanacs / ephemeris and the firmware. The Oncore saves the most recent GPS information (almanac and ephemeris) in RAM. If that’s battery backed up, it re-loads it at boot. The firmware is in flash memory. Re-programming the flash is (at best) a “return to vendor” process. Given how long the parts have been out. There is no guarantee that any given part will have enough silicon to handle this or that rev of the firmware. Bob > On Jun 20, 2015, at 7:06 PM, Hal Murray <hmurray@megapathdsl.net> wrote: > > > gigneil@gmail.com said: >> I didnt see this well answered - the device loads firmware at each start >> cycle. If i am not mistaken you can even use ntp. > > I just scanned the ntp source code for the Oncore driver. I didn't see any > hints of loading firmware. There is code to read the firmware version. > > -- > These are my opinions. I hate spam. > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there.

Bobs description is accurate. As an example we had a power hit last night. My gps rcvr came up at some odd time. (normally its all fine in 10-30 seconds) I guessed the battery was bad its been 5 years. Sure enough sometime later in hours the time is correct. Time to get a screw driver and battery. :-) Regards Paul WB8TSL On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 7:41 AM, Bob Camp <kb8tq@n1k.org> wrote: > Hi > > I think there is some confusion here between the almanacs / ephemeris and > the > firmware. The Oncore saves the most recent GPS information (almanac and > ephemeris) > in RAM. If that’s battery backed up, it re-loads it at boot. The firmware > is in flash memory. > Re-programming the flash is (at best) a “return to vendor” process. Given > how long the > parts have been out. There is no guarantee that any given part will have > enough silicon to > handle this or that rev of the firmware. > > Bob > > > On Jun 20, 2015, at 7:06 PM, Hal Murray <hmurray@megapathdsl.net> wrote: > > > > > > gigneil@gmail.com said: > >> I didnt see this well answered - the device loads firmware at each start > >> cycle. If i am not mistaken you can even use ntp. > > > > I just scanned the ntp source code for the Oncore driver. I didn't see > any > > hints of loading firmware. There is code to read the firmware version. > > > > -- > > These are my opinions. I hate spam. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. >