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Datum FTS-4065A Cesium Standard - Software Bug

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Ed Palmer
Wed, May 10, 2017 1:33 AM

I just ran across an amusing bug in the system that runs the front panel
display on my FTS-4065A Cesium Standard.

You can enter the date and time and then have a display of
day:hour:minute:second on the screen.  But it wouldn't accept the year.
I discovered that you can't enter a year later than '16'. Okay, so what
happens on Dec. 31, 2016 when the date rolls over? Why, the program
crashes, of course!  It only affects the display and a push of the reset
button quickly restores sanity.  As a work-around, I back-dated the
setting to 2006 which is the latest year that has the same calendar as 2017.

Ah, the joys of running old equipment! :)

Ed

I just ran across an amusing bug in the system that runs the front panel display on my FTS-4065A Cesium Standard. You can enter the date and time and then have a display of day:hour:minute:second on the screen. But it wouldn't accept the year. I discovered that you can't enter a year later than '16'. Okay, so what happens on Dec. 31, 2016 when the date rolls over? Why, the program crashes, of course! It only affects the display and a push of the reset button quickly restores sanity. As a work-around, I back-dated the setting to 2006 which is the latest year that has the same calendar as 2017. Ah, the joys of running old equipment! :) Ed