On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Today I thought I'd hook up a simple DCF77 radio clock receiver, > serial port type, by way of a USB-to-serial converter. Just to see > how this compares to the same gadget hooked up to an actual serial > port (which are getting rare). > > ntpd[37130]: ntpd 4.2.0-a Sun Jul 6 13:31:43 CEST 2008 (1) > ntpd[37130]: PARSE receiver #1: parse_start: tcsetattr(14, &tio): > Input/output error ntpd[37130]: internal error: refclockio structure > not found > > It turns out that uplcom(4) adapters don't support the required > speed of 50 baud anymore. > > The times they are a-changin'. > > > [Please note that I have posted this as a curious observation; it > is not a request for assistance.]
You know, it might actually support it if you hack up the driver. The source says the PL2303X "can set any rate". Worth a try anyway :) -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C
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