Yo MIKE! On Thu, 9 Aug 2018 02:15:51 +0000 (UTC) MIKE MAJOR via devel <devel@ntpsec.org> wrote:
> >> In the HOWTO section "Live-test the GPS", the reader is instructed
> >> to build gpsd using: $scons timeservice=yes magic_hat=yes
> >> nmea0183=yes fixed_port_speed=9600 fixed_stop_bits=1
>
> > Not really. That is just an eplanation for what clockmaker --build
> > does.
>
> I guess that is where I misunderstood. I'm used to a HOWTO explaining
> the steps to perform a certain task. The steps are laid out in order.
> The reader then follows along, repeating the steps on his/her
> computer to achieve the task.
As the howto says:
"Most of the remaining instructions do not have to be done by hand. You can
download link:clockmaker[clockmaker], a Python script which
does much of this recipe for you."
I'll admit many people have the same misunderstanding as you...
> It was not clear to me that the expectation is to use clockmaker to
> perform the tasks and read along only for instructional purposes.
How can we make it clearly than the text just quoted from the document?
> I
> thought I could choose to do one of two things: take the easy way and
> run clockmaker to save some typing OR take the detailed way and type
> the commands one by one.
Yes, but like antyhing else done two ways, they have diverged a bit.
People have been workong on the text for the last week. Suggestions
welcome.
> > Not good. Is your GPS really on /dev/gpsd0? Is your GPS running
> > NMEA?
>
> I see my mistake now. I read the first 2 lines below to be the same
> when they are not: # ./gpsd/gpsmon /dev/gpsd0
> # ./gpsd/gpsd /dev/gpsd0
> # ./gpsd/ntpshmmon
Also not an uncommon mistake. Any way that ccould be made more clear?
> Everything is working correctly now.
Except the document...
> >> Cross checking with the clockmaker script showed that 2 options
> >> are>> missing from the HOWTO text: ublox=yes mtk3301=yes
>
> > Not really. The script is for NMEA mode. To keep things simple.
>
> clockmaker has this: scons timeservice=yes magic_hat=yes
> nmea0183=yes ublox=yes mtk3301=yes fixed_port_speed=9600
> fixed_stop_bits=1 The HOWTO has this: scons timeservice=yes
> magic_hat=yes nmea0183=yes fixed_port_speed=9600 fixed_stop_bits=1 I
> was pointing out that the two don't match. In my subsequent testing,
> clockmaker produced a correctly working gpsmon, where the HOWTO text
> did not.
Eric will have to fix that. Anything else divergent?
I'd make both the script and the doc compile all the drivers. Missing
drivers has been a continuing source of problems. But not up to me.
RGDS
GARY
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