Ok, but do I need to configure anything explicitly for this? How does the Lib know that it should act as GM. ________________________________ From: Richard Cochran <richardcoch...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, December 9, 2021 10:19 PM To: Kirchhoff, Philip (SE GP T HG PE T 1 2) <philip.kirchh...@siemens-energy.com> Cc: linuxptp-users@lists.sourceforge.net <linuxptp-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Linuxptp-users] Linuxptp for Masterclock simulation
On Thu, Dec 09, 2021 at 09:08:12AM +0000, Kirchhoff, Philip wrote: > I may have expressed myself in a misleading way. I do not want to simulate a > clock network. > I have an embedded device that should synchronize its time via PTP. Since I > don't have a HW clock available, I want my PC (or maybe an RPI) to act as > master clock and connect it to the device. The time source for the master > clock should be the system time of my PC. Yes, that works just fine. At the end of the day, there is nothing special about a GM. It need not be hooked to GPS or DCF77 or anything at all. HTH, Richard
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