Re: [ntp:questions] Building FreeBSD V8.0 kernel for PPS

2010-04-16 Thread G8KBV
In article , david- tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid says... > > > Well.. > > > > It compiled and installed OK now! :) > [] > > Next step, to spark up NTPD and see if that plays. But that may have to > > wait till next week, as I'm away for the weekend now. I already have a > > pre configured G

Re: [ntp:questions] Building FreeBSD V8.0 kernel for PPS

2010-04-14 Thread G8KBV
In article , s...@goes.nowhere.com says... > > In article <_didnrmzoqhxzlnwnz2dnuvz_q6dn...@giganews.com>, rgilbert88 > @comcast.net says... > > > > G8KBV wrote: > > > In article , > > > cswi...@mac.com says... > > >> On Apr 13, 2010,

Re: [ntp:questions] Building FreeBSD V8.0 kernel for PPS

2010-04-13 Thread G8KBV
In article , cswi...@mac.com says... > > On Apr 13, 2010, at 1:40 PM, G8KBV wrote: > > When I 'make buildkernel KENRCONF=PPSGENERIC' > > > > Nowt happens, except a short error message to the effect that it doesnt > > know how to build the kernel. >

[ntp:questions] Building FreeBSD V8.0 kernel for PPS

2010-04-13 Thread G8KBV
Hi all again. I'm still trying to follow the instructions at:- http://blog.doylenet.net/?p=145 As earlier, so far so good (if after several tries, eventualy getting FreeBSD loaded and running) I'm at the stage of enabling PPS support in the kernel. But After successfully adding 'options

Re: [ntp:questions] backup PPS source

2010-04-12 Thread G8KBV
In article <82f3qcfg1...@mid.individual.net>, sn...@lordynet.org says... > > Hi > > Latest experiment is to attempt to make a backup PPS source and > I've now made a start with a watch xtal oscillator and divider > that can be synchronised by a PPS source when present (except > I've not yet wired

Re: [ntp:questions] Monitoring FreeBSD temperatures remotely

2010-04-12 Thread G8KBV
In article , david- tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid says... > > It surprises me that, with FreeBSD being suggested as a good system > for servers, there isn't more ready-made SNMP about. > > Cheers, > David That's 'cos it's a bit of a nightmare to setup and configure for the non BSD types! I'

Re: [ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP monitor, silly question !The End!

2009-12-23 Thread G8KBV
In article <3c2dnqpl7ehlr6zwnz2dnuvz_o2dn...@giganews.com>, rgilbert88 @comcast.net says... > > > >> Keeping an NTPD server up and synched is not all that difficult. A UPS > >> will keep you alive for three to fifteen minutes if power fails. The > >> longer the UPS run time, the more it costs

Re: [ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP monitor, silly question

2009-12-21 Thread G8KBV
In article , david- tay...@blueyonder.delete-this-bit.and-this-part.co.uk.invalid says... > > "G8KBV" wrote in message > news:mpg.2599839da78d9afe989...@news.demon.co.uk... > [] > > Thanks for the reg file, I'll try it. > > Noted on your results. >

Re: [ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP monitor, silly question

2009-12-21 Thread G8KBV
In article , david- tay...@blueyonder.delete-this-bit.and-this-part.co.uk.invalid says... > > > Well, I just checked on my actual XP system (I had checked on a different > XP system before), and the string is a plain REG_SZ, not the Expand > variety. > > HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentCotrolSet\Services\S

Re: [ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP monitor, silly question

2009-12-21 Thread G8KBV
In article , david- tay...@blueyonder.delete-this-bit.and-this-part.co.uk.invalid says... > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Serial] > "ImagePath"=hex(2):73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,44,00,52,\ > 00,49,00,56,00,45,00,52,00,53,00,5c,00,73,00,65,00,72,0

Re: [ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP monitor, silly question

2009-12-21 Thread G8KBV
In article , david- tay...@blueyonder.delete-this-bit.and-this-part.co.uk.invalid says... > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Serial > > ImagePath REG_SZ system32\drivers\Serialpps.sys > > On XP I have the path as type REG_EXPAND_SZ, but I don't think that > matters if y

Re: [ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP monitor, silly question

