Re: [ntp:questions] ntp pool servers disappear - more data

2021-06-25 Thread chris
On 06/25/21 17:28, Jim Pennino wrote: William Unruh wrote: On 2021-06-25, Jim Pennino wrote: chris wrote: On 06/25/21 04:08, Jim Pennino wrote: William Unruh wrote: I suspect it is the number of times that ntpd tries to contact the server and fails rather than the time that is

Re: [ntp:questions] ntp pool servers disappear - more data

2021-06-25 Thread chris
On 06/25/21 04:08, Jim Pennino wrote: William Unruh wrote: I suspect it is the number of times that ntpd tries to contact the server and fails rather than the time that is important. You could try putting the server offline and then online again (I use chrony so do not remember if ntpd has t

Re: [ntp:questions] Score is low and not raising

2021-06-10 Thread chris
On 06/10/21 03:17, William Unruh wrote: On 2021-06-09, chris wrote: On 06/09/21 22:00, ProGeek wrote: On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 6:56:04 PM UTC+3, chris wrote: On 06/08/21 20:42, Andreas Mattheiss wrote: Hello, just as additional source of information: I have a similar setup here (ublox

Re: [ntp:questions] Score is low and not raising

2021-06-10 Thread chris
On 06/09/21 22:00, ProGeek wrote: On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 6:56:04 PM UTC+3, chris wrote: On 06/08/21 20:42, Andreas Mattheiss wrote: Hello, just as additional source of information: I have a similar setup here (ublox PPS into a proper serial port of a PC) and I see a stable offset of -3

Re: [ntp:questions] Score is low and not raising

2021-06-10 Thread chris
dreas This is what I see at the ntp host here: chris@ntp-host:~ % ntpq -pn remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter == o127.127.22.0 .PPS.0 l18 3770.0000.000 0.001 +192.9.20

Re: [ntp:questions] Score for "same" server different

2021-01-15 Thread Chris
On 01/14/21 12:15, Gerd Hoerst wrote: Hi ! I jioned the pool days ago with 2 Servers (1 with IPv4 and 1 with IPv6) its from the source (and hardware) the same server (it get the time from 4 serverws with 2x GPS+PPS and 2xDCF77 Receivers) But when i watch the score IPv6 side show delay around 4

Re: [ntp:questions] Ntpq.exe memory issue with windows 2019

2020-10-29 Thread Chris
on, or is it staying resident in memory ?... Regards, Chris ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] How to get a list of > 500 ntp clients

2019-08-16 Thread Chris Trevino
econds | initalloc count | initmem kilobytes | incalloc count | incmem kilobytes] mru mindepth 5 maxdepth 100 initmem 1 incmem 1 maxage 86400 > Le 13 août 2019 à 00:34, Chris Trevino a écrit : > > > I’m running NTP servers on centos 7.6. I know

[ntp:questions] Device to Use, FreeBSD 12, for Parallel Port pps Input ?

2019-08-13 Thread Chris
Error: inapropriate ioctl for device or: link lpt0 pps0 # Error: Device busy Thanks, Chris ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

[ntp:questions] How to get a list of > 500 ntp clients

2019-08-13 Thread Chris Trevino
I’m running NTP servers on centos 7.6. I know that I can get a list of ntp clients doing “ntpq -p” but I seem to remember reading somewhere that it was limited to 500 clients. Is there another method in which I can quickly get / monitor the number of clients that are “attached” to my server if

Re: [ntp:questions] symmetricom tp1100 stratum and leap indicator behavior

2019-08-07 Thread Chris
On 08/02/19 18:47, Chris wrote: Will leave it running overnight and check again in the morning... Just an update. Checked again this morning and the .169 node with disconnected antenna has finally been dropped by ntp and replaced by the external pool entry. root@ntp-host:/etc # ntpq -p

Re: [ntp:questions] symmetricom tp1100 stratum and leap indicator behavior

2019-08-02 Thread Chris
On 08/02/19 12:49, Andrew Harrison wrote: On Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at 7:23:52 PM UTC-4, Chris wrote: If you have 2 servers, both gps, then the polling host needs to have config to allow fallback to the second unit when it fails. Yes, definitely. The problem is that it doesn't "

