Re: [ntp:questions] How common is LI=3 (clocks not synchronized)?

2017-02-02 Thread Terje Mathisen
Jakob Bohm wrote: On 03/02/2017 04:15, Robert Scott wrote: I am writing some parsing code for reading Time Server packets. The first 32 bits of the returned packet are: +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |LI | VN |Mode |Stratum| Poll | Precisi

Re: [ntp:questions] How common is LI=3 (clocks not synchronized)?

2017-02-02 Thread Jakob Bohm
On 03/02/2017 04:15, Robert Scott wrote: I am writing some parsing code for reading Time Server packets. The first 32 bits of the returned packet are: +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |LI | VN |Mode |Stratum| Poll | Precision| +-+-+-+-+-+

[ntp:questions] How common is LI=3 (clocks not synchronized)?

2017-02-02 Thread Robert Scott
I am writing some parsing code for reading Time Server packets. The first 32 bits of the returned packet are: +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |LI | VN |Mode |Stratum| Poll | Precision| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

2017-02-02 Thread sean
On 2017-02-02, David Taylor wrote: > On 02/02/2017 04:34, sean wrote: > [] >> Incidentally I do have a BBB and a few raspberry pis. The BBB goes back >> and forth to/from work so I won't be able to use that as the NTP host. >> >> As an aside, have you done anything with SDR? You may be interested

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

2017-02-02 Thread sean
On 2017-02-02, Miroslav Lichvar wrote: > On 2017-02-02, sean wrote: >> I don't know if I'll be able to join the pool because I don't >> have a static IP. Although, if I register with a DNS name, couldn't I >> just update the A record if/when it changes? >> something like time.example.com. > > Tha

Re: [ntp:questions] questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

2017-02-02 Thread David J Taylor
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[ntp:questions] PPS on Sure GPS units.

2017-02-02 Thread Hal Murray
> The Sure device works, but for me it was too difficult to make the PPS work. > I bought two and was unable to make either one output a detectable PPS. The > PPS was there, my scope told me so, but I could not make the computer detect > it. On the other hand, I am very clumsy, and have little e

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

2017-02-02 Thread Charles Elliott
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Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

2017-02-02 Thread David Taylor
On 02/02/2017 04:34, sean wrote: [] Incidentally I do have a BBB and a few raspberry pis. The BBB goes back and forth to/from work so I won't be able to use that as the NTP host. As an aside, have you done anything with SDR? You may be interested in this: https://github.com/flightaware/piaware

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

2017-02-02 Thread Miroslav Lichvar
On 2017-02-02, sean wrote: > I don't know if I'll be able to join the pool because I don't > have a static IP. Although, if I register with a DNS name, couldn't I > just update the A record if/when it changes? > something like time.example.com. That won't work. The pool works with IP addresses an