Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2010-01-06 Thread Rob
Steve Kostecke koste...@ntp.org wrote: On 2009-12-25, Marc-Andre Alpers m-a.alp...@web.de wrote: Es schrieb Rob: Be patient. After a while things will stabilize and you can make another judgement about the accuracy of your offset. I think that's good enough for me. Time1 0.0315

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2010-01-06 Thread John Hasler
David Lord writes: I'm about 1000km away and propagation effects give me a complete loss of signal twice a day on most days depending on weather conditions etc so even ms accuracy is difficult to maintain. What sort of antenna do you have? That's the most important component of a VLF

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2010-01-06 Thread David Lord
Rob wrote: Steve Kostecke koste...@ntp.org wrote: On 2009-12-25, Marc-Andre Alpers m-a.alp...@web.de wrote: Es schrieb Rob: Be patient. After a while things will stabilize and you can make another judgement about the accuracy of your offset. I think that's good enough for me. Time1 0.0315

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2010-01-06 Thread David Lord
John Hasler wrote: David Lord writes: I'm about 1000km away and propagation effects give me a complete loss of signal twice a day on most days depending on weather conditions etc so even ms accuracy is difficult to maintain. What sort of antenna do you have? That's the most important

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2010-01-06 Thread David Lord
Rob wrote: David Lord sn...@lordynet.org wrote: I'm pretty sure us accuracy is available at closer range since it is possible to sync to exact cycle of carrier with period of around 13us, ie to within a fraction of that so 1us shouldn't be a problem. The problem is not in the accuracy of the

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2010-01-06 Thread Rob
David Lord sn...@lordynet.org wrote: I'm pretty sure us accuracy is available at closer range since it is possible to sync to exact cycle of carrier with period of around 13us, ie to within a fraction of that so 1us shouldn't be a problem. The problem is not in the accuracy of the transmitter

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2010-01-06 Thread John Hasler
Rob writes: I have both DCF77 and GPS receivers connected and there is a very clearly visible change in the relative offsets between those over a day/night cycle. This is of ms order of magnitude. You might be able to improve that by orienting your antenna to better reject skywave. -- John

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2010-01-05 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2009-12-25, Marc-Andre Alpers m-a.alp...@web.de wrote: Es schrieb Rob: Be patient. After a while things will stabilize and you can make another judgement about the accuracy of your offset. I think that's good enough for me. Time1 0.0315 remote refid st t when poll reach

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-26 Thread Hal Murray
Over the years I've come to the conclusion that it's easier to rewrite from scratch than to reverse engineer someone else's code. Especially so when no effort is made to document what the code is doing, the algorithms used, what the variables represent, etc. Far too many people code in just

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-25 Thread Rob
Marc-Andre Alpers m-a.alp...@web.de wrote: Es schrieb David Lord: I've fudged the SHM with fudge 127.127.28.0 time1 0.024550 refid MSFa I'm about 400km away from DCF77. What a fudge should I use? The fudge is determined by the way the clock interfaces to the computer (via RXS introduces a

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-25 Thread David Lord
Marc-Andre Alpers wrote: Es schrieb David Lord: I've fudged the SHM with fudge 127.127.28.0 time1 0.024550 refid MSFa I'm about 400km away from DCF77. What a fudge should I use? Actuell ntpq -p from over night running PC. remote refid st t when poll reach delay

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-25 Thread Marc-Andre Alpers
Es schrieb Rob: Get a better set of time references on the network (that a referenced off a GPS or similar clock) and that agree to eachother. With this set, there is no way to tell where you are. And now? remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-25 Thread Rob
Marc-Andre Alpers m-a.alp...@web.de wrote: Es schrieb Rob: Get a better set of time references on the network (that a referenced off a GPS or similar clock) and that agree to eachother. With this set, there is no way to tell where you are. And now? remote refid st t

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-25 Thread Marc-Andre Alpers
Es schrieb Rob: Be patient. After a while things will stabilize and you can make another judgement about the accuracy of your offset. I think that's good enough for me. Time1 0.0315 remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-24 Thread Marc-Andre Alpers
Es schrieb David Lord: You may want to try radioclkd2 which decodes DCF ok and uses the SHM refclock driver. Yes radioclkd2 does the job. marc-an...@lanserver:~/radioclkd2-0.06$ sudo ./radioclkd2 -d ttyS0:-cts version 0.06 Added clock unit 0 on line 'ttyS0:-cts' pid 8421 for device