Re: [ntp:questions] symmetricom tp1100 stratum and leap indicator behavior

2019-08-01 Thread Chris
On 08/01/19 12:43, Terje Mathisen wrote: Chris wrote: On 07/31/19 20:10, Andrew Harrison wrote: The backstory... I've been tasked with deploying a pair of Symmetricom TP1100 Time Providers with GPS antennae as the official time source for the company (replacing an ancient server w

Re: [ntp:questions] symmetricom tp1100 stratum and leap indicator behavior

2019-07-31 Thread Chris
ss each has fallback ability in itself. What you could do is run ntpd on a third host, polling both time servers along with a host or two from an ntp pool, which should have the ability to spot the outlier and continue providing accurate time. Not sure about the overall behavior, but woul

Re: [ntp:questions] help with setting up NTP on windows with a USB GPS

2019-07-30 Thread Chris
if s/hand. USB never was designed for real time work and trying to use it for such is always going to be hard work and a compromise... Chris ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] help with setting up NTP on windows with a USB GPS

2019-07-30 Thread Chris
e a better plan would be to find a gps module or receiver with a serial interface and interface to that. New GPS modules are cheap as chips on Ebay and elsewhere and so are s/h gps boxes, so why make life difficult ?... Chris ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Time server question

2019-07-21 Thread Chris
On 07/21/19 15:02, Terje Mathisen wrote: William Unruh wrote: On 2019-07-19, Chris wrote: On 07/18/19 11:13, William Unruh wrote: Sure, but I do not have faith in the "averaging" If one is always 30us after the other, then the average will always be out by 15us. One woul

Re: [ntp:questions] Time server question

2019-07-20 Thread Chris
On 07/19/19 21:47, William Unruh wrote: No. The mechanism is clear. While one is answering its interrupt the other gets to wait. So, it is the earliest one that is closest to "right" Ie, do not try to use more than one interrupt on the same computer. It does not work I think we are at cross p

Re: [ntp:questions] Time server question

2019-07-19 Thread Chris
On 07/18/19 11:13, William Unruh wrote: Sure, but I do not have faith in the "averaging" If one is always 30us after the other, then the average will always be out by 15us. One would expect a difference, but how can you tell which one is right using just 2 pps ?. With three, you could choose

Re: [ntp:questions] Time server question

2019-07-17 Thread Chris
On 07/13/19 16:38, Chris wrote: On 06/20/19 23:39, Chris wrote: Have a couple of surplus gps based ntp servers that have been used for time sync in the lab for few years. They are on a UPS with several hours backup and seems like a good idea to use them to contribute to the ntp global network

Re: [ntp:questions] Time server question

2019-07-17 Thread Chris
Don't know enough to say, but perhaps ntp will average out the two to give a more accurate result ?. Would be interesting to hook it up and see what happens anyway... Chris ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Time server question

2019-07-15 Thread Chris
On 06/20/19 23:39, Chris wrote: Have a couple of surplus gps based ntp servers that have been used for time sync in the lab for few years. They are on a UPS with several hours backup and seems like a good idea to use them to contribute to the ntp global network. Don't want to expose

Re: [ntp:questions] Time server question

2019-06-27 Thread Chris
On 06/25/19 19:35, William Unruh wrote: On 2019-06-25, Chris wrote: ... Thanks again for the replies. Did a bit of digging this morning and find that the 1pps sync stuff has been done before. Well, many years ago in fact and more or less how I had visualised it - ntp data augmented by the 1

Re: [ntp:questions] Time server question

2019-06-27 Thread Chris
r router to provide the isolation, as it would only be handling ntp packets at low and consistent system and network load. Nothing is ever as easy as it seems, as usual... Chris ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Time server question

2019-06-27 Thread Chris
On 06/25/19 10:52, David Taylor wrote: On 25/06/2019 01:33, Chris wrote: [] Thanks for all the replies. I guess the next thing to do is to build a working system, then evaluate to see how it can be improved. All the kit is in the same rack and with dedicated hardware interfaces, network latency

