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24 GPS Week Number Rollover for equipment

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24 December 2021
Notice: GPS Week Number Rollover for equipment
Dear Customers,
We would like to announce that GPS week number rollover *1 for equipment is to occur on some of our GPS' on 15th May 2022.
The subject models are designed to turn the clock back 19.6 years (29th September 2002), and will continue to work incorrectly under normal use, however there is no influence on
positioning operation.

As the results, the following abnormalities occur in some equipment.

- Some date information will be displayed erroneous.

- Communication function will not work properly.

For details, please see the 2. notice and countermeasures below.
*1 GPS week number rollover：

The week number counter in GPS resets once every 1023 weeks, which is approximately 19.6 years. The week number counters for the GPS in the discontinued models below started their week count from the 19
December 1999. It is on the 4th August 2019 at 00:00 AM (UTC) that the week number counters rollover will occur.

1.Objective Equipment
Inmarsat C（JUE-85）
Inmarsat mini-C（JUE-95SA/95LT/95VM）
Inmarsat Fleet Broadband FB250（JUE-250）
GPS navigator（JLR-7700MKⅡ）
GPS receiver（JLR-4330/4331）

2.Notice and Countermeasures

The rollover day is on the 15th May 2022 at 00:00 AM (UTC).

Equipment Models Subject Serial No. Notice Countermeasures

Inmarsat C JUE-85 GR10251 to GR23738 Upgrade the software*2
JUE-95SA GR10051 to GR23188 Scheduled transmission, LRIT and VMS
Upgrade the software*2
transmission functions is stopped.

Inmarsat mini-C JUE-95LT GR11703 to GR23598 The date in the transmitted data and the
Upgrade the software*2
log function returns to the starting date.
JUE-95VM GR10001 to GR23593 Upgrade the software*2
The registration process to the Inmarsat
network fails and communication Upgrade the software*2

Inmarsat
JUE-250 All becomes impossible.

Fleet Broadband FB250 The date of the internal clock and log Confirmation method of JUE-250

function of the device returns to the software version

starting date.

GPS Navigator JLR-7700MKⅡ After KE47190 When the time and date go back
to the staring date, the
Note that time and date will go back to equipment will return to normal
the starting date (September 29, 2002) operation by the following
JLR-4330 After KE54239 when a master-reset of equipment or a settings.

battery replacement is carried out after

GPS Receiver rollover day. Setting method of

JLR-7700MkⅡ

JLR-4331 After KE50479 Setting method of

JLR-4330,JLR-
4331

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: For more information, and countermeasures, please contact our service agents or sales representatives.For the software update, the corresponding cost will be charged.

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