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-24 Thread Dave Hart
On Dec 24, 10:08 UTC, Marc-Andre Alpers wrote: ntp_loopfilter.c:520: error: ¡MOD_NANO¢ undeclared (first use in this function) Please see http://bugs.ntp.org/1219 You will probably want to add #define MOD_NANO ADJ_NANO to either timex.h or ntp_loopfilter.c. If you then see another

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-24 Thread Marc-Andre Alpers
Es schrieb Dave Hart: You will probably want to add #define MOD_NANO ADJ_NANO It works! remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter == LOCAL(0).LOCL. 10 l 25

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-24 Thread Rob van der Putten
Hi there Marc-Andre Alpers wrote: I have no RS232 tester. The cover of the receiver is sealed. No screws. http://666kb.com/i/bf7g1grgo1sbus2c1.jpg The connector inside: http://666kb.com/i/bf7fxqd8cr17q7d8x.jpg That's female on the left and male on the right?

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-24 Thread Marc-Andre Alpers
Es schrieb Rob van der Putten: The connector inside: http://666kb.com/i/bf7fxqd8cr17q7d8x.jpg That's female on the left and male on the right? Yes. http://666kb.com/i/bf7g2xelg4xqppx3l.jpg That's male on the left and female on the right? Yes. The circuit 'expects' NTPD to raise

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-24 Thread David Lord
Rob van der Putten wrote: Hi there Marc-Andre Alpers wrote: I have no RS232 tester. The cover of the receiver is sealed. No screws. http://666kb.com/i/bf7g1grgo1sbus2c1.jpg The connector inside: http://666kb.com/i/bf7fxqd8cr17q7d8x.jpg That's female on the left and male on the right?

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-24 Thread Marc-Andre Alpers
Es schrieb David Lord: All refclocks docs I've checked, by no means all, expect serial data on RxD. Look at Message-ID: hgvejq$gc...@news.eternal-september.org Radioclkd2 read the data on cts signal line. Perhaps someone has rebuilt the plug? Merry xmas! MfG Marc-Andre Alpers

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-24 Thread Marc-Andre Alpers
I looks very good. remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter == LOCAL(0).LOCL. 10 l 12 64 3770.0000.000 0.001 *SHM(0) .DCF.0 l

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-24 Thread Rob van der Putten
Hi there David Lord wrote: I saw it as CTS on brown and RI on Orange Correct. All refclocks docs I've checked, by no means all, expect serial data on RxD. Rewiring the plug might help; Brown and Orange probably have opposite polarity; +-+ +-++ 12 V | | | |

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-23 Thread Rob van der Putten
Hi there Marc-Andre Alpers wrote: The Clock works correctly on windows with the programm DCF77_32.exe provided on this site: http://www.rrs-web.net/in3her/dcf77_32.html This is about a Conrad DCF77 receiver. A Conrad DCF77 receiver doesn't have a LED. And NTPD usually receives data on RXD.

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-23 Thread Marc-Andre Alpers
Es schrieb Rob van der Putten: Maybe you can post a link to the receiver you're using. I can give you a Picture: http://666kb.com/i/bf7er4kfwd3feibip.jpg MfG marc-Andre Alpers ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-23 Thread Rob van der Putten
Hi there Marc-Andre Alpers wrote: I can give you a Picture: http://666kb.com/i/bf7er4kfwd3feibip.jpg Definitly not a a Conrad. Anyway, some specs would be nice. Lacking those a bit of reverse engineering. Have you tried a RS232 tester? Which LEDs are on? Which colour? Which one blinks?

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-23 Thread Marc-Andre Alpers
Es schrieb Rob van der Putten: Have you tried a RS232 tester? Which LEDs are on? Which colour? Which one blinks? I have no RS232 tester. The cover of the receiver is sealed. No screws. http://666kb.com/i/bf7g1grgo1sbus2c1.jpg The connector inside: http://666kb.com/i/bf7fxqd8cr17q7d8x.jpg

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-23 Thread Marc-Andre Alpers
Ok. I have open the cover: http://666kb.com/i/bf7gu30cuwvtkayfl.jpg http://666kb.com/i/bf7gswr7gmq48o4i9.jpg The ICs are one MAX350 and one 74HC14D. The red wire is ground. The black wire is +5V DC On brown an orange wire i have puls voltage up to 12 volt every second. But i only have a cheap