Re: [ntp:questions] Time server question

2019-06-27 Thread Chris
On 06/25/19 11:34, William Unruh wrote: On 2019-06-25, Chris wrote: On 06/21/19 15:48, Jakob Bohm wrote: On 21/06/2019 15:14, Thomas Laus wrote: On 2019-06-21, David Woolley wrote: On 21/06/2019 12:26, Thomas Laus wrote: Will either isolation solution have direct access to the computer

[ntp:questions] Time server question

2019-06-27 Thread Chris
. 1 u 21 64 377 0.46 -0.0710.08 Thanks, Chris ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Refclock Oncore Driver Change

2019-05-09 Thread Chris Adams
ach refclock driver. -- Chris Adams ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] NTPd server using DVB-T as clocksource

2018-11-01 Thread Chris Cappuccio
Lars Schotte [l...@gustik.eu] wrote: > Well, I know that OpenBSD currently has no support for DVB-T but Linux > does, so I would run that RaspberryPi with Linux. However, the question > would be how to pair its output with OpenNTPd or NTPd. > OpenBSD actually does support some of the ugen userlan

Re: [ntp:questions] NTPd server using DVB-T as clocksource

2018-10-29 Thread Chris Cappuccio
small kernel driver. Maybe you can hack the dvbdate utility into a source of NMEA 0183 data to be opened as a socket from ntpd. Chris ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Trouble Simulating Leap Seconds

2015-04-15 Thread Chris Walton
s > those > digit strings: > #$ 3629404800 > #@ 3660249600 I am not going to argue about whether those lines should or should not exist in the leap seconds file. All I can say is that everything worked perfectly for me without them. -chris __

Re: [ntp:questions] Trouble Simulating Leap Seconds

2015-04-15 Thread Chris Walton
Jul 01 2015 00:00:00.899 Jul 01 2015 00:00:01.399 Jul 01 2015 00:00:01.899 Jul 01 2015 00:00:02.399 Jul 01 2015 00:00:02.899 -chris ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

[ntp:questions] Trouble Simulating Leap Seconds

2015-04-07 Thread Chris Walton
Jim, Are you giving ntpd long enough to stabilize? The INS flag won't typically get set until several minutes after ntpd reports synchronization. Try setting your clock to 23:45UTC at the beginning of your test. -chris ___ questions mailing

Re: [ntp:questions] Leap second to be introduced in June

2015-01-15 Thread Chris Adams
ecessary for some things) as seconds since an epoch, and that's pretty widely used. By that I mean that the number of seconds between 2015-06-30 23:59:00 and 2015-07-01 00:00:00 has changed since last month. -- Chris Adams ___ questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Atom PPS with parallel port

2014-02-23 Thread Chris Adams
ot quite as accurate). >Probably a suitable kernel will be in CentOS 7.x Looking at the RHEL 7 beta, it does include the pps_parport module. However, I expect it will be another few months before RHEL 7.0 is released, and then a month or two after that for Cent

Re: [ntp:questions] Sure GPS - PPS not working

2013-12-09 Thread Chris North
"David Taylor" wrote in message news:l856os$9sp$1...@dont-email.me... Chris, I very much share your own confidence level in Linux. I find myself even having to look up basic commands like how to move a file, delete a non-empty directory etc. However, the folks here and elsewhere

Re: [ntp:questions] Sure GPS - PPS not working

2013-12-09 Thread Chris North
"David Taylor" wrote in message news:l84ss1$5ct$1...@dont-email.me... On 09/12/2013 11:30, Chris North wrote: David, I have managed to fix it, and it was a bit unexpected. When I first installed the Sure, I used a USB connection and got it working OK. I then used a Serial-USB a

Re: [ntp:questions] Sure GPS - PPS not working

2013-12-09 Thread Chris North
"David Taylor" wrote in message news:l82ft0$71s$1...@dont-email.me... OK, Chris, so it's not a hardware issue. I don't know the message: "Exec format error" on Windows, but it sounds like the support DLL or driver isn't right. When you list the COM1 de

