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December 2020 GPS Rollover

Friday, 14 August 2020 / Published in News & Updates

December 2020 GPS Rollover

A GPS rollover will occur in December 2020 which will affect the following Furuno products:

 

Felcom 15.

Units affected: Serial number before 3533-9371.

Symptom: Actual communication is not affected but the date is not automatically updated and is incorrectly displayed in SSAS and VMS reports.

Remedy: Software update and replacement of internal GPS module – contact Barry Electronics.

Note: This only applies to units with built-in GPS. If GPS is being fed from a separate GPS receiver, no action need be taken.

 

Felcom 16.

Units affected: Serial number before 3534-2756.

Symptom: Actual communication is not affected but the date is not automatically updated and is incorrectly displayed in SSAS and VMS reports.

Remedy: For serial no. before 3534-2756, software update and replacement of internal GPS module. For serial no. after 3534-2756, software update – contact Barry Electronics.

 

Felcom 70.

Units affected: All.

Symptom: Regardless of rollover, Inmarsat will cease their Fleet 77 service in December 2020.

Remedy: Replace equipment.

 

FA-100 AIS.

Units affected: All.

Symptom: AIS communication will continue to operate but internal logs (messages, etc.) will have incorrect date.

Remedy: Replace equipment.

 

GP-310B GPS receiver antenna.

Units affected: Serial number before 3453-5687.

Symptom: Unit will cease to function.

Remedy: Replace unit.

 

GP-80 GPS

Units affected: Serial numbers in the range 2477-8733 to 3457-3275.

Symptom: Date will roll back to 1st August, 1999.

Remedy: It is recommended to replace unit.

 

GP-90 GPS

Units affected: All units.

Symptom: Expected to fail by June, 2021 or, in some cases, by January, 2022.

Remedy: It is recommended to replace unit.

 

GP-150 GPS

Units affected: All units.

Symptoms: Expected to fail at rollover in January, 2022.

Remedy: Software update – please contact Barry Electronics.

 

If in doubt, please contact us for advice.

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