Re: [ntp:questions] GPS/PPS and enable calibrate

2013-09-08 Thread David Taylor
On 08/09/2013 06:21, unruh wrote: On 2013-09-08, David Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid wrote: On 07/09/2013 21:30, Horvath Bob-BHORVAT1 wrote: ... Unusually, some GPS receivers (with poorly programmed firmware) have a Why not just say it-- Germin GPS 18x receivers had this

Re: [ntp:questions] Trying to use Dimension 4 time keeper

2013-09-08 Thread David Taylor
On 08/09/2013 06:27, unruh wrote: On 2013-09-08, David Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid wrote: On 07/09/2013 22:38, W. eWatson wrote: I'm told that Dimension 4 is an accurate time keeper. http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/ I downloaded it and installed it. It's freeware, but would

Re: [ntp:questions] Trying to use Dimension 4 time keeper

2013-09-08 Thread Rob
unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: Why would you want to use this software? It has a hardwired list of ntp time servers built in. A definite nono. Overload those servers. (espeically if what they said is true, that it has been downloaded 10 million times) It does the most basic sntp protocol and

[ntp:questions] Sine wave offset patterns

2013-09-08 Thread Jared Watkins
Hello list... I'm setting up several ntp servers in data centers located in many different places around the world peering off sometimes local sometimes distant stratum1 internet servers. (GPS backed atomic oscillators are in the works but not yet available). I've tried different

Re: [ntp:questions] Sine wave offset patterns

2013-09-08 Thread Hans Jørgen Jakobsen
On Sat, 7 Sep 2013 17:51:02 GMT, Jared Watkins wrote: I'm setting up several ntp servers in data centers located in many different places around the world peering off sometimes local sometimes distant stratum1 internet servers. (GPS backed atomic oscillators are in the works but not yet

Re: [ntp:questions] Sine wave offset patterns

2013-09-08 Thread David Taylor
On 07/09/2013 18:51, Jared Watkins wrote: Hello list... I'm setting up several ntp servers in data centers located in many different places around the world peering off sometimes local sometimes distant stratum1 internet servers. (GPS backed atomic oscillators are in the works but not yet

Re: [ntp:questions] Trying to use Dimension 4 time keeper

2013-09-08 Thread W. eWatson
On 9/7/2013 9:16 PM, David Taylor wrote: On 07/09/2013 22:38, W. eWatson wrote: I'm told that Dimension 4 is an accurate time keeper. http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/ I downloaded it and installed it. It's freeware, but would appreciate a $10 donation. Oddly it comes w/o any description to

Re: [ntp:questions] GPS/PPS and enable calibrate

2013-09-08 Thread unruh
On 2013-09-08, David Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid wrote: On 08/09/2013 06:21, unruh wrote: On 2013-09-08, David Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid wrote: On 07/09/2013 21:30, Horvath Bob-BHORVAT1 wrote: ... Unusually, some GPS receivers (with poorly programmed

Re: [ntp:questions] Trying to use Dimension 4 time keeper

2013-09-08 Thread W. eWatson
Some settings that may be of interest. NTP servers server 0.us.pool.ntp.org iburst server 1.us.pool.ntp.org iburst server 2.us.pool.ntp.org iburst server 3.us.pool.ntp.org iburst ntp.drift contains 24.793 ___ questions mailing list

Re: [ntp:questions] Trying to use Dimension 4 time keeper

2013-09-08 Thread unruh
On 2013-09-08, David Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid wrote: On 08/09/2013 06:27, unruh wrote: On 2013-09-08, David Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid wrote: On 07/09/2013 22:38, W. eWatson wrote: I'm told that Dimension 4 is an accurate time keeper.

Re: [ntp:questions] Trying to use Dimension 4 time keeper

2013-09-08 Thread W. eWatson
Some settings that may be of interest. NTP servers server 0.us.pool.ntp.org iburst server 1.us.pool.ntp.org iburst server 2.us.pool.ntp.org iburst server 3.us.pool.ntp.org iburst ntp.drift contains 24.793 What about the above? Does the user set the drift, and, if 24.793 is in

Re: [ntp:questions] Trying to use Dimension 4 time keeper

2013-09-08 Thread David Woolley
On 08/09/13 20:46, W. eWatson wrote: What about the above? Does the user set the drift, and, if 24.793 is in seconds, why so big? The user doesn't set it (although there are unusual cases where that might be useful. It is set every hour when ntpd is synchronised. It is used to speed up

Re: [ntp:questions] GPS/PPS and enable calibrate

2013-09-08 Thread Horvath Bob-BHORVAT1
-Original Message- From: questions-bounces+bob.horvath=motorolasolutions@lists.ntp.org [mailto:questions-bounces+bob.horvath=motorolasolutions@lists.ntp.org] On Behalf Of David Taylor Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 11:27 PM To: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re:

Re: [ntp:questions] Trying to use Dimension 4 time keeper

2013-09-08 Thread unruh
On 2013-09-08, W. eWatson wolftra...@invalid.com wrote: Some settings that may be of interest. NTP servers server 0.us.pool.ntp.org iburst server 1.us.pool.ntp.org iburst server 2.us.pool.ntp.org iburst server 3.us.pool.ntp.org iburst ntp.drift contains 24.793 What about the

Re: [ntp:questions] Trying to use Dimension 4 time keeper

2013-09-08 Thread David Lord
W. eWatson wrote: Some settings that may be of interest. NTP servers server 0.us.pool.ntp.org iburst server 1.us.pool.ntp.org iburst server 2.us.pool.ntp.org iburst server 3.us.pool.ntp.org iburst ntp.drift contains 24.793 What about the above? Does the user set the drift,

Re: [ntp:questions] Trying to use Dimension 4 time keeper

2013-09-08 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2013-09-08 11:51, W. eWatson wrote: On 9/7/2013 9:16 PM, David Taylor wrote: On 07/09/2013 22:38, W. eWatson wrote: I'm told that Dimension 4 is an accurate time keeper. http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/ I downloaded it and installed it. It's freeware, but would appreciate a $10 donation.

Re: [ntp:questions] Trying to use Dimension 4 time keeper

2013-09-08 Thread David Taylor
On 08/09/2013 19:23, W. eWatson wrote: Some settings that may be of interest. NTP servers server 0.us.pool.ntp.org iburst server 1.us.pool.ntp.org iburst server 2.us.pool.ntp.org iburst server 3.us.pool.ntp.org iburst ntp.drift contains 24.793 24 ppm is not a large error, and quite

Re: [ntp:questions] Trying to use Dimension 4 time keeper

2013-09-08 Thread David Taylor
On 08/09/2013 19:59, unruh wrote: I had thought I made clear I was replying to the original not to your comments. Sorry, if that was not clear. No problem, Bill! -- Cheers, David Web: http://www.satsignal.eu ___ questions mailing list

Re: [ntp:questions] GPS/PPS and enable calibrate

2013-09-08 Thread unruh
On 2013-09-09, David Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid wrote: On 08/09/2013 19:55, unruh wrote: [] Well, as I recall it took a long time for them to release their update. Note I am not a fan of Garmin. I bought two 18 (not 18x) and both have died. Who would have guessed! G I