Re: [ntp:questions] Sure GPS - PPS not working

2013-12-08 Thread Chris North
"David Taylor" wrote in message news:l828dq$abc$1...@dont-email.me... On 08/12/2013 16:36, Chris North wrote: Most of the discussion here is way above my head, but I'm hoping somebody will be able to help me. I have a Sure GPS board, modified according to David Taylor's

[ntp:questions] Sure GPS - PPS not working

2013-12-08 Thread Chris North
Most of the discussion here is way above my head, but I'm hoping somebody will be able to help me. I have a Sure GPS board, modified according to David Taylor's plan, connected to a Windows 7 PC by USB (for power only) and by serial null-modem cable to COM1 on a PCI serial card. I am running

Re: [ntp:questions] Another invalid leap second

2013-07-04 Thread Chris Adams
40 2 u 88 128 377 23.243 -2.734 1.810 127.127.8.0 .GPS.0 l 392 1600.0001.016 0.000 x127.127.22.0.GPS.0 l2 16 3770.000 -4.524 0.684 -- Chris Adams ___ questions mailing list questi

[ntp:questions] Another invalid leap second

2013-07-02 Thread Chris Adams
leap second come from? -- Chris Adams ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Two GPIO PPSes on Raspberry Pi

2013-02-28 Thread Chris Adams
)? Remember: a man with two clocks never knows what time it is. If they are the same, everything's great; if they are different, what do you do? -- Chris Adams Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but mysel

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-30 Thread Chris Adams
my old Trimble SVeeSix has to have a stretch on the PPS for it to work. -- Chris Adams Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. ___ questions mailing list que

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread Chris Adams
;01", SYMLINK+="gps gps0 refclock-0", MODE:="660", GROUP:="ntp" I then have my PPS connected to a parallel port (obviously not available on the Pi, but GPIO is there and Linux has pps-gpio). I haven't tried connecting my GPS to my Pi yet. -- Chris Adams

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS and NMEA

2012-09-10 Thread Chris Albertson
ccuracy is wasted on NTP, microseconds are good enough fro driving NTP. But perhaps you have other timing equipment driven by the same GPS reciever? I hope this is now clear. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP time compare util

2012-08-28 Thread Chris Albertson
think of anything else that could work reasonably well. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Visual clock display?

2012-08-26 Thread Chris Albertson
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Kennedy, Paul wrote: > > Chris Albertson wrote: > > The limit of accuracy of the visual clock is the refresh rate of the > > monitor. One the old CRT monitors there was a vertical sync that ran > at > > about 60 to 100 Hz. I think LC

Re: [ntp:questions] Have Pi, have GPS = low powered NTP server?

2012-08-25 Thread Chris Albertson
main page VERY tiny with just a small amount of plain text and links to the pages with graphics, tables and the like. -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Visual clock display?

2012-08-25 Thread Chris Albertson
estions@lists.ntp.org > http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Timing GPS recommendations

2012-08-21 Thread Chris Albertson
oscillators very well even even with a noisy channel between them it's used for "everything" mostly clock recovery in serial data. It in effect figures out the phase by averaging over a great many cycles. I think a PLL is proff that we CAN synchronize phase to much better than t

Re: [ntp:questions] Timing GPS recommendations

2012-08-20 Thread Chris Albertson
t is accurate to the second but your send out messangers by foot to > deliver the time to your friend across town. Do you really think that > buying a new wrist watch is the way to improve the time your friend > gets? Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California __

Re: [ntp:questions] Timing GPS recommendations

2012-08-20 Thread Chris Albertson
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:13 AM, unruh wrote: > On 2012-08-20, Hahn, Ron wrote: > > Colleagues, > > > > Chris Albertson, made the following statement: > > > > --< begin >-- > > I'm using the t-bolt. It seems to work. I guess there migh

Re: [ntp:questions] Trimble Thunderbolt support?

2012-08-19 Thread Chris Albertson
timing GPS although they do have PPS outputs. They work but they are "uSec" level devices. I'd look for 100ns or better. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] is USB inherently evil, or only if something else is on the bus?

