I need to syncronize several FreeBSD boxes off a Spectracom NetClock 9283 unit. For reasons that I can't elaborate here, I can only use the RS485 and PPS signals off the 9283, not their built-in NTP servers.
So far, it looks like my best bet is to run STP and 50Ohm coax wiring from the Spectracom to the FreeBSD boxes, get RS485-RS232 converters, and using some leftover BNC T connectors from the days of thinlan connect the PPS signal that's coming down the coax to the signal ground and DCD pins of the RS232 connector. Questions: 1. Has anyone on the list actually interfaced a 9283 to a unix box this way? ANything I should watch out for? 2. Does there already exist a box that will do all this, so I don't have to put it together myself? Thanks, /ji _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