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-23 Thread Marc-Andre Alpers
Here some pictures from the dcf77 decoder on Win 2000 with the clock: Befor sync: http://666kb.com/i/bf7hgd6exsvtpuf2p.bmp After sync: http://666kb.com/i/bf7hia21x28co76j5.bmp MfG Marc-Andre Alpers ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-23 Thread E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists
On 12/23/2009 8:50 AM, Marc-Andre Alpers wrote: Es schrieb Rob van der Putten: Maybe you can post a link to the receiver you're using. I can give you a Picture: http://666kb.com/i/bf7er4kfwd3feibip.jpg (Shrug) Looks like a SURE RPC modul DCF 77 Funkuhr ?

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-23 Thread Marc-Andre Alpers
Es schrieb : Looks like a SURE RPC modul DCF 77 Funkuhr ? http://www.linum.com/de/produkte/hardware/funkuhr/dcf77/sure/seriell/fotos.htm Yes this is the Clock. With this name i found this thread: http://lists.ntp.isc.org/pipermail/questions/2006-January/008689.html But it looks that i have

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-23 Thread Dave Hart
On Dec 23, 20:52 UTC, Marc-Andre Alpers m-a.alp...@web.de wrote: Looks like a SURE RPC modul DCF 77 Funkuhr ? http://www.linum.com/de/produkte/hardware/funkuhr/dcf77/sure/seriell/... Yes this is the Clock. With this name i found this thread:

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-23 Thread Marc-Andre Alpers
Dave Hart daveh...@gmail.com wrote: The same poster who referred you to the linum.com URL above also provided a link to a Linux Support PDF. I do not read German particularly well, but I did see a reference to parse mode 5, have you tried that? Yes i have tried mode 5, but then the LED does not

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-23 Thread Marc-Andre Alpers
Es schrieb Dave Hart: On my search i have found this: http://www.buzzard.me.uk/jonathan/radioclock.html I installed the programm and start the test mode. After a few seconds this output scrolls over my screen: lanserver:~# radioclkd -t ttyS0 DCD: 10 0 CTS: 24490096

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-23 Thread Marc-Andre Alpers
Dave Hart daveh...@gmail.com wrote: The same poster who referred you to the linum.com URL above also provided a link to a Linux Support PDF. I do not read German particularly well, but I did see a reference to parse mode 5, have you tried that? Yes i have tried mode 5, but then the LED does not

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-23 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
Marc-Andre Alpers wrote: Es schrieb Dave Hart: On my search i have found this: http://www.buzzard.me.uk/jonathan/radioclock.html I installed the programm and start the test mode. After a few seconds this output scrolls over my screen: lanserver:~# radioclkd -t ttyS0 DCD: 10

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-23 Thread David Lord
Marc-Andre Alpers wrote: Dave Hart daveh...@gmail.com wrote: The same poster who referred you to the linum.com URL above also provided a link to a Linux Support PDF. I do not read German particularly well, but I did see a reference to parse mode 5, have you tried that? Yes i have tried

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-23 Thread David Lord
Marc-Andre Alpers wrote: Es schrieb Dave Hart: On my search i have found this: http://www.buzzard.me.uk/jonathan/radioclock.html I installed the programm and start the test mode. After a few seconds this output scrolls over my screen: lanserver:~# radioclkd -t ttyS0 DCD: 10

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-23 Thread Johan Swenker
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:50:23 +0100, Marc-Andre Alpers wrote: Es schrieb Rob van der Putten: Maybe you can post a link to the receiver you're using. I can give you a Picture: http://666kb.com/i/bf7er4kfwd3feibip.jpg This device looks very much like a DCF77 receiver I have. The standard

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-23 Thread David Lord
David Lord wrote: .. I can't remember if I tried radioclkd before using radioclkd2. With radioclkd2 it needs 2 - 3 minutes before getting into sync, there being status displayed at each minute. I'm not sure if WWVB mode works but you may see failure to decode that before it finds

Re: [ntp:questions] Tobit LAN!Time DCF77 receiver not working

2009-12-23 Thread Hal Murray
Does the software include any documentation explaining what this output means? It certainly does not seem to be in any way useful unless there is some explanation of the output. If there is none, I'd drop it in the garbage and use something else! Or look at the source code. -- These are my