> Le 14 déc. 2014 à 10:02, Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) > <drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> a écrit : > > Both my computers run Solaris. > > * One, a Sun Ultra 27 has a Xeon processor, no serial ports, but I do have > a good quality USB serial adapter for it. > > * The other, a Sun Blade 2000, has a SPARC processor & a 25 pin serial > port. > > I am using the Sun Blade 2000 to talk to the HP now, but I don't run that > machine 24/7 due to the fact it is rather power hungry. The Xeon based > machine is much more modern, much faster and uses a lot less power. > > I would like to be able to set the date & time of the Xeon workstation from > the HP 58503A. I appreciate that the USB is likely to cause some > performance degradation compared to a real serial port, but I can live with > that.
If the serial driver will pass the DCD, so much the better. > > Can anyone advise if this is possible, and if so what software is needed? > Any idea what sort of accuracy would be achievable? try ref clock driver 26 Type 26 <http://www.eecis.udel.edu/%7Emills/ntp/html/drivers/driver26.html> Hewlett Packard 58503A GPS Receiver (GPS_HP) > > I bought this to use as a frequency reference, not a clock, so I am not > going to buy commercial software to do it, but if it can be done easily > from open source software I will do so. > > Any suggestions? > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.