Spectracom 9383 and Software Project
Quick question. Brought home a Spectracom NetClock irig 9383.
Neat, low power box with dual lcd displays. Could use this for
the public time server here, but no real use with an irig input.
Opening the case, the irig input module has the same footprint
as, for example, the Trimble ACE. A gps module was an option
for this unit, so the question is, what gps module did they use
and if fitted, will the firmware autorecognise it on power up,
or will the box need a revised firmware upload ?. Will need to
find a compatable gps module as well.
Have been working on some code to use the Prologix adapter, to
get instruments onto the lab network. The basic idea was to get
some of the old HP basic functionality, abstracting the Prologix
command set into set of simple functions running at at shell
script level. Instrument control files are shell script based,
with just gcc and gmake to build it. A simple shell script
for each different instrument. I know this has all been done
before, but simplicity in use and portable to any unix like
system were the major goals, so no dependencies on external
packages at all. Developed on FreeBSD, but builds and runs on
Linux with no code change, Also on cygwin windows, timing a
bit out there, but works fine otherwise. Should build with no
errors or warnings.
Initial release uploaded to sourceforge at:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/network-instrument-workbench
Docs are a bit light, but working on that...
Thanks,
Chris
Hi,
I have a 9383 with GPS and OCXO, I did plan to open it up during my vacation
in 2 weeks time - to do a backup of the CF-card (and to change root and
factory passwords instead of trying to crack those with JohnTheRipper), and
to change the battery; I can take a few pictures of the internals of my
unit.
I don't know if serialnumber, core version, appl version from the system log
from last boot can tell you anything about what GPS-module it might be?
Jan 1 00:00:01 chronos spectracom: [system] Unit Started.
Jan 1 00:00:01 chronos spectracom: [system] Spectracom Corp. Model hs92XX
Jan 1 00:00:01 chronos spectracom: [system] Software Version 3.6.7 Date:
10/24/2014
Jan 1 00:00:01 chronos spectracom: [system] IRIG Version 9.02
Jan 1 00:00:01 chronos spectracom: [system] Serial Port 1 Version 2.03
Jan 1 00:00:01 chronos spectracom: [system] Serial Port 2 Version 2.03
Jan 1 00:00:01 chronos spectracom: [system] Remote Port 1 Version 2.03
Jan 1 00:00:01 chronos spectracom: [system] Remote Port 2 Version 2.03
Jan 1 00:00:02 chronos spectracom: [system] GPS Serial Number: 81408569
06/14/2010
Jan 1 00:00:02 chronos spectracom: [system] GPS Appl Version: 1.20
04/21/2010
Jan 1 00:00:02 chronos spectracom: [system] GPS Core Version: 1.26
04/21/2010
Jan 1 00:00:02 chronos spectracom: [system] GPS Serial Number: 81408569
06/14/2010
Jan 1 00:00:04 chronos spectracom: [system] GPS Startup or Reset
Jan 1 00:00:09 chronos spectracom: [system] Clock time source changed to GPS
Jan 1 00:03:12 chronos spectracom: [system] Clock entering sync.
Regards,
Kim Sindalsen
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Subject: [time-nuts] Spectracom 9383 and Software Project
Quick question. Brought home a Spectracom NetClock irig 9383.
Neat, low power box with dual lcd displays. Could use this for the public
time
server here, but no real use with an irig input.
Opening the case, the irig input module has the same footprint as, for
example, the Trimble ACE. A gps module was an option for this unit, so the
question is, what gps module did they use and if fitted, will the firmware
autorecognise it on power up, or will the box need a revised firmware
upload
?. Will need to find a compatable gps module as well.
Have been working on some code to use the Prologix adapter, to get
instruments onto the lab network. The basic idea was to get some of the
old
HP basic functionality, abstracting the Prologix command set into set of
simple
functions running at at shell script level. Instrument control files are
shell script
based, with just gcc and gmake to build it. A simple shell script for each
different instrument. I know this has all been done before, but simplicity
in use
and portable to any unix like system were the major goals, so no
dependencies
on external packages at all. Developed on FreeBSD, but builds and runs on
Linux with no code change, Also on cygwin windows, timing a bit out there,
but works fine otherwise. Should build with no errors or warnings.
Initial release uploaded to sourceforge at:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/network-instrument-workbench
Docs are a bit light, but working on that...
Thanks,
Chris
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