Re: [ntp:questions] best gps receiver for time synchronization

2009-05-12 Thread David J Taylor
Unruh wrote: [] > OK, I keep forgetting. What accuracy can the clock be read on windows? > is there an interpolation routine in the kernel so the clock can be > read > to usec accuracy? > I would thin k you could set up and interrupt routine to read and > record > the clock time when the interrupt

Re: [ntp:questions] Help appreciated

2009-05-12 Thread Dave Hart
On May 12, 8:41 pm, "Towli" wrote: > I think i may have the answer to my own question above... > I read somewhere that a man with 2 watches never know what time it is... > > My switches sees the 2 external NTP-stratum1-servers as being closer to each > other in time (due to their physical placemen

Re: [ntp:questions] Setting the COM port for the NMEA driver

2009-05-12 Thread Dave Hart
On May 9, 3:24 pm, "David J Taylor" wrote: > Folks, I made some tests with various settings for the NMEA driver and the > results are here: > >  http://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/NTP-on-Windows-serial-port.html#usb Congratulations on showing serial PPS refclock connected via a USB RS-232 adapter can do

Re: [ntp:questions] Help appreciated

2009-05-12 Thread Towli
> > Precision is normally expressed as a *negative* power of two! Assuming > that somebody dropped the minus signs somewhere, 2**-18 is better than > 2**-8. Precision is the smallest possible difference between two > successive readings of the clock. Thanks Richard! /T ___

Re: [ntp:questions] Help appreciated

2009-05-12 Thread Towli
I think i may have the answer to my own question above... I read somewhere that a man with 2 watches never know what time it is... My switches sees the 2 external NTP-stratum1-servers as being closer to each other in time (due to their physical placement close to each other and relative to my co

Re: [ntp:questions] best gps receiver for time synchronization

2009-05-12 Thread Unruh
"David J Taylor" writes: >Unruh wrote: >> "David J Taylor" >[] >>> On my system, I can detect no difference between the GPS 18 and the >>> GSP 18x. I am looking at jitters in the order of 2.2 microseconds, >>> and offsets in the range +170/-100 microseconds. >> >> How are you reading the PPS in

Re: [ntp:questions] Help appreciated

2009-05-12 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
Towli wrote: > Hi all > > I found out that our Inet-Provider has stratum 1 servers available, and > i intended to use these together with our newly acquired DCF77 machinery. > I configured our DFC77 and the 2 external stratum 1 servers on our 2 > core switches to deliver Ntp to the rest of the n

[ntp:questions] Help appreciated

2009-05-12 Thread Towli
Hi all I found out that our Inet-Provider has stratum 1 servers available, and i intended to use these together with our newly acquired DCF77 machinery. I configured our DFC77 and the 2 external stratum 1 servers on our 2 core switches to deliver Ntp to the rest of the network... Unfortunately (

Re: [ntp:questions] best gps receiver for time synchronization

2009-05-12 Thread David J Taylor
Unruh wrote: > "David J Taylor" [] >> On my system, I can detect no difference between the GPS 18 and the >> GSP 18x. I am looking at jitters in the order of 2.2 microseconds, >> and offsets in the range +170/-100 microseconds. > > How are you reading the PPS interrupts>. That offset is terrible.

Re: [ntp:questions] best gps receiver for time synchronization

2009-05-12 Thread Unruh
"David J Taylor" writes: >Hal Murray wrote: >[] >> If anybody has figured out how to get good timing out of the >> SiRF units, please clue me in. >On my system, I can detect no difference between the GPS 18 and the GSP >18x. I am looking at jitters in the order of 2.2 microseconds, and >offs