Hi Try it and see …. I certainly was able to get them to act as servers in the past. I think the basic answer is that there aren’t any server specific settings for their version of NTP.
Bob > On Mar 22, 2022, at 9:02 PM, paul swed <paulsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Quick question. > I am looking at the netrs and do not believe it can act as a NTP server. I > do see the ntp client settings. > Am I missing something? > Thanks > Paul > WB8TSL > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 3:09 PM paul swed <paulsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Did get the "convert to rinex" working. I actually seemed to have a bad >> exe. I found a newer one on the actual trimble site not unavco and that >> installed and operated correctly. I can see why a rinex file is useful. Its >> readable. >> Regards >> Paul >> WB8TSL >> >> On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 6:25 PM paul swed <paulsw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Well Bob >>> There you go changing the game just a bit. I saw the NTP settings and was >>> thinking for some reason it might want to access a NTP server. I can see I >>> have it backwards. Just may add a IP. I would have gotten there given time. >>> But I will take a short cut any day. >>> The Net RS is reasonably low power at 12V @ .35A or 4.5W. Its not >>> apparent in the unit that the power coming in hits an inverter. I think >>> its a linear regulator. Nothing looked like a choke for conversion. >>> Did stick the antenna out of the window for a clearer view of the sky and >>> picked up 8-10 db. The house blocks to the north. >>> Regards >>> Paul >>> WB8TSL >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 5:50 PM Bob kb8tq <kb...@n1k.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> More NetRS trivia: >>>> >>>> One of the features of the NetRS is that it will act as an NTP server. >>>> It’s not the most modern device so I very much would not want to >>>> serve a ton of clients off of one. It also has been a *long* time since >>>> the OS was patched. If you are looking for “modern” features or >>>> security patches, maybe not the best thing to use. It certainly isn’t >>>> going to compete with the Leo Bodnar NTP in terms of size or >>>> power consumption. You won’t get a steady stream of updates and >>>> patches like you would on something cool from Meinberg. >>>> >>>> That said, for a “shop for a while” sub $150 sort of price, they would >>>> be a reasonable deal. Not many packaged NTP products on eBay >>>> that you “just plug in” and that run multi-band GPS. You would get >>>> the frequency monitoring and RTK base station stuff “for free”. >>>> >>>> Can you / could you / might you upgrade the OS? Since there really >>>> isn’t much info on what the hardware looks like, that could be >>>> exciting. The cards are “locked down” (though not encrypted) as >>>> received so even poking around to try this or that isn’t trivial. How >>>> much was done (if anything) to keep the OS “out of the way” of the >>>> GPS code …. who knows …. >>>> >>>> Fun !! >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Mar 21, 2022, at 1:01 PM, John Ackermann N8UR <j...@febo.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> You can stream data out of the receiver via either TCP or serial port >>>> without storing to disk, so that's probably the best bet to save CF wear >>>> and tear. I'm not sure if it's more difficult to turn the >>>>> >>>>> But for now I'm doing as you suggest -- I have one "T00" format >>>> session logging to disk in 24 hour files, with the "autodelete" function >>>> turned on to delete oldest files first when the disk gets nearly full. >>>>> >>>>> However, I've been collecting data now for almost 4 months, and have >>>> used 68.5 MB, with 770 MB still available, so I won't need to delete >>>> anything for quite a long while. >>>>> >>>>> John >>>>> ---- >>>>> >>>>> On 3/21/22 11:22, Skip Withrow wrote: >>>>>> Hello Time-Nuts, >>>>>> Seems like there has been a lot of interest in the NetRS lately >>>>>> because of their availability at reasonable prices (sometimes). >>>>>> They use a Compact Flash card to store the operating system and logged >>>>>> data files. I'm not very knowledgeable about Linux, but I would guess >>>>>> that there is no wear leveling implemented in this receiver. >>>>>> So, when considering how best to use the data logging area it would >>>>>> seem that instead of collecting some data, downloading it, deleting >>>>>> file(s), and repeating the best strategy would be to collect data and >>>>>> let the data logging area fill up before deleting (the files could be >>>>>> read anytime). >>>>>> This would minimize the number of writes to any one area of the CF >>>>>> card I believe (except perhaps the directory structure). >>>>>> However, even if you were deleting data often, you still may not be >>>>>> able to get to the life of the CF card. The good news is that even if >>>>>> a card does go bad you can reconstruct a new one from the image of >>>>>> version 1.3-2 of the software that is floating around. I have tried >>>>>> it and it works. >>>>>> If there is better insight into the operation of this receiver, or >>>>>> best practices strategy I'm all ears. >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Skip Withrow >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com -- To unsubscribe >>>> send an email to time-nuts-le...@lists.febo.com >>>>>> To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there. >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com -- To unsubscribe >>>> send an email to time-nuts-le...@lists.febo.com >>>>> To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com -- To unsubscribe >>>> send an email to time-nuts-le...@lists.febo.com >>>> To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there. >>> >>> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com -- To unsubscribe send an > email to time-nuts-le...@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com -- To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-le...@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there.