2012-08-08 Thread Chris Albertson
nt them anyway... :) > feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... > > ___ > questions mailing list > questions@lists.ntp.org > http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP on local networks

2012-08-02 Thread Chris Albertson
There are many more like this. You only need the PPS to keep the system clock running at the correct rate. These Rb units have an typeical error at the 1E-11 level. Good enough for your use. > > > > > > > On 08/01/2012 01:24 AM, Chris Albertson wrote: > >

Re: [ntp:questions] WARNING: someone's faking a leap second tonight

2012-08-01 Thread Chris Adams
), a stratum-2 server in the US pool (a few of my systems have it in their list). -- Chris Adams Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. ___ question

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP + PPS on Atom motherboards

2012-08-01 Thread Chris Albertson
use (1) has > real serial ports and (2) it uses so little power that a cooling fan is not > required just a passive heat sync that stays cool enough to touch. Oh and > (3) they are inexpensive > > Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California __

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP + PPS on Atom motherboards

2012-08-01 Thread Chris Albertson
gt; > Has others experienced these difficulties with Atom motherboards as > Stratum 1 servers? > > Thanks, > > Ron > ___ > questions mailing list > questions@lists.ntp.org > http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP on local networks

2012-07-31 Thread Chris Albertson
then what he needs is an atomic clock. Buy a few of those $40 Rubidium units that are on eBay > regards > pk > > > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Clock time synchronization of four computers

2012-07-08 Thread Chris Albertson
the above server lines try these: Server 0.us.pool.ntp.org Server 1.us.pool.ntp.org Server 2.us.pool.ntp.org This way you get a server assigned from the pool. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP server near Houston?

2012-06-03 Thread Chris Albertson
t. On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 5:23 AM, wrote: > Can someone help me figure out a really good NTP server near Houston? > > Thank you. > > ___ > questions mailing list > questions@lists.ntp.org > http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/

Re: [ntp:questions] offline machines' time synchronization

2012-05-25 Thread Chris Albertson
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 2:51 PM, unruh wrote: > On 2012-05-25, Chris Albertson wrote: > > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 12:29 AM, Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at > > tmsw.no"@ntp.org> wrote: > > > >> Chris Albertson wrote: > >> > >&g

Re: [ntp:questions] offline machines' time synchronization

2012-05-25 Thread Chris Albertson
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 12:29 AM, Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"@ntp.org> wrote: > Chris Albertson wrote: > >> Next how to get the PPS to be at the top of the second. Two methods >> >> 1) don't bother. Linux PPS will log the time of bo

Re: [ntp:questions] offline machines' time synchronization

2012-05-24 Thread Chris Albertson
thin about 5E-12 or maybe 1E-11. Thus when GPS fails you have a local clock that you now is "pretty good" better really than NTP needs and lieu good enough to keep a cell tower "on frequency" for more than 48 hours. -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] offline machines' time synchronization

2012-05-24 Thread Chris Albertson
specs for a LONG time. It does required some effort to set up. Just wanted to point out one more option. -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] outout of ntpq -p

2012-05-22 Thread Chris Albertson
be even the program is smart enough to detect and drop a common sub-string. In any case I'd argue that it is a bug to use the same exact string to represent different servers -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list q

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpd step recovery time

2012-04-23 Thread Chris Albertson
problem in your test plan by interpreting the requirement in some way that actually makes sense.But really this is such a grossly mis-written requirement that you should go back to the author. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questi

Re: [ntp:questions] Why does GPS time diverge from system time?

2012-04-13 Thread Chris Albertson
Elliott > > > -Original Message- > > From: questions-bounces+elliott.ch=verizon@lists.ntp.org > > [mailto:questions-bounces+elliott.ch=verizon@lists.ntp.org] On > > Behalf Of unruh > > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 11:31 PM > > To: questions@list

Re: [ntp:questions] Why does GPS time diverge from system time?

