Anyone heard anything about potential upcoming issues with nav in our Gs and the upcoming GPS Week Rollover event on 4/6?

https://www.zdnet.com/article/some-g...after-april-6/

April sees the GPS network go through a mini "millennium bug" of its own because the week number will roll back to a zero. While this is a known issue arising from the way the system works, it's recommended that those in charge of critical infrastructure which make use of GPS, along with other businesses and users who believe a malfunction would result in problems, to prepare for the event.

A GPS Week Rollover happens because of the way the navigation signal works. The current week number is encoded into the signal message received from the satellites using a 10-bit field, and this allows for a week range from zero to 1023. The current period began back on 1 August 1999, and on 6 April 2019 the week number rolls over back to zero, where it will start counting back up to 1023.

While most modern GPS receivers shouldn't be affected by this (devices that conform to IS-GPS-200 and provides UTC will be fine), testing carried out by the US Department for Homeland Security (DHS) showed that there is a possibility that some will interpret this rollover as the date shifting back to January 6, 1980, or possibly some other incorrect date.

This is where the headaches begin. Not only will the GPS receiver start reporting the incorrect date, but since accurate timings is critical to precise location data (an error of only a nanosecond in GPS time can equate to one foot of position error), an incorrect interpretation of this rollover can have big consequences.

So what should you do? Last year, the DHS published guidelines that suggested:

• investigate and understand their possible dependencies on GPS for obtaining UTC;
• contact the GPS manufacturers of devices they use to obtain UTC;
• understand the manufacturers' preparedness for the rollover;
• understand actions required by CI and other owners and operators to ensure proper operation through the rollover, and
• ensure that the firmware of such devices is up to date.

GPS simulators, such as LabSat 3, can be set up to test for issues arising from the GPS Week Rollover event. The more vital the system, the more important it will be to test the effects of the rollover.

 

Infiniti support said to contact the dealer as they do not have any info.

Oh well... if it goes south after 4/6 might be doing one of those GROM upgrades.

 

That's a pathetic response from them. How will the dealer know anything more about this then Infiniti direct ?

On the other hand, do people still use GPS systems that are close to 10 years old ? The graphics alone have to be so dated.

 

I still use mine.

 

Does it pull date/time from the GPS satellite or is it a user programmed value? If it's programmed then it's super easy to test if it will continue to work or not.

 

GPS date/time is separate from the vehicle time... my other vehicle's automakers claim it won't be an issue so likely the same here.