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Thunderbolt rollover glitch

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Mark Sims
Sun, Jul 30, 2017 2:49 AM

It looks like it took three hours for the effects of the rollover glitch to mostly settle out.

BTW,  if you only use Lady Heather with a Thunderbolt,  you can force the rollover state from the command line or heather.cfg file by using the /ro command line option.  If you do that you won't have invalid dates for the 10-15 seconds it takes for Heather's automatic rollover corrector to kick in.  If you have /ro in the heather.cfg file and wish to temporarily cancel it to play with another receiver that does not have a rollover issue,  you can start Heather with /ro=0

It looks like it took three hours for the effects of the rollover glitch to mostly settle out. BTW, if you only use Lady Heather with a Thunderbolt, you can force the rollover state from the command line or heather.cfg file by using the /ro command line option. If you do that you won't have invalid dates for the 10-15 seconds it takes for Heather's automatic rollover corrector to kick in. If you have /ro in the heather.cfg file and wish to temporarily cancel it to play with another receiver that does not have a rollover issue, you can start Heather with /ro=0
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Pete Stephenson
Sun, Jul 30, 2017 10:35 AM

On Sun, Jul 30, 2017, at 04:49 AM, Mark Sims wrote:

It looks like it took three hours for the effects of the rollover glitch
to mostly settle out.

BTW,  if you only use Lady Heather with a Thunderbolt,  you can force the
rollover state from the command line or heather.cfg file by using the /ro
command line option.  If you do that you won't have invalid dates for the
10-15 seconds it takes for Heather's automatic rollover corrector to kick
in.  If you have /ro in the heather.cfg file and wish to temporarily
cancel it to play with another receiver that does not have a rollover
issue,  you can start Heather with /ro=0

I saw a very similar glitch.

Out of curiosity, have you done anything particular to keep the
oscillator so stable? Mine seems a bit more noisy: if I set my display
to 2ppt/div as you have, things are off the scale. I typically see a
span of ~1000-1500 ppt with an RMS of ~100-200 ppt.

To be fair, I'm just using an old Cisco power supply from the eBay
vendor that sold me the Thunderbolt, and my Thunderbolt is sitting on a
block of foam on the floor in a room at the apartment with no particular
temperature control.

Cheers!
-Pete

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Pete Stephenson

On Sun, Jul 30, 2017, at 04:49 AM, Mark Sims wrote: > It looks like it took three hours for the effects of the rollover glitch > to mostly settle out. > > BTW, if you only use Lady Heather with a Thunderbolt, you can force the > rollover state from the command line or heather.cfg file by using the /ro > command line option. If you do that you won't have invalid dates for the > 10-15 seconds it takes for Heather's automatic rollover corrector to kick > in. If you have /ro in the heather.cfg file and wish to temporarily > cancel it to play with another receiver that does not have a rollover > issue, you can start Heather with /ro=0 I saw a very similar glitch. Out of curiosity, have you done anything particular to keep the oscillator so stable? Mine seems a bit more noisy: if I set my display to 2ppt/div as you have, things are off the scale. I typically see a span of ~1000-1500 ppt with an RMS of ~100-200 ppt. To be fair, I'm just using an old Cisco power supply from the eBay vendor that sold me the Thunderbolt, and my Thunderbolt is sitting on a block of foam on the floor in a room at the apartment with no particular temperature control. Cheers! -Pete -- Pete Stephenson