221972014 Irportatntice to ou custorers who use FURUNO GPS receivers for marine use that ae affected by GPS week ruber rolloter [eRdeOPUS GP. sitemap OEE Home head Products Financial Highlight About Us News Home > News > Inportant Notice ‘About Us Important notice to our customers who use FURUNO GPS receivers for marine use that are affected by GPS week number rollover. [eRideOPUS GPS & GNSS receivers are not affected by this matter.] About Products. Important Notice We thank you very much for your rust and continued support. Itis regretful to announce that there is @ possibilty that some of our GPS receivers and GPS- incorporated equipment (please see the list below) may face GPS positioning errors aftr 11th of ‘August 2013, due to the problem of GPS week number roll-over. you happened to spot any GPS. positioning erroron the equipment listed below, we would like to ask you to take the following ‘countermeasures to resolve the problem. Ifthe problem persisted after having taken the countermeasures, please consult with our sales representative closest to your location. We sincerely apologize forall he inconveniences caused. 4. List of equipment that may be affected by the GPS week number roll-over: < GPS receiver, GPS plotter, GPS plotterifishfinder > GP-SOOMARK-2, GP-1800, GP-1800F, GP-1800MARK-2, GP-188, GP-3000, GP-3050, GP-3100, GP-3100MARK.2, GP-3300, GP-SOOMARK-2, GP-70MARK-2, GP-8000, GP-BO00MARK-2, PS- 1000, PS-1000S, PS-8000, PS-000MARK-2, FRS-1000A, FRS-1000B, FRS-1000C, GP-1600, GP-1600F, GP-1610C, GP-1610CF, GP-1810, GP-1810F, GP-3210, GP-80, RS-1000Aand RS- 10006 < Inmarsat C mobile earth station > FELCOM!1, FELCOMI2 and FELCOM2-ALC < Current indicator > cr-41000 2 Natures of the positioning error and its cause: ‘Tho GPS sysiom is synchronized toa differentime scale than Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) ‘and calculates time by counting the number of weeks up to 1,023rd week. Mer week 1,023, the PS week number rollover”, This rollover week number counts reset to zero, This is called ‘occurred to some ofthe GPS receivers listed above on the 11th of August2013, and the week number was resetto the week 0, thatis, 26th of December 1993. Subsequently, the erroneous date information on the GPS receiver clock may result in instabiliyin positioning, causing position errors, including fallure of GPS position acquisition, et. 3. Procedure for checking the integrity of the equipment and counter measures to be taken: Please carry out the following counter measures: i. Since the nature of the problem of "GPS week number roll-over" is the erroneous date information on the receiver clock, the equipment that does not require date information would be unaffected by the problem in question. If, by any chance, the positioning performance became Instable, you would be able to resol the problem of positioning integrity by cold-starting the ‘equipment through the operating menu. Please note, however, that even though you regain the bipihwnruno.cojplennewsinctice/20190214_00'.Nrt 12221972014 Irportatntice to ou custorers who use FURUNO GPS receivers for marine use that ae affected by GPS week ruber rolloter [eRdeOPUS GP. GPS position acquisition, he date information cannot be restored merely by cold-starting li. fthe positioning integrityis not restored after cold start, the problem may stem from the failure ‘of the equipment, nat from GPS week number roll-over. I'such is the case, please consult with ‘our sales representative closest to yourlocation. li you wish to restore the date information, you will need to replace the GPS receiver within the ‘equipment ‘or value. Also, please note thatthe above list of equipment includes some models whose maintenance service provision period has been expired Ifthe GPS receivers interfaced with any of the following equipment and systems, the countermeasures would have to be taken, for the date information is utlized by the interfaced ‘equipmentand systems 1. GMDSS radio installation (inclusive of intemal GPS recetver of Inmarsat C terminal) 2, Ship Security Alen System (SSAS) 4, Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) 4. Equipment that present route information such as ECDIS 5. Voyage Data Recorder (VOR) 6, Automatic identification System (AIS) 7. Other equipmentand systems that utlizes the date information from GPS receiver clock For further information and consultation, please contact your nearest point of contact of FURUNO. Our sincere apology forall the inconveniences cause. Contact Us Information about your nearest point of contact of FURUNO: itoviwww furuno,com/enidistributors index matinentm| Back Num! Page Top O TomsolUs Privacy Policy (Copyright® 2012 FURUNO ELECTRIG.CO,, LTO, All Rights Rese, pnw furune.cajptennewsinctice/20130214 001 Nr 22