That page you linked to says: "I am reminded by Dave Hart that it was due to a firmware bug that bricks the unit until it's left off power long enough to drain the capacitor that retains its settings, sort of a poor-man's NVRAM. This can take some weeks." Or I suppose if you are impatient you could open it up and de-solder the super-cap if you don't want to wait weeks for it to drain on its own. *Maybe* you will get lucky and that's all it will take?

If you open it up, then simply connect a load resistor, perhaps in the neighborhood of 100 ohms (but definitely not a direct short!) across the super cap to drain it faster. Dana On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 8:00 AM Jason Rabel via time-nuts < time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: > That page you linked to says: > > "I am reminded by Dave Hart that it was due to a firmware bug that bricks > the unit until it's left off power long enough to drain the capacitor that > retains its settings, sort of a poor-man's NVRAM. This can take some > weeks." > > Or I suppose if you are impatient you could open it up and de-solder the > super-cap if you don't want to wait weeks for it to drain on its own. > *Maybe* you will get lucky and that's all it will take? > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. >

That worked for mine a while back. I bricked it and my attempts at resuscitation failed. I put it in my "probably junk" container. Shortly after that, I moved. With the hassle of packing, moving, unpacking, I forgot it completely. Weeks later, I came across it, applied power, and it sprang to life anew. So don't give up. On Saturday, February 23, 2019, Jason Rabel via time-nuts < time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: > That page you linked to says: > > "I am reminded by Dave Hart that it was due to a firmware bug that bricks > the unit until it's left off power long enough to drain the capacitor that > retains its settings, sort of a poor-man's NVRAM. This can take some > weeks." > > Or I suppose if you are impatient you could open it up and de-solder the > super-cap if you don't want to wait weeks for it to drain on its own. > *Maybe* you will get lucky and that's all it will take? > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/ > listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > --