On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 05:21:45PM +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote:
> I note that Dick Smith are offering a GPS receiver that is M$
> compliant, and is around the NZD250 mark. Is there any support for it
> under linux, as it would make a really handy non internet based ntp
> source.
I've been looking at these as well. I'd be curious to see what the
clock accuracy is like on one of these devices.
> If anyone knows of the standards it uses, or can point me at relevant
> documentation, I'd be grateful. Should keep me off the streets for a
> while (:
The DSE page indicates that the device supports NMEA, which is supported
by NTP using the the 'Type 20' (Generic NMEA GPS Receiver) reference
clock driver.
The DSE page also supplies links to Linux drivers. With or without
these, it shouldn't be hard to get the devide working, since it is
effectively a USB-to-serial (EIA232) adapter with a serial GPS attached
to the end of it.
Cheers,
-mjg
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