2012-04-13 Thread Chris Albertson
ng. I don't see that from the numbers you post. To prove that you'd need to measure system and GPS times every couple hours for several days. I think the difference you are seeing is just the expected noise. Again for Windows and a USB connected GPS +5 and -5 ms is more or less

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS jitter in Linux

2012-04-02 Thread Chris Albertson
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Mike S wrote: > On 4/2/2012 9:13 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: >> >> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Mike S  wrote: > > I've played around with different cpufreq setting, thinking it might be >>> >>> related to the processor

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS jitter in Linux

2012-04-02 Thread Chris Albertson
but that seems to have minimal > impact (performance vs. conservative vs. ondemand). > I think your CPU goes into some power saving mode when there is no load and takes some number of micro seconds to wake up after an interrupt. Keeping a load on it prevents the sleep or power save mode a

Re: [ntp:questions] where is the most authoritative NTP documentation?

2012-03-28 Thread Chris Albertson
urrent version is here. http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntp_spool/ntp4/ntp-4.2/ntp-4.2.6p5.tar.gz In general you can read the docs on the web site but if you have a detailed question like "what does this flag REALLY do?" you can never know if the docs are 100% correct or up to date. --

Re: [ntp:questions] Sure serial - USB with PPS performs 16% better after Windows reboot

2012-03-25 Thread Chris Albertson
#x27;t be concerned. > I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy mailing lists and > such.  I don't always see new messages very quickly.  If you need a > reply and have not heard from me in 1 - 2 weeks, send your message again.) > > Ron Frazier > timekeepingdude AT c3e

Re: [ntp:questions] consistent negative offset with Garmin GPS 18x LVC and FreeBSD

2012-03-25 Thread Chris Albertson
nly way to test the GPS is with some other GPSes. Don't use NTP to test a GPS. Compare the PPS from each directly with a counter, a digital scope something you rig up on a breadboard with flip-flops or whatever you have. -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _

Re: [ntp:questions] YEA! My Sure Electronics GPS just arrived.

2012-03-23 Thread Chris Albertson
the sure is new enough to use eprom or flash. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] site with lots of GPS's and accessories

2012-03-21 Thread Chris Albertson
ase on an RF NPN transistor that switches an 8V rail, then a short length of wire goes to the DCD pin on the motherboard. I can not yet measure the performance of this setup. -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] site with lots of GPS's and accessories

2012-03-20 Thread Chris Albertson
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 3:06 PM, unruh wrote: > On 2012-03-19, Chris Albertson wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Alby VA wrote: > > > >> On Mar 19, 12:12 pm, unruh wrote: > >> > >> > The actual PPS signal at the PPS pin has a rise ti

Re: [ntp:questions] PSYCHO PC clock is advancing at 2 HR per second

2012-03-20 Thread Chris Albertson
B converter might work. Serial GPS with PPS would work. > > Say he needs + / - 20 us performance. Excluding the realm of rubidium > standards and such, serial GPS with PPS is probably the only option. > > Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California

Re: [ntp:questions] site with lots of GPS's and accessories

2012-03-19 Thread Chris Albertson
_ > questions mailing list > questions@lists.ntp.org > http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] site with lots of GPS's and accessories

2012-03-19 Thread Chris Albertson
at UHF. I guess I could measure a or simulate a level converter but my guess is that it adds only a few nano seconds of noise. Fixed delays don't matter Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] site with lots of GPS's and accessories

2012-03-18 Thread Chris Albertson
hey have the same 10 pin male header except now they use 0.05 inch sping rather then 0.1 > > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] ARRGH!!! I woke up to a 50 SECOND clock error.

2012-03-15 Thread Chris Albertson
t I was making was only that these things are not NTP specific. Details after that did not contribute the the main point. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] ARRGH!!! I woke up to a 50 SECOND clock error.

