There is a lot to be said about a tool that just works. In the advent of a piece of gear failing whether that be a firmware bug or a cooling fan, or more severe, having a known diagnostic tool during that time is priceless (well maybe not priceless but extremely nice to have).
On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 1:31 AM, Ruslan Nabioullin <rnabioul...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, looking at pictures of various time metrology equipment setups for > best practices and inspiration, I have commonly seen time of day display > unit(s) installed in racks containing processing or time transfer > equipment, e.g., http://www.xyht.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Powers_ > Master_Clock.jpg. All that these units do is merely display the time of > day and sometimes the date, typically by means of seven segment LED > displays, of the time code inputted to them (typically IRIG-B, I'm > guessing). Any ideas why such a unit is necessary when one can simply look > at the time displayed by timing receivers and time code generators (and > even some standards), and the interface of some fusor, defined in this > context as a system which performs timing data fusion (by implementing a > paper clock or a more primitive algorithm) and timekeeping, either by means > of a direct shell, or via something like NTP? > > Thanks in advance, > Ruslan > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/m > ailman/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.