[hpsdr] (From Jackson Labs) Fwd: Leapsecond Event and Firmware Release

[John C. Westmoreland, P.E.]

I should have added PM on that time.

Here is a web-site for more:

http://www.timeanddate.com/time/leapseconds.html

73's,
John
AJ6BC
 On Jun 29, 2015 22:25, "John C. Westmoreland, P.E." <
john at westmorelandengineering.com> wrote:

> Open HPSDR'ers,
>
> Please see the below from Jackson Labs regarding firmware updates and the
> Leap Second event.  The Leap Second is scheduled to occur at 4:59:60 local
> time here in California on June 30th, Tuesday, which is still tomorrow as I
> write this.
>
> Please let me know for those of you that may have devices from Jackson
> Labs if I can be of any help; can't guarantee we'll beat the Leap Second
> deadline but the important thing is to get the firmware updated.
>
> 73's,
> John
> AJ6BC
>  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Support" <support at jackson-labs.com>
> Date: Jun 22, 2015 12:48
> Subject: Leapsecond Event and Firmware Release
> To: "John Westmoreland" <john at westmorelandengineering.com>
> Cc:
>
> Dear John,
>
> The first half of 2015 has been a very busy time for Jackson Labs
> Technologies with the introduction of numerous new products and the release
> of significant firmware upgrades, as well as preparing for the imminent
> arrival of a very unusual mid-year leapsecond event which has already
> caused significant problems for many legacy systems in the field. We would
> like to take this opportunity to inform you about our first newsletter
> which introduces various new products and firmware upgrades that are
> available now.
>
> 2015 marks the first time that the GPS satellite system announced the
> pending leapsecond event several months ahead of the actual event, rather
> than just 30 days prior to the event as had been the legacy convention.
> Several legacy GPS receivers immediately and incorrectly applied a
> leapsecond correction as early as January, or showed incorrect
> leapsecond-pending data when queried due to an incorrect interpretation
> of the GPS specification by the firmware programmers of those GPS receivers.
>
> Jackson Labs Technologies has released new firmware versions for various
> products that address any potential issues for the pending June 30th
> 2015, and future leapsecond events, and that add a number of additional
> commands to query and handle leapsecond events.
>
> Please find our 2015 newsletter on our website, or via this link:
>
>
> http://www.jackson-labs.com/assets/uploads/main/New_Products_Q2_2015.pdf
>
> Please find the firmware ECN document under the Support tab on our
> website or via this link:
>
>
> http://www.jackson-labs.com/assets/uploads/main/ECN-JacksonLabs-80200525_rev_1.pdf
>
>
>
> Thank you very much for being a part of our family,
>
> The Jackson Labs Technologies, Inc. team.
>
>
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