2009-12-21 Thread G8KBV
In article , g8...@nospam- uko2.co.uk says... > > In article , david- > tay...@blueyonder.delete-this-bit.and-this-part.co.uk.invalid says... > > > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Serial > > > ImagePath REG_SZ system32\drivers\Serialpps.sys > > > > On XP I have the pat

Re: [ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP monitor, silly question

2009-12-21 Thread G8KBV
In article , david- tay...@blueyonder.delete-this-bit.and-this-part.co.uk.invalid says... > > > Your confused!... > > > > How are you getting to those driver display details? > > > > In Win2k, I'm going in via the control panel, system, then device > > manager. > > > > In there, expand the "Ports

Re: [ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP monitor, silly question

2009-12-20 Thread G8KBV
In article , david- tay...@blueyonder.delete-this-bit.and-this-part.co.uk.invalid says... > > > Device Mangler just reports the standard MS driver for that port, also > > not reflecting the actual currently in use baud rate settings either, so > > nothing new there. (I've never yet seen that tool

Re: [ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP monitor, silly question

2009-12-20 Thread G8KBV
In article <7044cbe1-a247-4921-a392-ee0b1dd5a705 @g26g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>, eugene...@sbcglobal.net says... > > On Dec 19, 6:32 pm, G8KBV wrote: > > Hi All.. > > > > A silly question if I may, and yes I've been poking arround the Meinberg > > websit

Re: [ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP monitor, silly question

2009-12-20 Thread G8KBV
In article , st...@ntp.org says... > > Does http://support.ntp.org/Support/TroubleshootingNTP#Section_9.4. have the > information you are looking for? Yes it does Harlan. Site/page bookmarked! Dave Baxter. ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.n

Re: [ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP monitor, silly question

2009-12-20 Thread G8KBV
In article , david- tay...@blueyonder.delete-this-bit.and-this-part.co.uk.invalid says... > > > Hi All.. > [] > > Re the status column in the 'NTP Status' tab. > [] > > But what does 'o' mean? > > "o" - appears to mean - "synced to the "atom" (PPS) driver", which is > filtering the clock from th

Re: [ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP monitor, silly question

2009-12-20 Thread G8KBV
In article , da...@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid says... > > G8KBV wrote: > > > A silly question if I may, and yes I've been poking arround the Meinberg > > website and forum for hours, and can't find the answer. Likewise the > > (non existant) help within the

Re: [ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP monitor, silly question

2009-12-20 Thread G8KBV
In article , daveh...@gmail.com says... > > On Dec 20, 00:32 UTC, G8KBV wrote: > > But what does 'o' mean? > > It means the PPS peer, and when present effective trumps any * seen. > > > The "Application Log" shows:- > > Using user-mode

[ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP monitor, silly question

2009-12-19 Thread G8KBV
Hi All.. A silly question if I may, and yes I've been poking arround the Meinberg website and forum for hours, and can't find the answer. Likewise the (non existant) help within the program, though I'm *sure* I've seen text on this somewhere, but can't find it at the moment. Re the status col

Re: [ntp:questions] One last release candidate (in name only) and a new -stable

2009-12-12 Thread G8KBV
In article , david- tay...@blueyonder.delete-this-bit.and-this-part.co.uk.invalid says... > > "G8KBV" <> wrote in message > news:mpg.258dc4812a1f0c84989...@news.demon.co.uk... > [] > > Hi. > > > > Can you confirm (or otherwise) the baudrate I nee

Re: [ntp:questions] One last release candidate (in name only) and a new -stable

2009-12-12 Thread G8KBV
In article , david- tay...@blueyonder.delete-this-bit.and-this-part.co.uk.invalid says... > > "Dave Hart" <> wrote in message > news:cb83daad-6ea3-43dd-842b-b798ac9a0...@z4g2000prh.googlegroups.com... > [] > > I have uploaded x86 Windows binaries for 4.2.6 to my website. > [] > > Cheers, > > Dave

[ntp:questions] Local (own site) NTP servers.

2009-07-23 Thread G8KBV
Wonder if this will get posed, or returned to me.. Hi... Been lurking for a while. Also, been messing about trying to get a local (to me) GPS Disciplined NTP server working, based on David Taylor's work with FreeBSD, I think I have one of those configured OK, but I've got other issues with FreeB