2012-03-15 Thread Chris Albertson
en wait a week or a month to see how much it has gained or lost you may see quite a bit of "offset" but now you have good data on the relative rates of the two clocks NTP did not invent this trade off, it existed 200 years ago. Chris Albertson Redond

Re: [ntp:questions] Sure gps looses all sattelite fixes

2012-03-15 Thread Chris Albertson
ure. Hopefully there is a user manual with this information.But this 26dB antenna is just an example, there are many others like it but with different amplifiers inside. (You can find a Trimble "bullet" if you look) I find the 26dB is enough for either my Motorola Oncore or my Trimb

Re: [ntp:questions] Sure gps looses all sattelite fixes

2012-03-14 Thread Chris Albertson
onnector can fit inside a waterproof 3/4 inch pipe. I'd expect it to last for decades, or until struck by lightening. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Sure gps looses all sattelite fixes

2012-03-14 Thread Chris Albertson
arrived > yet. > > ___ > questions mailing list > questions@lists.ntp.org > http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions Is it an "active antenna" These run on 5 volts that is supplied over the antenna lead. The antenna can a

Re: [ntp:questions] ARRGH!!! I woke up to a 50 SECOND clock error.

2012-03-13 Thread Chris Albertson
that has good self diagnostics and PPS. The self diagnostics part is important -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Offset Average (Normal)?

2012-03-12 Thread Chris Albertson
ce of noise on the PPS line Are you cable very long. I once tried to used 100 feet of cat-5 cable for PPS and if never worked well Finally are you 100% certain the GPS is tracking enough satellites -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ quest

Re: [ntp:questions] Peer Review of ntpq -c rv

2012-03-07 Thread Chris Albertson
. If you can measure it you can correct it out in the .conf file. You'd like for the long term average offset from Internet pool servers to be zero. People working at higher levels of accuracy will measure their cables and account for cable delays but that is over kill for NTP. Chris Albe

Re: [ntp:questions] got the Sure GPS on order, how do I program it

2012-03-07 Thread Chris Albertson
buy the Sure stuff if it saved me a ton of money or worked better.) But on the other hand, the Sure GPS works well enough if you can build a custom serial/PPS cable and then just turn it on. You don't need to know how it works if you are using it only for NTP. Chris Albertson R

Re: [ntp:questions] NTPD standalone slow star-tup

2012-03-07 Thread Chris Albertson
tpd. But really, 3 minutes in not a long time.How often do yo restart ntpd? Most people let if run for months at a time or longer Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Peer Review of ntpq -c rv

2012-03-07 Thread Chris Albertson
TL? 2) Where is the antenna, what is near it? Anything reflective and how much of the sky can it see. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] got the Sure GPS on order, how do I program it

2012-03-06 Thread Chris Albertson
not heard from me in 1 - 2 weeks, send your message again.) > > Ron Frazier > timekeepingdude AT c3energy.com > > ___ > questions mailing list > questions@lists.ntp.org > http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] ESR looking for good GPS clocks

2012-03-06 Thread Chris Albertson
, but the NMEA > output has to be referenced to something! What you read is exactly correct. THERE IS NO SPEC FOR THE DELTA except they say it can't run over into the next second. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions

Re: [ntp:questions] SIRF time output wobble, GPS or NTP fault?

2012-03-06 Thread Chris Albertson
ch they apply. The worst case reported error as about 0.9 seconds which is within spec. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] ESR looking for good GPS clocks

2012-03-06 Thread Chris Adams
ver USB-emulated RS232. For a server or device with this as the only USB device, the jitter should be fairly consistent, and the latency lower than ethernet. -- Chris Adams Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's e

Re: [ntp:questions] ESR looking for good GPS clocks

2012-03-06 Thread Chris Albertson
is below some threshold. Then the NMEA data are output. the number of required iterations might vary slowly over a 12 hour period After all this the only spec the engineer absolutly had to meet was "the NMEA data shall be output within the second to which i

Re: [ntp:questions] SIRF time output wobble, GPS or NTP fault?

2012-03-06 Thread Chris Albertson
they only have to be output "sometime within" the second to which they apply.It seems that your GPS is following the letter of the spec. So I think you are correct to blame the GPS. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ questions ma

Re: [ntp:questions] ESR looking for good GPS clocks

2012-03-06 Thread Chris Albertson
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Dennis Ferguson wrote: > > On 5 Mar, 2012, at 18:33 , Terje Mathisen wrote: > >> Chris Albertson wrote: >>> How to measure?   You need to modify the interrupt handler to raise a >>> pin on a (say) parallel port. then measure the ti

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